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Continuing our series of special Literary Footprints 2018 posts, Oonagh Gay gives us a taster of her walk Dodging the Blitz: Bloomsbury Second World War Novels on which you can discover the locations and stories from some of the greatest novelists of their age as they drew influence and inspiration from their own experiences of…
Read moreWith Literary Footprints 2018 well under way, Jen Pedler returns to draw the contrast between the hip and happening Clerkenwell of today and the Victorian-era Clerkenwell portrayed by George Gissing. You can discover much more on Jen’s walk The Nether World: George Gissing’s Clerkenwell which features as part of our literary walks festival, dates and…
Read moreWith Literary Footprints 2018 now under way, Anthony Davis describes one of his favourite statues (of Sir Arthur Sullivan) on the route of his walk Riverside Palaces – A Literary and Architectural Treasure Hunt, based on a panorama of London from 1720. You can find dates and booking details on Anthony’s walks page. You can…
Read moreWith only a day to go to the start of Literary Footprints 2018, Tina Baxter returns to tell us the story of what is considered the oldest detailed description of a scientific instrument in English. You can discover more on Tina’s Chaucer – His Life & Times in the City walk, dates and booking details on…
Read moreWith the start of Literary Footprints 2018 only a few days away, our series of special blog posts continues as Tina Baxter walks us around Bloomsbury in the company of TS Eliot’s J Alfred Prufrock. You can discover more on Tina’s TS Eliot – Bloomsbury and Prufrock walk, dates and booking details on Tina’s walks…
Read moreIn the next in our special series of Literary Footprints 2018 blog posts, Oonagh Gay dips into the murky world of political intrigue in Victorian London. You can find out more on Oonagh’s walk Conrad’s The Secret Agent: Anarchism in Fitzrovia, dates and booking details on Oonagh’s walks page. Victorian Britain was a nation which…
Read moreAs the countdown to the October 1st start of Literary Footprints 2018 continues, Jen Pedler tells us more about one of the characters who features on her walk Mayfair’s Bright Young Things which features as part of our literary walks festival. Hear more about Michael Arlen and his contemporaries – Evelyn Waugh, Anthony Powell and…
Read moreLiterary Footprints 2018, our annual month of celebration of all things literary London starts on October 1st and you can find the full schedule of walks (over 60 this year!) by clicking the link above. As an hors d’ouvre our guides will over the next couple of weeks be sharing snippets from their walks. Jill…
Read moreNeil Sinclair stumbled on an unusual closure of Ludgate Hill recently and tells us more: Footprints of London guides are very well used to Ludgate Hill and St Paul’s Churchyard being closed. Repairs or replacement of gas and water mains, cycle races, the annual Lord Mayor’s Show and services attended by senior members of the…
Read moreThe leafy suburb of Belsize Park has seen a veritable rash of new Blue Plaques recently (OK, two…) celebrating the great and good of the art and design world that made it their home. Marilyn Greene tells us more. On 9 July (exactly 84 years after they opened) the great nephew of Walter Gropius unveiled…
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