Monthly Archives: August 2025

JOM “Money! Money! Money!” City of London Tour Wednesday 15 October 2025

Would you take career advice from your cat?  Are the streets of London paved with gold?  Or wool?  Or… Bitcoin?

Come and join JOM members on a fascinating two-hour walking tour of the world-famous City where our official City of London guide, historian and author, Jesus alumna Anne Fletcher, will explain all.

Since its very beginning, the City of London has been a creator of wealth.  From its origins 2,000 years ago as a trading post in the Roman Empire to today it has been vital to the economy of the country.

With this money came power.  On our walking tour we will discover some of the people and institutions that gained both money and power – and hear tales of the unfortunate ones who did not benefit at all.

Our tour begins in the oldest part of the City: there Anne will share fascinating stories about medieval markets, merchants and trade guilds.

Later we will see some of the great financial institutions that grew up to support trade as it went global, including the Bank of England.  And in the hidden alleyways we will discover how coffee led to a financial revolution that changed the world.

Bringing our story right up to date, our tour ends among the spectacular skyscrapers that are the hub of the City’s financial sector today.

Date: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Meet time: 1pm for 2pm start

Meet location: Old Red Cow, 71 Long Lane, Barbican, London EC1A 9EJ

Price of tour: £20 a head

Limit: 20 attendees

Pay JOM no later than: Saturday 27 September 2025

Please book early here to avoid disappointment!

Pub refreshments are not included: so please pay for them as you go.

This event is kindly organised by Andy Simpson (Jesus, 1970).

Please pay online, fill in the attached form then email  to Events Coordinator

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Jesus Curry Recusants (JCR) – 9th September 2025

Once again our restaurant of choice has changed its name: this time from Zin to The India 4.  The 4 is important because there are other restaurants (three I presume) who have chosen the same name.

Whether because of the new name or some other reason they have been busy and we will need to be fairly precise with numbers so please RSVP.

The arrangements are as usual:

                5:30pm: El Vino, Fleet Street for pre-prandial libations

                7.00pm The India 4 (formerly Zin, formally India India)
               4, 8 Crane Court (same address) for a spicy dish of Indian origin

                Good wine and food, and excellent company, guaranteed

Invites and reminders have now gone out by email

Polite reminder::

 a) It is not a requirement to attend both events. It is perfectly fine if you wish to join us just for drinks at El Vino or just for the meal at The India 4

b) If you are intending to  join us for drinks only, or for the meal only, or for both drinks and meal, then it would be extremely helpful if you would let me know so that everyone can be accommodated. Payment in cash please.

Future dates: Tueday 25th November2025:  Invites and reminders go out a few weeks before that date.

Chris Hicks

ev****@**mg.org