Today in 1888 the police were desperately seeking a lead that might shed any light on the identity of the perpetrator of the recent series of murders that had taken place in the East End of London. The […]
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Jack the Ripper Tour
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 […]
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 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 ArticleWell, as mentioned in Tuesday’s blog, the weekend engineering works are underway again now that the Olympics are over. There are several line and station closures this weekend. The Circle Line, for example, is completely closed and there […]
Read ArticleWell, yesterday I left you at the Turf Tavern for a spot of lunch and I hope you enjoyed it. If you missed it you can find it here. It’s time to get up now and stretch those […]
Read ArticleWith the end of the Olympics London can return to normal. It’s been an exciting summer and the World has seen London at its best. To think just a few months ago we were enduring the wettest drought […]
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 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 […]
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