• Walking Tour – Constable’s Hampstead
    Walking Tour – Constable’s Hampstead
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    Discover the Georgian and Regency Hampstead that Constable walked, painted and wrote about From 1819 , the artist John Constable started renting houses in Hampstead and, in 1827, made it his permanent home. Join Marilyn Greene, art historian and local historian to discover the picturesque Georgian and Regency Hampstead that Constable would have been familiar…

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  • Virtual Tour – The Heights of Dickens
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    Follow in a virtual tour in Charles Dickens’ footsteps in a walk from Highgate to the hamlet of Northend on the northern slopes of Hampstead From the comfort of your home, follow in a virtual tour in Charles Dickens’ footsteps in a walk from Highgate to the hamlet of North End on the border with…

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  • Virtual Tour – Diverse London – City Public Art by Refugees and Immigrants
    Virtual Tour – Diverse London – City Public Art by Refugees and Immigrants
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    Follow in a virtual tour through the City of London discovering public art by first generation refugees and immigrants to Britain. 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…

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  • Virtual Tour – Reach for the Sky, Trading and Business in the City
    Virtual Tour – Reach for the Sky, Trading and Business in the City
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    Discover what trades and businesses have been associated with different buildings from Roman times to the the present The City of London was established in Roman times. The City of London, developed its own commercial identity along its tight-knit medieval pattern of narrow streets and alleyways. Walking through its heart, we will discover the foundations…

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  • Walking Tour – Reach for the sky: trading and business in the City
    Walking Tour – Reach for the sky: trading and business in the City
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    Discover how the commercial identity of the City of London has changed with the times to Roman Forums, livery halls to sky scrapers. The City of London, contained within the Roman walls that largely existed until the 17th century, developed its own commercial identity along its tight-knit medieval pattern of narrow streets and alleyways. Walking…

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  • Virtual Tour – The Blitz and Preserving History in the City
    Virtual Tour – The Blitz and Preserving History in the City
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    Discover the horrors and extent of damage to the City of London during the Blitz , what was rescued, revealed, restored or even rebuilt. Imagine 300 bombs raining down per minute on the City of London on the night of 29th December 1940.  Anyone waking up in the City on 30th December 1940 would have…

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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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