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The first tickets for Literary Footprints, our month long celebration of London’s literary heritage, are now on sale. Literary Footprints will have over 40 walks, readings and talks at venues across London, throughout October. Keep checking the website for details but the events you can book now are Keats in Hampstead with Anita Miller – 11am…
Read moreFootprints Guide Diane Eccles was invited to The Knollys Rose Ceremony recently. The ceremony dates back to a rose garden and a bridge in the City that caused controversy in 1381. You can read more about the ceremony in her new blog Diane and Jenni have a series of walks that look at the traditions…
Read moreJenni’s colleague, Diane Eccles, has highlighted this tiny gem of a coat of arms – tucked away in one of the City’s delightful alleyways, St Mary at the Hill, and displayed on the front of the only original Georgian Livery Hall in the City. In 1585 Queen Elizabeth granted arms, crest and heraldic supporters to…
Read moreAs ever the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition has so many exhibits on display that I would defy anyone to go there and not find something they liked. This year there is a big emphasis on crossover between art and architecture and this produced my favourite work, a lightbox by Emily Allchurch called “Grand Tour: In…
Read moreThe next contribution to our heraldry you can find on the street series comes from Jenni The Worshipful Company of Apothecaries are one of the City of London Livery companies and like other trade guilds it was formed to protect the interest of its members, to attend to their welfare and to regulate trade…
Read moreLast week I mentioned how the Heraldry Society pointed out to us that heraldry was all around us. Putting this to the test I decided to see how long it would be before I spotted a coat of arms on my walk to work. It took five minutes before I came across the arms of the…
Read moreOn May 28th 1961 The Observer published an article by Peter Benenson called “The Forgotten Prisoners” which called for the release of people around the world who were in prison for peacefully expressing their beliefs. This article led to a campaign called the Appeal for Amnesty 1961 which went on to form the organisation…
Read moreMost of the Footprints of London guides were at a meeting where members of the Heraldry Society gave a presentation. Heraldic symbols first came into use after the invention of plate armour meant that it became hard to identify people on the battlefield. A coat of arms soon became a must have for any aspiring…
Read moreFootprints of London are really proud to announce they will be taking part in this years London Festival of Architecture Fringe, the annual month long celebration of the built environment. The festival first started as the London Architecture Biennale in 2004, but, lets face it there is so much going on in London, it really…
Read moreThis week a new lighting scheme has been unveiled at the Angel. The Angel, Islington is one of those buildings that people have heard of even if they haven’t even been to London, thanks to it’s inclusion in a certain board game. However it isn’t obvious to people arriving in Islington which building the Angel…
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