#Clerkenwell My explorations in Clerkenwell were inspired by a 2019 meeting with Mike Franks, who I had first known in the 1970s when planning correspondent for the Evening Standard. Mike developed Clerkenwell Workshops in 1975, and while working for the Silver Jubilee Celebrations Committee in 1977 I helped Mike get funding for a project that included the first Clerkenwell Discovery Trail. [Here's an article in the EC1 Echo](https://clerkenwell.commons.london/commons-vision) about the meeting with Mike and the idea of Clerkenwell Commons. I developed a [website about the Commons](https://clerkenwell.commons.london/home). EC1 Echo editor Oliver Bennett offered me a column, and I started the [Connections blog](https://connections.commons.london/) to complement that, with posts about the City, where I live in Smithfield, and neighbouring Clerkenwell. Here's one about [the idea of Destination Clerkenwell](https://connections.commons.london/destination-clerkenwell/) to complement the Square Mile's [Destination City](https://wiki.commons.london/dc/index) programme. After experimenting with a number of different types of maps, I developed [two maps with Footways](https://connections.commons.london/new-footways-maps/) - one on historic Clerkenwell, and one specifically on Radical Clerkenwell. I have also created a set of records about [Historic Clerkenwell on Layers of London](https://www.layersoflondon.org/map/collections/historic-clerkenwell). While developing those maps I gathered articles and videos about Clerkenwell, and brought together the wide range of interesting historical articles in the Echo. I'm currently sharing ideas with Footways for a paper map linked to a digital map and online resources, and with Mike Franks on further ways to develop the idea of Clerkenwell Commons. **On this site:** [[clerkenwell:Radical Clerkenwell|Radical Clerkenwell]]\\ An overview of Clerkenwell, and articles about Radical Clerkenwell [[clerkenwell:Videos|Clerkenwell videos]]\\ Video tours by Islington and City Guides, May Day marches, and the Russian Revolution 1917. [[clerkenwell:Echo|EC1 Echo articles]]\\ Articles about Clerkenwell history from the EC1 Echo. [[clerkenwell:maps|Clerkenwell maps]]\\ Historical Clerkenwell including Radical Clerkenwell. [[clerkenwell:posts|Clerkenwell blog posts]]\\ Posts on the Connections site. [[clerkenwell:walks|Clerkenwell self-guided walks]]\\ A collection of walks by Guides and historians. [[clerkenwell:resources|Additional resources]]\\ Links to other resources. David Wilcox