• Walking Tour – Barnaby Rudge and the Gordon Riots
    Walking Tour – Barnaby Rudge and the Gordon Riots
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    Relive Dickens’s dramatic retelling of the 1780 anti-Catholic riots that consumed London. Barnaby Rudge; a Tale of the Riots of ‘Eighty tells the story of simpleton Barnaby Rudge and his pet raven Grip who were caught up in the anti-Catholic riots that spread terror and destruction throughout London in 1780. This, the first of Dickens’s…

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  • Walking Tour – Diverse London – City Public Art by Refugees and Immigrants
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    Walking across the City, we discover the stories behind the people and sculptures of public art by immigrants and refugees The City of London has always been home to immigrant communities. This walks winds its way through the City streets and highlights immigrants who made a mark here in a literal way as it is…

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  • Walking Tour – Cubitt Wakes the Isle of Dogs
    Walking Tour – Cubitt Wakes the Isle of Dogs
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    Celebrate the beginnings of the Isle of Dogs! Photo: the former Cubitt Arms (detail) – © 2023 David Charnick (PLEASE NOTE that aspects of this route may be problematic for persons with mobility issues. Please contact me IN ADVANCE to ensure that I can make proper provision.) In the 1840s William Cubitt headed east to…

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