Footprints of London

The story of twelve medieval castles that are a short journey from London London is home to one of the most famous castles in the world – The Tower of London. However the Tower is not the only castle you can visit in the London area. This virtual tour will tell you about twelve more…

Stories of the fragile beginnings of the East India Company with their first journeys to Indonesia, Japan , India and China The East India Company became the most powerful multinational the world has ever known. However the first voyages of the East India Company were somewhat haphazard. This talk by London tour guide Rob Smith…

It was hard work keeping Victorian London supplied with food. This Virtual Tour looks at the factories where famous food brands were made. Nineteenth century London was the largest city in the world – with a big appetite! Food needed to be produced on an industrial scale and factories to make food sprang up all…

In the autumn of 1816 London simmered with discontent, which came to a head with violent disturbances that saw to overthrow the government

West Drayton in the borough of Hillingdon has a Tudor Gateway hidden away among its modern housing, and lots of other interesting things too West Drayton Manor was the home to the Paget family – important in the court of Henry VIII but they are on the run when they plot against Elizabeth I. Rob…

Kent's coast is full of history. This online talk will take you on a journey from Dungeness to Sheerness via the White Cliffs of Dover The county of Kent has a stunning coastline, from the lonely shingle beaches of Dungeness to the epic White Cliffs of Dover. With some of the Kent coast closer to…

Places in London you can visit that owe their roots to the East India Company, one of the most powerful companies in history In 1601 Sir James Lancaster left London on a journey to what is now Indonesia – the first voyage of the East India Company. Over the following 250 years the East India…

This one hour walk around the Angel area of Islington will visit the locations that feature in five paintings by very different artists. This one hour walk around the Angel area of Islington will visit the locations that feature in five paintings by very different artists – Canaletto,  Walter Sickert, Francis Hayman, Thomas Rowlandson and John O’Conner. Clerkenwell and Islington Guide and art history enthusiast…

Stonehenge is the world's most famous structure from the Stone Age, but it is not the only prehistoric survivor you can visit from London Stonehenge has fascinated people for hundreds of years, and yet there is still so much that we don’t know about it. This 50 minute Virtual tour looks at theories of who…

Twelve underground places in London that you can visit Londoners are used to going underground, being home to the world’s first underground metropolitan railway, we have perhaps become a little blasé about entering subterranean spaces. However there is more underneath London than the Tube, and in this virtual tour on Zoom, Rob will tell you…