• Virtual Tour – Following Oliver Twist through the streets of London
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    Hear 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…

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  • Virtual Tour – Streamlined style: Art Deco in London
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    A 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…

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  • Virtual Tour – Echoes of Shakespeare
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    Tune in to echoes of Shakespeare in the City of London! Photo – Monument to John Heminges and Henry Condell (detail) © 2020 David Charnick The City of London bears a wealth of reminders of the presence of William Shakespeare. This tour is an imaginative exploration of the City which – with the help of…

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  • Virtual Tour – Wandsworth’s Best Buildings
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    Rob talks about his favourite buildings in the London Borough of Wandsworth, including the former Youngs brewery and Battersea Power Station This sixty minute virtual tour explores the buildings of London Borough of Wandsworth Wandsworth once comprised lower lying land that was later used for market gardening, but it has an industrial history, particularly along…

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  • Virtual Tour – True Spy Stories
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    Spy stories from the streets of London during World War One and Two A 50 minute talk about espionage and counter intelligence that tells the true stories that inspired spy fiction. You will hear about the reasons the British security services were set up, how they are organised, their role in two world wars and…

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  • Virtual Tour – Hillingdon’s Best Buildings
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    Hillingdon is one of London’s biggest boroughs and one of the most architecturally varied – from Harmondsworth Barn to Heathrow Terminal 5 This sixty minute virtual tour explores the buildings of London Borough of Hillingdon Hillingdonis one of the largest and most architectually varied boroughs in London. Traces of the rural area that once bounded…

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  • Virtual Tour – Barking and Dagenham’s Best Buildings
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    See the architectural treasures of London Borough of Barking and Dagenham – from medieval ruins to 21st century housing This sixty minute virtual tour explores the buildings of London Borough of Barking and Dagenham During the medieval period Barking was home to one of the most powerful religious houses in the country – you can…

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  • Virtual Tour – Diverse London – Africans in London
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    A look at some of the people who were born in Africa and came to London, from Roman times to the present day People born in Africa have been coming to London since the very beginning of the city. In the Museum of London collection a Roman storage jar carries the name of Lucius Tettius…

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  • Virtual Tour – A Journey Along The Northumberland Coast
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    A virtual journey visiting the castles , country houses, beautiful beaches and ancient abbeys along the beautiful Northumberland Coast Northumbria has always been one of England’s most magical counties – for some time a separate Kingdom between England and Scotland. Today Northumbria still has some of England’s most spectacular landscapes – sand dune covered coastline,…

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