Today, September 30th, is the anniversary of the murders of Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes. So what better night to take a Jack the Ripper Tour through the very streets where the murders occurred. As the 29th September […]
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Today, being Saturday, I thought I’d have a bit of fun with the current press coverage over Andrew Mitchell and his exchange with a police officer at the gates of Downing Street. Needless to say, the following piece […]
Read ArticleOn 28th September 1888 there had been no Whitechapel Murders since the killing of Annie Chapman on 8TH September 1888. The press were discussing various theories that had come out of the inquest into the inquest into Annie […]
Read ArticleIt was around this day in the autumn of 1888 that the Whitechapel Murderer was given a name. The newspapers were buzzing with all sorts of rumours about the killer’s identity and motives. Predominant amongst the theories in […]
Read ArticleRichard’s Dickens Tours of London go live today with the first one A Journey Through Dickens London setting off from Chancery Lane at 11.30am. By way of introduction, with Charles Dickens you are talking the undisputed chronicler of […]
Read ArticleThis Wednesday sees the launch of our Charles Dickens London Walking Tours which look at Dickens life and works and visit places that featured in both. One of the intriguing things about the tours is the glimpse they […]
Read ArticleDo you remember the summer? I think it fell on a Thursday this year. This time last week I was putting the finishing touches to my latest book of walks around London and was out near Heathrow Airport […]
Read ArticleIf you’re coming up to London to do our tour this weekend, or even if you’re not doing the tour but are still planning to come up to London, then there are some great things you can do […]
Read ArticleIf you’re interested in Victorian London, and many of those who take our walk are extremely interested in it, then you’re going to love the new walks we’ve just launched. Our Charles Dickens London Walking Tours launch next Wednesday […]
Read ArticleThere is one major reason why a walking tour of Jack the Ripper’s is a better way to get the full story of the 1888 murders. Jack the Ripper was undoubtedly a pedestrian. Despite what several films and […]
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