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Jill Finch believes C J Sansom’s Shardlake’s books are the ideal books for City of London guides. Find out for yourself on her walks for Literary Footprints. A friend started to read the Shardlake series of books by C J Sansom after coming on a tryout for my walk ‘Shardlake’s London’ His comment after the…
Read moreJen Pedler talks about Wormwood Scrubs Prison – which features in her Literary Footprints walk called “Stuart’s First Walk” On the first day he set out to walk every street in the A-Z, jaded tour guide Stuart London found himself outside Wormwood Scrubs Prison. “In some ways it was much as expected, with forbidding brick…
Read moreAlan Fortune reveals the story of the Unity Theatre – one of the things he talks about in his walk St Pancras in Literature Film and Drama , part of the Literary Footprints Festival The Unity Theatre moved to Chalton Street in Somers Town in 1937, one year after its formation. Its main aim was…
Read morePaul Surma reports back from Clapham South Deep Level Shelter, a London Transport Museum ‘Hidden London’ event, October 2015 The term ‘Hidden London’ features so much in guided walks and events around the Capital it’s a surprise that there is anything still ‘hidden’ for anybody to find. However one feature of London’s deep history…
Read moreWith the first event of Literary Footprints Festival less than 24 hours away, as a little taster of what you can expect some of our guides have suggested their favourite quotes that they will be pressing into service on their walks. Not surprisingly, they have come up with as fascinating and diverse a selection as the walks themselves, so, without any further…
Read moreJill Finch talks about some of the Poets that feature in her walk The City By The Book – part of The Literary Footprints Festival The great church of St Mary le Bow stands on Cheapside and it’s always been said that if you are born within the sound of its bells you are a…
Read moreStephen Benton talks about a special Chelsea Street. You can join him there on his walk for the Literary Footprints Festival on 12th and 24th October Chelsea has many literary connections and so it is fitting that Footprints have included a walk through Chelsea as part of the Literary Footprints festival this October. Join Stephen…
Read moreContinuing our series looking at the legacy of English monarchs in London. This time Henry III Considering his reign spanned 55 years, it is not surprising that Henry III left more of a legacy to London than some of the other kings we have looked at in this series. Henry III certainly didn’t have an…
Read moreRob Smith looks at very special human remains that could be the oldest Londoner. Next summer you can visit the site where they were found with him We often start the story of London with the Romans, but if you visit the Natural History Museum or the Museum of London you can see evidence of…
Read morePaul Surma talks about one of the City of London’s newer alleyways that features in his Hidden Streets and Alleys of the City Walk The City of London is full of sharp turns, dark corners and narrow alleyways, many of which have been there since the Medieval times and longer.However the City of London has…
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