Walking Tour – Literary City of London: From Shakespeare to Wilde
Walking Tour – Literary City of London: From Shakespeare to Wilde
5 March 2026 Comments Off on Walking Tour – Literary City of London: From Shakespeare to WildeExplore the haunts and homes of London’s writing luminaries through the centuries in the ancient City of London
- A walk around important locations in the lives of Shakespeare, Pepys, Wilde, Donne, Defoe, Johnson and others.
- Through these stories the significance of the printing revolution in London emerges, with the fight for publishing freedom continuing into the 20th century.
- We will also hear about the origins of earliest Londinium from Tacitus and the hectic 19th century London of Dickens, as well as visiting the remains of Blitz damage, a hidden river and a tribute to a cat.