by walklondonadming | Nov 12, 2021 | Blog, Public Walking Tours
I’m pleased to announce the introduction of some new public walking tours in London. As we return to the ‘new normal’ I’m pleased to be able to introduce some new public walking tours in London and the surrounding areas. Each tour consists of a...
by Michael Robinson | Nov 5, 2021 | Blog
Wow! It’s so good to be back inside a theatre again after what seems an eternity without live performance. I went to see Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge Theatre in London’s West End the other evening and thoroughly enjoyed the experience from start to finish. It...
by Michael Robinson | Jan 18, 2021 | Blog
British Museum Tour Beginnings On the 15th January 1759, the world famous British Museum opened its doors to the public for the first time. The museum was located on today’s site, but in an older building, a large mansion called Montagu House. This was purchased from...
by walklondonadming | Dec 22, 2020 | Blog
Hands across the ocean to my good friends in the USA! The 21st December, was the 400th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts in 1620. Having arrived on the ship Mayflower they began to build what became known as the Plymouth...
by walklondonadming | Dec 1, 2020 | Blog
Recently I was asked by a private group in Washington DC to show the first tour in the series, In the Footsteps of the Impressionists, which was attended by 650 delegates! Wow! It seems people cannot get enough of the French Impressionists, on both sides of the Pond!...
by walklondonadming | Oct 7, 2020 | Blog, virtual tours
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Off with his/her head! – London’s executions. The last public beheading in London took place on Tower Hill in 1747. This tradition dates back to 1381 when Simon of Sudbury, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was hacked to death by...
