The London Assay Office – working with London based timber company Fallen & Felled who repurpose fallen urban trees into hardwood timber and furniture – has taken steps to reduce waste and champion craft through the commissioning of a series of beautiful ‘Pyx’ boxes made from reclaimed London Plane.
On Tuesday 21 April 2026, the official portrait of the first Lady Mayor of the City of London, Dame Susan Langley, was unveiled at Drapers Hall.
The result of the inaugural Lady/Lord Mayor’s Portrait Prize Competition – a programme led the three companies of which Dame Susan is a member, to showcase and support emerging artistic talent – the portrait by artist, Josephine (Josie) Goddard draws on a rich blend of classical and contemporary influences to deliver a bold, simple and powerfully feminine representation of the first Lady Mayor.
The Royal Mint has today submitted 7,838 coins for testing at one of the UK’s oldest judicial ceremonies, the Trial of the Pyx, which has been held for the first time in its 777-year history at Mansion House in the City of London.
