• Octavia Hill and John Singer Sargent
    Octavia Hill and John Singer Sargent
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    Richard Watkins looks at the links between John Singer Sargent and his new walk London’s Ragged and Reformers which is on 16th April , 28th April , 6th May and 14th May The John Singer Sargent exhibition on at the National Portrait Gallery, “Portraits of Artists and Friends” is one of the hit exhibitions currently…

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  • River to Riches
    River to Riches
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    Viv Schrager-Powell talks about the new walk River to Riches she has developed with David Charnick. You can join them on 17th April, 24th April, 27th April, 30th April and 2nd May   River to Riches – Why the River Thames was vital to London’s financial growth This guided Thames-side walk tells the story of…

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  • A Buttered Bun at St Barts
    A Buttered Bun at St Barts
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    Jill Finch reports from The Distribution of the Butterworth Charity. Jill’s new walk Urban Waters is part of our River Walks Festival In 1887 Joshua Whitehead Butterworth, an antiquarian law publisher, created a charity and a unique custom about which many might say ‘only in England’.The Butterworth Charity revived an old practice of distributing 6d…

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