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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Robert Dex and Arts Correspondent

Performers to dance on St Paul’s in plans to revive ancient fair

The famous façade of St Paul’s Cathedral will become a stage for an aerial dance display as part of a historic festival being re-invented in the City’s bid to promote itself as a cultural hotspot.

Bartholomew Fair began as a cloth fair in 1133 and ran for seven centuries, eventually becoming a riotous three-day affair with prize fighters, freakshows and feasts being organised to entertain Londoners.

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