If you’re looking for a unique gift – for Christmas, for birthdays, as a ‘thank you’, or just because you’re a good friend – you can now give our talks and virtual tours as presents. We’ve come up with gift certificates (you can find out more and order here). Just choose how many of ourContinue reading “Give our tours as gifts”
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Favourite (and least favourite) London Buildings
Another of our free ‘chats’ this evening, as the five of us talked about the buildings in London that we love – and the ones that we’d be quite happy to see flattened by bulldozers. The video of the evening is below. And to see just where in London these buildings are, visit our GoogleContinue reading “Favourite (and least favourite) London Buildings”
Our tours: Southwark and the South Bank
Southwark, on the south side of the river Thames, has a history as long and fascinating as any part of north London, but it is not as well known. Perhaps this is because over the centuries debtors prisons, abattoirs, primitive hospitals, bawdy taverns and heavy industry have been located here. For many years, Londoners travelledContinue reading “Our tours: Southwark and the South Bank”
Our tours: Exploring the London Blitz
Between September 1940 and May 1941, London was bombed nearly every night, with tens of thousands killed or wounded, and millions of homes destroyed or damaged. Night after night, the population of the world’s biggest city was forced into shelters, basements and tube stations as the Luftwaffe tried to destroy the city and the moraleContinue reading “Our tours: Exploring the London Blitz”
Our tours: Shakespeare and Stratford
Come along as DON BROWN takes us on a 60 minute virtual tour of the town of Shakespeare’s birth – Stratford upon Avon, a market town with more than 800 years of history. This beautiful town still contains many buildings that would have been familiar to Shakespeare, many of them preserved and restored. We’ll lookContinue reading “Our tours: Shakespeare and Stratford”
Our forthcoming events – on google calendar
As we add more events (we’re just putting together our November programme, including a range of shorter, lunchtime, talks – more news on those soon), our page of forthcoming events starts looking a little crowded. So we’ve put everything onto a Google calendar, which we’ll update as new things go in. This lets you seeContinue reading “Our forthcoming events – on google calendar”
Our next charity event
After the success of our first charity talk, which – through your generosity – raised £630 for Prostate Cancer UK, we’ve scheduled another event on 20 October. Emma will be doing her virtual tour of Old Chelsea, to tell us what brought Kings, courtesans, actors and artists to Chelsea from the 1500s up to theContinue reading “Our next charity event”
Spirit of the Blitz
Our friend, and fellow guide, Marc Blake has only gone and published a book. Called ‘Spirit of the Blitz’ this young adult thriller is set during the height of the bombing of London in WW2 and will make a perfect addition to any mystery fan’s bookshelf. During the Blitz of 1940, many thousands of LondonersContinue reading “Spirit of the Blitz”
Winston Churchill locations
As part of the research for his talk on the life of Churchill, Don has been plotting various locations associated with Sir Winston on the map below (it’s still very much a work in progress, so it’s being added to all the time). You can see, for example, the addresses where he lived in London,Continue reading “Winston Churchill locations”
Our tours: What Lies Beneath Part II – the Archaeology of Crossrail
Part two of LEO HEATON’s ‘Archaeology in the City’ series, this virtual tour will escort you down into the tunnels and brand new rail stations of Europe’s largest ever infrastructure project, Crossrail, to have a closer look at the finds unearthed during its construction. From everyday items, like Victorian chamber pots and Roman coins, toContinue reading “Our tours: What Lies Beneath Part II – the Archaeology of Crossrail”
