by walklondonadming | Jan 1, 2021 | virtual tours
Image courtesy of Gerri Gray @boredpanda.com The last public beheading in London took place on Tower Hill in 1747, a tradition that dates back to 1381 when Simon of Sudbury the Archbishop of Canterbury was hacked to death by an angry mob as part of the Peasant’s...
by walklondonadming | Oct 7, 2020 | virtual tours
Image courtesy of Gerri Gray @boredpanda.com In comparison to our Victorian forebears we are able to make light of the inevitability of death using wit and humour. Up until the 1830s it was customary to remove corpses from existing graves to make way for new burials,...
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...
by walklondonadming | Sep 21, 2020 | Blog
With this tourist season pretty much cancelled, I have missed guiding and interacting with my clients very much. I know that many of you too are very disappointed not being able to come to London. My colleagues and I have been exploring other possibilities to fill...
