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Jen’s Pedler’s Mayfair’s Bright Young Things walk on Saturday 28th October is a literary romp around the area telling the stories of the “Bright Young Things” who inhabited the area in the 1920s. Part of the Footprints of London Literary Festival, you can find booking details on Jen’s walks page, meanwhile she reveals the origins…
Read moreJen’s Pedler’s walk on Thursday 26th October Sherlock Holmes – the Return, part of the Footprints of London Literary Festival, recreates the route Holmes and Watson may have taken and attempts to solve two mysteries along the way: who murdered the Honourable Ronald Adair and where exactly was 221b Baker St? Booking details are on…
Read moreWith our Literary Footprints Festival 2017 in full swing, Alan Fortune recounts the tale of a key literary landmark in Soho. Alan will be running his Literary Soho walk on 15th and 24th October, booking details are on his walks page. On the south side of Old Compton Street in the area known as Soho’s…
Read moreContinuing our series of Literary Footprints 2017 posts, Mark Rowland delves into the murky world of night walking. Mark will be running his Dickens After Dark walk on the evenings of Tuesday 10th and Thursday 19th October following the paths of Charles Dickens’ night walks, booking details are on his walks page. “If you do…
Read moreAs part of Literary Footprints 2017, on Wednesday 11th October Jen Pedler will be revealing The Nether World of George Gissing’s Clerkenwell. Booking details are on her walks page, meanwhile Jen has given us a little taster of what to expect. Walk the streets of Clerkenwell today with a copy of George Gissing’s 1889 novel…
Read moreIn the next of our Literary Footprints 2017 posts, Robin Rowles talks about some of the London locations used in Doctor Who. London and Doctor Who go hand in hand. The Tardis can travel through all time and space, yet any earth-based stories both in the classic and new series have tended to be set…
Read moreDavid Charnick explores how Charles Dickens exploited the peculiarities of office space provision in Victorian London to emphasise Ebenezer Scrooge’s sense of loneliness and isolation. David will be running his Dickens of a City walk as part of Literary Footprints 2017, dates and booking details on his walks page. It was with great astonishment, and…
Read moreOver London Open House weekend Tina Baxter and her friend Gina led walks around one of the City of London’s finest buildings – Leadenhall Market The iconic Leadenhall Market built by Sir Horace Jones in 1881 is a jewel in the City of London’s private tenanted portfolio. Thursday’s it is crammed with city types enjoying…
Read moreMichael Duncan talks about the role Huntsman of Savile Row plays in the new film Kingsman 2: The Golden Circle You can find out more on Michael’s walk “In Search of the real Kingsman – Spies and suits of Savile Row” Huntsman is one of the great shops of Savile Row. In its time it…
Read moreDave Charnick recalls how a royal intervention helped stem the spread of deadly disease in Victorian Bethnal Green. You can hear more stories from this most fascinating of London locales on Dave’s walk The Battle for Bethnal Green this Saturday (17th June) at 2.30 pm. Booking details are here. On Pollard Row in Bethnal Green…
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