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Vincent Van Gogh lived in Stockwell for a year from August 1873. We follow his likely walk home from work and learn a bit about 1870s London Vincent Van Gogh lived at 87 Hackford Road in Stockwell for a year between August 1873 and 1874. He fell in love with British culture and was inspired…
Read moreHear the story of Oliver Twist and see the real London locations used in one of Charles Dickens’ most famous books. This is a virtual tour hosted live via Zoom video conferencing where your guide will show slides and give a talk to accompany them. There will be the opportunity for questions both during and…
Read moreA journey spotlighting some of London’s notable examples of stylish and glamorous Art Deco from the 1920s and 1930s This is a virtual tour conducted live hosted via Zoom video conferencing where your guide will show slides and give a talk to accompany them. There will be the opportunity for questions both during and after…
Read moreJoin Stephen to explore some of the idiosyncratic and subjective views of London by architectural journalist Ian Nairn. First published in 1966, Nairn’s London is an idiosycratic and intensively subjective meditation on a city and its buildings. Join Stephen as he focuses on what Ian Nairn had to say about Westminster and to explore some…
Read moreVirginia Woolf had a London home almost all of her life. In this tour we explore the various places she called home in London. This is a virtual tour conducted live hosted via Zoom video conferencing where your guide will show slides and give a talk to accompany them. There will be the opportunity for…
Read moreCelebrate the secret world in words! Photo: Cambridge Circus Sign – © David Charnick 2020 What’s your preference – George Smiley or James Bond? Both feature in this exploration of the shadowy world of secret agents in fiction. The tour features site-specific readings – some obvious, some much less so! Join me in a literary…
Read moreCelebrate the great defender – Rumpole of the Bailey! Photo: The Recording Angel, Central Criminal Court – © David Charnick 2020 Fortified with Château Thames Embankment, and overseen by She Who Must Be Obeyed, Rumpole of the Bailey devotes his time to keeping errant humanity out of chokey. Join me to explore Rumpole’s legal world…
Read moreCelebrate the many sides of Dictionary Johnson! Photo: Samuel Johnson by Percy Fitzgerald (detail), St Clement Danes – © David Charnick 2022 In 1737 a teacher with an uncertain future arrived in London in the company of one of his former pupils. The former pupil was David Garrick, who would become one of the most…
Read moreUncover a secret world of intelligence activity in St James’s Photo: St Ermin’s Hotel, Caxton Street – © David Charnick 2023 The St James’s area is redolent with history. It has traditional shops, some going back to the eighteenth and even seventeenth centuries. It has Jermyn Street, famous for its style. And of course it…
Read moreExplore the Shadowy World of the Secret Services! Photo: Vauxhall Cross from Vauxhall Bridge – © David Charnick 2020 The world of British Intelligence is dominated by the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). But the story of intelligence gathering and covert operations goes way beyond these two bodies. This tour considers…
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