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With the screening of the first TV episode of The Mirror and the Light, the final instalment of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilogy, interest in all things Tudor is reaching fever pitch. The BBC has scoured the country to find suitably sumptuous locations to form an appropriate backdrop to the epic storytelling and larger than…
Read moreOften when we are researching new tours, an unexpected nugget of information will pop up its head. Michael Duncan had just such an experience while researching his new walking tour Aldwych – before and beyond. You can join Michael for his tour in 16th June at 10.30 am, booking details are here. When I was…
Read moreMichael Duncan introduces us to a few of the colourful characters from his walking tour The Haves and Have-nots of Marylebone. You can join him on Sunday 26th November to discover more, follow the link for details and booking. The Blue Stockings are little talked of nowadays but in the mid to late 1700’s they…
Read moreMichael Duncan gives us a sample of some of the characters from his Style and Scandal in St James’s tour which he will next be running on 8th October. There is a link at the bottom of the post if you want to join him to hear more! If you take a walk round…
Read moreWe’ve been working with InvestIN for a number of months preparing and planning tours for over 250 students attending their Sustainable Engineering: The Young Engineer Summer Experience 2022 course. As always, we planned for as many eventualities as we could. But every now and again, something wonderfully unexpected (and perfectly timed) happens that illustrates a…
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 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…
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