According to the exhibition, no spot in the City of London is more ... for having escaped multiple times from Newgate and became a symbol of freedom for London's working classes.

Last week I led a fascinating Jewish history walk from one side of the old Roman city of London to the other. Across the “square mile” as it were. From Newgate to Aldgate, west to east.

HSBC Holdings Plc is still two years away from a planned move to a smaller City of London headquarters ... it will be renting on Newgate Street, where Orion Capital Management is overhauling ...

The City of London was once surrounded by a defensive wall, originally built by the Romans and enlarged in the middle ages. It was served by several gates, whose names are still in evidence today.