Why is the City of London running an advertising campaign reminding people not to despoil the streets at Christmas? Asks James Ford

The City of London has many ancient and arcane traditions. The City Corporation, the Square Mile’s local council, can trace its roots back to Anglo-Saxon times. Not only is the Corporation led by a Lord Mayor but it has Sheriffs, Aldermen and even a Chief Commoner. It employs a Remembrancer and a Swordbearer. Those who hold the much-vaunted Freedom of the City have the right to drive sheep over London Bridge (a privilege denied to lesser mortals), to carry a naked sword in public, or demand to be hanged with a silken rope if being executed.

These antediluvian and anachronistic anomalies are essentially quaint and........

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