Six Degrees of Separation – well almost!
25 April 2016 Comments Off on Six Degrees of Separation – well almost!Further to her earlier post on the travails of a group of Fleet Street ladies in gaining the same rights
Read moreAll that Glisters is not Gold
9 April 2016 Comments Off on All that Glisters is not GoldThe City of London has been a key centre of trading since its foundation by the Romans. As part of
Read moreWild goose chase
25 March 2016 Comments Off on Wild goose chaseApril is Shakespeare month here at Footprints of London as we launch a special series of walks to mark
Read moreAnn vs. Lucy: Two London women and the English Civil War
23 March 2016 Comments Off on Ann vs. Lucy: Two London women and the English Civil WarTo ease us out of our special series of walks celebrating International Women’s Day, Robin Rowles
Read moreThe only woman ever to be tortured at the Tower
5 March 2016 Comments Off on The only woman ever to be tortured at the TowerIn the latest in our special series of posts on our International Women’s Day series of walks,
Read more“A storm in a sherry glass”
2 March 2016 Comments Off on “A storm in a sherry glass”In the next our special series of posts on our walks celebrating International Women’s Day, Tina
Read moreSoho’s Night Club Queen
28 February 2016 Comments Off on Soho’s Night Club QueenIn the next in a special series of posts on our walks celebrating International Women’s Day, Michael
Read moreCanvassing with a sailor
24 February 2016 Comments Off on Canvassing with a sailorIn the first of series of posts on some of the fascinating characters you will encounter on our walks
Read more“A Monstrous Regiment Of Women”
23 February 2016 Comments Off on “A Monstrous Regiment Of Women”In 1588 when the Scottish reformer John Knox first published his diatribe The First Blast of the Trumpet
Read moreThe fact and the fiction behind Mr Selfridge
2 February 2016 5 Comments on The fact and the fiction behind Mr SelfridgeWith the fourth and final season of Mr Selfridge under way, Stephen Benton has been doing some digging
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