{"id":2483,"date":"2014-02-07T09:43:57","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T09:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/?p=2483"},"modified":"2014-02-07T09:43:57","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T09:43:57","slug":"2483","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/2014\/02\/2483\/","title":{"rendered":"Literary Tours of St John&#8217;s Gate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/st-johns-Gate-1801.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"St John's Gate Clerkenwell 1801\" src=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/st-johns-Gate-1801-1024x638.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"398\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<dl id=\"attachment_2484\">\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dd><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">St John&#8217;s Gate 1801 &#8211; From The Beauties of England and Wales by John Britton. Courtesy British Library<\/span><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cultural and Literary tours of St John\u2019s Gate Clerkenwell.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Your starter for ten! What do Caravaggio, Barbara Cartland and William Shakespeare have in common?<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">If you can\u2019t answer this potential pub quiz question then you should book to come on a cultural and literary tour of St John\u2019s Gate. This unique building, in the heart of Clerkenwell,\u00a0was \u00a0the 12th \u00a0century HQ of The Most Venerable Order of St John. However through the centuries is has also\u00a0been used by playwrights, artists and authors. Its secrets will be revealed on Friday the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/st-johns-gate-knights-players-and-literary-celebrities-tickets-10389875397\">28th of February<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/st-johns-gate-knights-players-and-literary-celebrities-tickets-10389899469\">28th March<\/a> at 4 30pm. Walk last between 45 minutes and one hour.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St John&#8217;s Gate 1801 &#8211; From The Beauties of England and Wales by John Britton. Courtesy British Library Cultural and Literary tours of St John\u2019s Gate Clerkenwell. Your starter for ten! What do Caravaggio, Barbara Cartland and William Shakespeare have in common? 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