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London Swallowed a City but Couldn't Digest It.

CGP Grey · explainer · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

CGP Grey explains that the City of London is a tiny, separate entity with its own governance, history and privileges, distinct from the city called London. He covers its financial role and how it is run.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN's go-to short explainer for the City of London versus London, cited in many finance and UK threads.

  • 12 people recommended it
  • 11 different months
  • 3 strong recommendations
  • first 2012, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “See CGP Grey's excellent video[1] for more about the City of London vs the city called London”

    Explains City of London versus London.

    M2Ys4U, 2014-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Online piracy will no longer be a criminal offence in the UK”

  2. “CGP Grey's "The (Secret) City of London" are great videos on the topic”

    Great videos distinguishing the City of London from London.

    Hagelin, 2017-03 · Strong recommendation · in “London’s Big Dig Reveals Layers of History”

  3. “CGP Grey has a delightful video explaining this”

    Delightful explanation of the City inside London.

    dwheeler, 2024-06 · Strong recommendation · in “The City of London which is not part of London (2016)”

  4. “This video does an effective job in explaining how things work”

    Explains how the City of London differs from greater London.

    hencq, 2013-03 · Recommendation · in “A Tale of Two Londons”

  5. “Informative/fun video on the subject”

    Informative, fun video on City of London.

    Wintamute, 2015-11 · Recommendation · in “London garden bridge users to have mobile phone signals tracked”

  6. “CGP Grey does a really good job giving an overview of the history of The City of London.”

    Overview of the history of the City of London.

    yoshamano, 2015-12 · Recommendation · in “The fall of Jersey: how a tax haven goes bust”

  7. “CGP Grey did a nice two-parter video describing its history, its privileges and how to become mayor”

    Part 1 covers history and privileges of the City.

    Malic, 2016-05 · Recommendation · in “Dark money: London’s dirty secret”

  8. “GCP Grey does a great video on this”

    A great video on the topic.

    djsumdog, 2019-02 · Recommendation · in “Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Campus”

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Topics: city of london, uk governance, finance, history, cgp grey

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