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December saw the sad news of the death of Richard Rogers, one of the architects who have made a major contribution to the look of modern London. We look at three of our favourite Richard Rogers projects. The Lloyds Building – chosen by Marylin Greene One of the things I like most about the City…
Read moreWith Literary Footprints 2021 nearly upon us, David Charnick tells us about a London building with a remarkable heritage in both the factual and fictional London spy scene. You can hear more on Dave’s tour Secret Writing which he is running as part of our October literary festival, as a walking tour on Saturday 2nd…
Read moreThe house in Mayfair where Sean Connery was cast in the role Bond.
Read moreLondon’s hospitals have hardly been out of the news during the current pandemic. With resources stretched to the limit by the volume of COVID admissions, NHS hospital staff have been rightly lauded for their superhuman efforts to keep us safe during this difficult time. By way of our own small tribute to our amazing NHS…
Read moreNext up in our occasional series commemorating our first 10 years is David Charnick: The first I heard about Footprints of London was in 2013, when I was training to be a City of London guide. One of the founder members, Dave Brown, came to talk to us about Footprints at an evening training session….
Read moreNext in our occasional series of guide reminiscences marking our first 10 years comes from Richard Watkins: The ten years of Footprints virtually follows my guiding career which began in July 2012 and I have been a Footprints member since then (save for a few years). In that time, I have built up my walks,…
Read moreAs a part of marking our first 10 years, we asked our guides to come up with some of their personal memories of their time with us. Marilyn Greene is first out of the gate: I’m a relative newcomer to Footprints of London having only been part of the organisation since 2016 (just over a…
Read moreAugust 2021 will mark the 10th anniversary of the founding of our guided tours company Footprints of London (FPoL). But how did it all start? In 2011, the recent graduates of the Clerkenwell & Islington Guiding Course had just completed their exams and were wondering what the next step might be. How could they venture…
Read moreToday, 3rd April is the 300th anniversary of the coming to office of Britain’s first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole. To commemorate this, we asked our Footprints guides to write about a Prime Minister of their choice who has a connection with a particular London building or buildings they know. The ten Prime Ministers discussed…
Read moreOur Footprints guides have chosen 10 of their favourite London Bridges. Not all of them number among London’s most famous bridges, nor are they all bridges across the River Thames, but they all hold a fascination for the guides in question. For some guides, the bridge they describe is part of their neighbourhood. For others,…
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