Gentrification Walk: Islington and Lambeth
This walk takes you north and south of the river with a short tube ride in between. You start with …
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Docks, Locks, Rivers and Mills Walk
This walk is in three sections, with very short DLR rides connecting the sections. You start by heading over the …
Crime Writing from Agatha to Sherlock Walk
This walks starts with the queen of crime, Agatha Christie. You see a lovely memorial to her and also the …
Feminist ‘the Five’ Jack the Ripper Victims Walk
This walk has been inspired by the brilliant tour de force work “The Five”, the book about the lives and …
Rooftop and Other City Gardens Walk
You don’t leave the best till last on this walk. Quite the reverse. After making your way through a nice …
Wren’s City of London Churches Walk
This walk takes you to Dick Whittington’s church, Bow Bells of cockney fame, ruins that have been made into a …
Heroic Women Walk
You start with Edith Cavell, the World War 1 nurse, before looking at the jobs women did in both world …
Spanish Flu 100 years ago
The mass celebrations of the end of the war on the Home Fronts on November 11 bring people into close …
The Great War on TV – why no Home Front? no Women? no Spanish Flu?
Last week on TV we had a) 100 Days to Victory (documentary about a change of tactics in 1918 trench …
100 days to Victory Review
The first episode of this Tv documentary series was a mix of CGI, drama reconstructions, talking heads and archive footage. …
