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Nestled beside the iconic St. Paul's Cathedral, Temple Bar, Christopher Wren’s masterpiece in its third incarnation with 80% of the original stone used in its construction, served as the perfect setting for the 2025 Lightmongers’ William Wright Lecture on February 26th. Temple Bar on the right hand side, with floodlit St. Paul’s Cathedral in the background. Renowned lighting designer Mark Sutton-Vane, alongside his ... Read more

During Autumn 2024 we held a Silent Auction as a fund-raiser for the Lightmongers Charitable Trust, which raised the fantastic sum of £900 for the Charity. Senior Court Assistant Bruce Kirk was able, as a result of his lighting design work at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, to organise a private tour of that historic venue as a Silent Auction item, which was successfully ... Read more

It was a great privilege for the Court, at its 12th February 2025 meeting, to install a new Liveryman and to welcome into the Company a new Freemen. The Court congratulated Freeman Suzanne Castine, Marketing Manager at Recolight Ltd, on progressing to full membership by becoming a Liveryman of the Company. Liverymen are able to take up various City of London benefits, such as the ... Read more

Mary Hare School for the Deaf, one of our two affiliated Schools, held their Speech Day for the 2023/24 Academic Year on 29th November 2024. The Master, Tony Ginman and Past Master Eddie Taylor were privileged to represent the Lightmongers at this wonderful event. We were given a tour of the School and were able to observe the specialist equipment and creative design integrated into ... Read more