Murray Craig's talk is about the Freedom of the City of London, an ancient custom that dates back to the early thirteenth century. This was a life-changing event as it gave the individual the right to earn money through a trade or craft as a member of one of the venerable City of London's Livery Companies.

During World War Two, British intelligence bugged the conversations of German prisoners-of-war at three stately homes, including Trent Park in north London.  Thousands of prisoners passed through the clandestine centre at Trent Park from 1939-1942, then from 1942 it was reserved for Hitler’s captured Generals who inadvertently gave away some of Hitler’s most closely guarded secrets, including discussions about V1 (‘doodlebug’), V2 and the atomic bomb programme. For over 60 years the secret listeners (German-Jewish émigrés who had fled Hitler) never…