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The word “Aldgate” is more likely to inspire thoughts in most Londoners of an almost permanently impassable gyratory system than it is tales of knights and chivalry. But as ever in this great city, once you start to do a little digging there is more to it than meets the eye. David Charnick tells us…
Read moreWith the fourth and final season of Mr Selfridge under way, Stephen Benton has been doing some digging behind the scenes into some of the colourful characters of the TV version in an attempt to separate the historical facts from the dramatic licence. Stephen shares his findings below: In the opening credits of the ITV…
Read moreBelgravia. An area of grandeur and apparent calm. But behind and among the stucco, there’s often a different story. Michael Duncan has been investigating… Belgravia is not normally an area associated with pub crawls, but there is one to be done in these exclusive streets, perhaps starting with the tiny Grenadier at the Knightsbridge end…
Read moreIn an earlier post, Stephen Benton (one of our resident transport history geeks) teased us that he would reveal why Green Line coaches all carry route numbers in the 700s. Fortunately for all of you who have been on the edge of your seats awaiting the answer since, he has returned to provide it! For…
Read moreWith Dickensian, the BBC’s re-imagining of some of Charles Dickens’ most enduring characters well under way, Mark Rowland speculates on what the great man himself might have made of it all. One of the more gratifying aspects of sharing our love of all things London with the guests on our walks are the fascinating discussions…
Read moreOur guides do love a challenge, so when Joanna Moncrieff, Rhona Levene, Stephen Benton and Jen Pedler were given a private commission asking if they could design 6 different lunchtime “quicky” walks (i.e. do-able in less than an hour) starting at the Gherkin in The City of London they had to see if it could…
Read moreTwixmas (as it’s apparently known. Or twixtmas, the interweb doesn’t seem too sure which yet…). A strange sort of week, isn’t it? A sort of no-mans land between the Xmas excess and the return to the toil after the New Year. So, if you find yourself with encroaching cabin fever, or with a house full…
Read moreYou may recall the fairly recent celebrations for the 150th anniversary of World’s first Underground railway which opened in 1863 and ran from Paddington to Farringdon. But that was a steam railway and it took nearly another 30 years before electricity was used to power trains. Friday 18 December 2015 marks the 125th anniversary of…
Read moreDespite the march of modern development in north Clerkenwell, Jiff Bayliss manages to unveil many late Georgian architectural gems on his walk Lubetkin, Lenin and Bevin Court, which explores the impact of the Bolshevik modernist architect, Berthold Lubetkin on the area. But there is also an intriguing tale of two disappearing busts is to be revealed and untangled. Jiff…
Read moreRichard Watkins is raising money for The Connection at St Martin-in-the-Fields by donating the proceeds of his walk A Trafalgar Square Travesty to this fine charity who do fantastic work helping London’s homeless find their feet. As a little teaser, he tells us about just one of the less well-known aspects of one of the…
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