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Londoners are pretty used to being underground – with millions travelling by tube each day, miles of underpasses and acres of basement office space. So its not surprising that there are lots of interesting things to see underneath London. The Footprints of London team have picked ten of their favourites, most of which are open…
Read moreRichard Watkins looks at the links between John Singer Sargent and his new walk London’s Ragged and Reformers which is on 16th April , 28th April , 6th May and 14th May The John Singer Sargent exhibition on at the National Portrait Gallery, “Portraits of Artists and Friends” is one of the hit exhibitions currently…
Read moreViv Schrager-Powell talks about the new walk River to Riches she has developed with David Charnick. You can join them on 17th April, 24th April, 27th April, 30th April and 2nd May River to Riches – Why the River Thames was vital to London’s financial growth This guided Thames-side walk tells the story of…
Read moreJill Finch reports from The Distribution of the Butterworth Charity. Jill’s new walk Urban Waters is part of our River Walks Festival In 1887 Joshua Whitehead Butterworth, an antiquarian law publisher, created a charity and a unique custom about which many might say ‘only in England’.The Butterworth Charity revived an old practice of distributing 6d…
Read moreFootprints of London guides Jenni Bowley and Rob Smith have been helping out the Hairy Bikers with their new series “The Pubs That Made Britain” Jenni was interviewed about the Great Fire of London for the programme, which will go out in the summer. Dave was impressed by Jenni’s knowledge of the medieval streets. Rob…
Read moreRob Smith reviews the current John Singer Sargent exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. You can find out more about some of the people in John Singer Sargent’s portraits on Rob’s walk John Singer Sargent’s People During the late Victorian and Edwardian era’s, a sign that you had finally made it in the world…
Read moreWhile all the Footprints of London Guides agree that they prefer to be talking about London history outside on the street, they love London museums too (many are guides at museums too). Here are 10 of the teams favourite objects in the collections of London Museums. 1 Prince Frederick’s Barge in the National Maritime Museum Neil…
Read moreMore news about the River Walks Festival in April The Footprints of London River Walks Festival opens on April 16th with a special event. Author Caitlin Davies will talk about her new book “Downstream: a history and celebration of swimming the River Thames” at one of London’s most atmospheric riverside pubs The Prospect of Whitby. Tickets cost…
Read moreMark Rowland hunts out the real London locations behind the stories and characters in the latest TV Blockbuster, Wolf Hall. With the BBC in Tudor fever centred on Wolf Hall, their lavish 6-part adaption of Hilary Mantel’s historical novels Wolf Hall and Bringing up the Bodies, many people have taken to Google in an effort…
Read moreMr Selfridge is back on our TV screen and Stephen is back doing his West End department stores walk: “Mr Selfridge and his competitors” – Sunday 8 February at 11.00 and Thursday 19 October at 14.00. If you watch the credits of the TV series Mr Selfridge carefully you will see that it is based…
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