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As Spectre, the latest outing for 007 hits our cinema screens Michael Duncan talks about the life of James Bond author Ian Fleming. You can hear more in Michael’s walk James Bond and the Spies of Mayfair which he runs regularly. Just off Park Lane, you will find No 27 Green Street where Ian Fleming,…
Read moreWe were delighted to be invited to talk to Robert Elms about the final weekend of the 2015 Literary Footprints Festival on his BBC Radio London show last Saturday, click the picture to hear his interview with Mark Rowland.
Read moreAndrew Parnell discusses the various styles of building adopted in Poplar, East London, in the massive redevelopment of that area in the 20th century which feature in his walk “Stock Bricks to Brutalism: Housing Design History in Poplar“. The 20th century saw massive programmes of redevelopment in the East End of London, sweeping away great…
Read moreStephen Benton discovers another story related to his Made in Chelsea walk, part of the Literary Footprints Festival One of the writers covered by Stephen in his Made in Chelsea walk (Saturday 24 October at 11am) is Thomas Carlyle. Carlyle’s statue sits on Chelsea Embankment near the house he lived in for almost 50 years. First opened to the…
Read moreJill Finch believes C J Sansom’s Shardlake’s books are the ideal books for City of London guides. Find out for yourself on her walks for Literary Footprints. A friend started to read the Shardlake series of books by C J Sansom after coming on a tryout for my walk ‘Shardlake’s London’ His comment after the…
Read moreJen Pedler talks about Wormwood Scrubs Prison – which features in her Literary Footprints walk called “Stuart’s First Walk” On the first day he set out to walk every street in the A-Z, jaded tour guide Stuart London found himself outside Wormwood Scrubs Prison. “In some ways it was much as expected, with forbidding brick…
Read moreAlan Fortune reveals the story of the Unity Theatre – one of the things he talks about in his walk St Pancras in Literature Film and Drama , part of the Literary Footprints Festival The Unity Theatre moved to Chalton Street in Somers Town in 1937, one year after its formation. Its main aim was…
Read morePaul Surma reports back from Clapham South Deep Level Shelter, a London Transport Museum ‘Hidden London’ event, October 2015 The term ‘Hidden London’ features so much in guided walks and events around the Capital it’s a surprise that there is anything still ‘hidden’ for anybody to find. However one feature of London’s deep history…
Read moreWith the first event of Literary Footprints Festival less than 24 hours away, as a little taster of what you can expect some of our guides have suggested their favourite quotes that they will be pressing into service on their walks. Not surprisingly, they have come up with as fascinating and diverse a selection as the walks themselves, so, without any further…
Read moreJill Finch talks about some of the Poets that feature in her walk The City By The Book – part of The Literary Footprints Festival The great church of St Mary le Bow stands on Cheapside and it’s always been said that if you are born within the sound of its bells you are a…
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