Category: Literary London
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In the Footprints of Oliver Twist
Walk the route taken by the crowd carrying Oliver Twist from his apprehension after the theft of Mr Brownlow’s handkerchief to the Magistrate’s Court. Visit the site of Fagin’s...
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Dickens on the Southbank
Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens with a walk through the streets and alleys of London. Let us take you on a journey to discover the...
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Dickens at The Strand and Covent Garden
Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens with a walk through the streets and alleys of London. Let us take you on a journey to discover the...
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Dickens in The City of London
Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens with a walk through the streets and alleys of London. Let us take you on a journey to discover the...
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Dickens in the City of Southwark
This walk takes you from the City of London, which Dickens both despised and cherished in equal proportions to Southwark where he lived while his father was in the Marshalsea...
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Shakespeare’s first years in London
Discover the sites of London's earliest purpose-built theatres where Will and friends earned their writing and acting spurs. Shakespeare's early career started in Shoreditch - a village, then outside the... -
From Charles Dickens to Dan Brown - A Literary Walk around the Strand
Starting at the Embankment we will hear about a wide range of authors from Charles Dickens to Dan Brown, with a little Oscar Wilde and Edgar Wallace thrown in!...
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Child of the Jago
Jenny Rossiter presents a walk based around Arthur Morrison's 1896 novel "A Child of the Jago" and its influence on the creation of social housing in London. This best selling...
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Lives and Loves of the Bloomsbury Group
Come and explore the many literary connections of Bloomsbury where writers are said to have “lived in squares and loved in triangles”. We’ll see the location of the homes...
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Covent Garden Literary Heroes
From its very inception in the 17th century, Covent Garden has had a fascinating history and it was once said that it has more literary interest than any other...
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Samuel Pepys' Diaries
Over 350 years ago Samuel Pepys wrote about London, his home, family and friends and about the plague and the great fire. This walk visits places known to Pepys, and...