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As the temperature in the capital drops and a court case to remove the tented village looms, anti-capitalist protestors camped out by St Paul's are looking at the next step in their campaign.

Tonight (Tuesday) members will be defying an injunction on protesting in Canary
Wharf by holding a walking tour of the estate.

Temple Bar once marked the western limit of the City, and took its name from the Temple Church nearby.

The monument that stands outside the Royal Courts of Justice marking the original site of the gate was erected in 1880, topped with the symbol of the City, a winged dragon.

The east London region that has become a residential backwater drew its name from its watery links.

In the 13th century the low-lying marshland was known as Scadflt and Shatfliet, from the Anglo-Saxon fleot meaning shallow creek.

Hanging Hooke, Greenwich Theatre
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"Chris Barnes took us on a journey of energy and intrigue. He showed us light and gloom; diverting particles and heliocentric heresies; vacuum pumps and broken hearts (which, I suppose, are the same thing, metaphorically speaking)"