Just a very quick blog today to announce the winners of our Halloween book competition. We asked people to give us a like and tell us their favourite haunted location, and we most certainly got some great answers. […]
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This Sunday sees the return of Richard Jones’s walk through the London of Dickens, Chaucer and Shakespeare. It begins at 11.30am on Sunday 4th November and meets outside Borough Underground Station, which is on the Northern Line. The […]
Read ArticleStrangely, over the years, we have had more people faint on our Jack the Ripper Walk than on any other tour we offer. Obviously the ripper subject is a very gruesome one, and we do pass around the […]
Read ArticleIt’s Hallowe’en and tonight’s the night when the veil between this world and the next is at its thinnest. The Celts believed that on this night – which in their Calendar was the equivalent of our New Year’s […]
Read ArticleWith Halloween rapidly approaching we’ve launched another of our ever popular Facebook competitions. In the past we’ve given away some great prizes. These have included our DVD Unmasking Jack the Ripper, copies of Richard’s book Uncovering Jack the […]
Read ArticleIt was 100 years ago today that George Yard – the dark, cobbled and slightly sinister thoroughfare that our tour plunges into within moments of setting out – changed its name to Gunthorpe Street. For those of you […]
Read ArticleAll is well today, Sunday 28th October 2012, and the tubes are running into Aldgate East as normal. Please remember that the clocks have gone back by an hour today and plan your journey accordingly when travelling to […]
Read ArticleLINE CLOSURES THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY Oh dear, they’re at it again! Now that the memory of the Olympics has faded into a hazy distant mist, as thick and as dense as the current mists that are descending […]
Read ArticleAs many who have taken our tour have found, we offer a comprehensive set of fall backs to ensure that your journey to our walking tour goes as smoothly as possible. No only do we provide weather forecasts […]
Read ArticleCovent Garden Market is today a thriving , busy, bustling enclave crammed with eateries, craft stalls and street performers. But in the 19th century it was a busy and bustling fruit and veg market. It was to this […]
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