David Charnick
David is a qualified City of London guide who was born in Bethnal Green, East London, in 1964 and has never seen any reason to move out. Though a qualified City guide, he also guides extensively in the East End. He is employed by Tower Hamlets Council as a tutor for three tour guiding courses taught through Idea Store Learning, the local adult education service.
David Charnick
David has a keen interest in literature and is developing a series of guided tours based around site-specific readings. As a medievalist he is also developing a series of tours exploring early London. He has moreover a healthy interest in crime and the law and in philanthropy, the two sides of humanity displayed dramatically in London’s story.
David is the author of two collections of short stories and of The Dark Side of East London, an exploration of crime and wrongdoing in the East End before it became the East End.
Full details, including his full repertoire of guided tours and details of his writings, can be found on his website: http://charnowalks.co.uk/.
Feedback from Clients includes:
- “Future visitors would be well advised to hire Mr Charnick’s talents to enrich their knowledge about this fascinating town, with or without fog” (NB, New York)
- “I have brought friends and family members on a couple of Dave’s walks and every single person told me afterwards (when we were speaking alone) that they enjoyed the walks very much” (DW, Theydon Bois)
- “The level of knowledge on Charnowalks feels much deeper than on other walks I have been on” (MJ, Cambridge)
- “David was a fantastic guide, and we all enjoyed his numerous stories and appreciated his willingness to answer our questions” (HS, London)