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April 23, 2021

St George, the dragon and the City of London

It’s St George’s Day, and time to celebrate England’s unique contributions to world culture, sport, commerce and so much more. With this in mind, we asked the members of our Culture Committee to write something interesting about St George. The only proviso was that the article didn’t come across as a 14 year old’s history homework, and didn’t tell people (the English in particular) stuff they already knew.
May 7, 2021

Ramadan Kareem

In this latest Culture matters bulletin, Aisha El-Telbani from our Compliance team talks about Ramadan – the month of fasting and abstaining observed by Muslims all over the world and which this year takes place between 12 April and the 12 May. As well as providing interesting historical and religious perspectives, Aisha offers an insight into what Ramadan means to her and the family traditions she followed as a child and into adulthood.