Footprints of London

An afternoon stroll in beautiful, historic Greenwich – from fishing and hunting to a naval powerhouse and centre of stargazing discovery A guided walking tour around historic beautiful Greenwich on the river Thames, a fishing village that grew into a centre of stargazing discovery. Hear about its Saxon origins and Viking raids, Tudor and Stuart…

Jazz, cocktails, fast cars and the Bright Young Things through the eyes of Waugh, Coward, Christie, Sayers, Huxley, Woolf and others. A walk around Soho, Piccadilly and Mayfair locations featured in 1920s fiction, hearing the tales of nightclub raids, jazz music and modernist design, cocktails and cocaine and changing social mores in London’s traumatised high…

Jazz, cocktails, fast cars and the Bright Young Things through the eyes of Waugh, Coward, Christie, Sayers, Huxley, Woolf and others. A walk around West End locations featured in 1920s fiction, hearing tales of nightclub raids, jazz music and modernist design, cocktails and cocaine and changing social mores in London’s traumatised post-WWI society. Amid the…

Explore the haunts of writing luminaries and the evolution of publishing freedoms through the centuries in the ancient City of London A walk around locations important in the lives of Shakespeare, Pepys, Wilde, Donne, Defoe, Johnson and others. Through these stories the significance of the printing revolution in London emerges, with the fight for publishing…

Explore the haunts and homes of London’s writing luminaries through the centuries in the ancient City of London A walk around important locations in the lives of Shakespeare, Pepys, Wilde, Donne, Defoe, Johnson and others. Through these stories the significance of the printing revolution in London emerges, with the fight for publishing freedom continuing into…

An afternoon stroll in beautiful, historic Greenwich – from fishing and hunting to a naval powerhouse and centre of stargazing discovery A guided walking tour around historic and beautiful Greenwich on the river Thames; a humble fishing village that grew into a stargazing centre of scientific progress. Hear about Saxon beginnings and Viking raids, Tudor…

Tales of the knights of London’s medieval past on a walk taking in the sites of jousts, executions, and crusaders’ headquarters A guided walking tour with an official City of London guide where we will hear chivalrous (and not so chivalrous) tales of the knights of London’s medieval past, from the time when the city…