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Well, the Olympics have now drawn to a close and what the government term the “Olympic Legacy” will soon begin. Whatever is going to happen to the Olympic site, one thing has most certainly changed in that the […]
Read ArticleHad you lived in the East End of London in 1888 then this morning you would have been waking up to the news that the Whitechapel Murderer had struck again. At 6am on 8th September 1888 John Davis, […]
Read ArticleIt is the evening of 7th September 1888. People are gripped by unease at the knowledge that a savage, silent killer is walking amongst them. The newspaper have discovered that police enquiries have unearthed a major suspect whom […]
Read ArticleIn a recent blog I told you about some of the letters that have been sent to 221B Baker Street the fictional address of the greatest detective duo ever – Sherlock Holmes and Dr John H. Watson. One […]
Read ArticleHad you lived in the East End of London on this day in 1888, and in particular in the districts of Spitalfields and Whitechapel, then you would be feeling decidedly uneasy. Just a few days before, on August […]
Read ArticleI hope you’re enjoying our series of suggestions that are intended to enhance your understanding of the many great things that the East End of London has to offer. After all, if you’re making a special journey into […]
Read ArticlePhew! The East End just gets better and better. When I started my London Walking Tours in 1982, to venture past the Tower of London was like venturing into a derelict wilderness that was, to say the least, […]
Read ArticleI am currently working on a book of walks around London for a major travel publisher and am in the process of mapping out routes across the capital plus, for reasons that escape me, Oxford. One of the […]
Read ArticleToday is the anniversary of the murder of Jack the Ripper’s first victim Mary Anne Nichols. Her body was found at 3.40am in what was then Buck’s Row in Whitechapel, but which is now Durward Street. This was […]
Read ArticleIn 1890 a tobacconist in Philadelphia sent a letter to the great detective Sherlock Holmes asking if he could send him a copy of his monograph on tobacco ash. Whether or not the request was tongue, in cheek […]
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