In July, over 400 people passed through our doors each week and 715 items were brought out of the archives for researchers to get hands-on in pursuit of answers and added insight into their individual projects.

Our energetic Chief Executive Francesca Canty was talking all things Bishopsgate Institute on the Jo Good and Simon Lederman's show on BBC Radio London including news on The Christmas Cracker concert happening on 9th and 10th December.

The musical celebration of the season with an incredible 21 piece orchestra and four great singers.

Proof, if needed, that archives are not just about piles of paper and protest is not just about placards. In addition to quarter of a million photographs, ephemera and documents from the last two centuries of social history, politics and protest, we also are home to more unusual artefacts. These costumes, worn by Stonewall employees at a protest against Heinz after they withdrew a US commercial depicting gay couple in 2008, are seen here sported by our Special Collections and Archives staff at Bishopsgate Institute.

If you were one of the estimated 100,000 protestors braving the cold, carrying a sign or taking photos at the London Women’s March on 21st January we would love to hear from you.

There will be a special talk – as part of Bishopsgate Swing on 20th August - from Laura Knight about Lester Young to celebrate his birthday.

To celebrate LGBT50 this July, Bishopsgate Institute has programmed new Archive Tours of our extensive LGBTQ Collections, a talk by Matt Cook about 'queer London' plus a new panel display highlighting our LGBTQ collections and materials.

We're looking for a new person to join our team as Event Planner.