New London Walks

24/12/2023

Don't forget, folks.
11am, Boxing Day, "Charles Dickens in Covent Garden". Guided walk drom Holborn Sration with London’s leading historian, Ed Glinert.

03/12/2023

Why is the writing so appalling in the New Statesman? Why are there no subs? Why are the cartoons so unfunny?
Answer:
The Left can't write and have no sense of humour!

09/11/2023

Worried about entertaining the rellies on Christmas Day?
Well why not come on my Christmas Day London Tour with me, Ed Glinert, the Capital's Leading Historian!

Make the most of Christas Day with me, Ed Glinert, author of Penguin’s London Compendium and the capital’s most prolific tour guide.

This bumper Christmas Day tour takes in the sleazy sexy streets of Soho, the magical mysterious mews of Mayfair and the stylish sophisticated sights and sites of St James's.

Eye-opening stories of society hostesses, political intrigue, royal scandal, spies and spooks, the Titanic, ’orrible murders, Rolls and Royce, the Beatles, the Stones, fascists, the Rothschilds, Marx & Engels and the kitchen sink.

Link to book below, in the comments.

30/12/2022

Thanks to all who came on the Dickens, and MI5 and MI6 walks! Many more coming soon. Happy New Year - Ed.

07/12/2022

Hello to all lovers of London history. Ed Glinert, arch London tour guide and author of Penguin's London Compendium, here.
I am hosting four unique FREE London walks this Christmas.

* Boxing Day Monday 26 December, 12 noon. "Dickens in the City". Meet Farringdon station.
* Tuesday 27 December, 12 noon, "Dickens in Covent Garden". Meet Holborn station.
* Thursday 29 December, 11.30am, "Secrets of MI5". Meet outside the Charing Cross Hotel, outside Charing Cross Station.
* Thursday 30 December, 2.30pm, "Secrets of MI5". Meet outside the Charing Cross Hotel, outside Charing Cross Station.

Please book on Eventbrite for these.

04/05/2022

May 14th at 5pm, who fancies a FREE Pub tour (yes, it's FREE) around Richmond?

Although it's FREE we do need you to book on so please follow the Eventbrite link below:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/329188510697

Meet at Richmond Station, The Quadrant at 5pm

Ed Glinert, the country’s most prolific tour guide, leads this FREE pub tour around London's most beautiful village.

04/05/2022

May 14th at 12:00, join Ed Glinert for a FREE tour (yes, you read that correctly) tour of BRICK LANE, London.
Although it's FREE, we do still need you to book on, so head over to Eventbrite through this link:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/329178761537

The tour starts at 12, meet at Aldgate East Station (Art Gallery exit)

Brick Lane is the most exciting street in London. Ed Glinert, author of "111 Places in London's East End You Shouldn’t Miss", shows you why.

30/03/2022

* Saturday 23 April,5pm.
* Explore , London's most beautiful village, with Ed Glinert, Britain's most prolific tour guide, author Penguin's "London Compendium".
* This is the FREE Richmond pub walk.
* Meet Richmond station.

This is a glorious ale trail through the most stunning of suburbs, taking in Britain's biggest village green, home over the years to Dickie Attenborough, Kenneth Clark, Harold Wilson, George Eliot, and Virginia Woolf.

It is the only place in London where you can walk through a palace (without being thrown out by a bear-skinned guard.

It is even where the Beatles first met the Stones, and where Tony Blair ran the Saturday night disco!!

30/03/2022

* Saturday 23 April, 12 noon.
* Explore with Ed Glinert, Britain's most prolific tour guide, author Penguin's "London Compendium", Emons' "111 Places in London's You Shouldn't Miss".
* This is a FREE tour.
* Meet Aldgate East tube, Whitechapel Art Gallery exit.

30/03/2022

* Saturday 23 April, 12 noon.
* Explore with Ed Glinert, Britain's most prolific tour guide, author Penguin's "London Compendium", Emons' "111 Places in London's You Shouldn't Miss".
* Meet Aldgate East tube, Whitechapel Art Gallery exit.

25/02/2022

Today, Sat 26 Feb, join Ed Glinert, one of London's leading historians, author of Penguin's London Compendium, to explore the history of Brick Lane on a FREE tour. Meet at Aldgate East tube station, Gallery exit, 11.30am.

15/02/2022

Brick lane FREE London Tour...Yes, you read that right, this is a FREE tour BUT we do need you to book on so follow the link below:

Brick Lane is the most exciting street in London. Ed Glinert, author of 111 Places in London's East End You Shouldn’t Miss, shows you why.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/236715240657

Brick Lane is the most exciting street in London. Ed Glinert, author of 111 Places in London's East End You Shouldn’t Miss, shows you why.

14/02/2022

Ed Glinert, author of Penguin's epic London Compendium, hosts this FREE tour on the trail of London's Jewish East End - Yes, that's right, it's a FREE tour, BUT we do need you to book on so please, if you are interested, click the link and book your place.

"They came from the ghettos of eastern Europe to re-populate the ghettos of London's East End. They brought with erudite learning, entertaining spiel, pickled foods and boundless energy..."

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/236245997137

Ed Glinert, author of Penguin's epic London Compendium, hosts this tour on the trail of London's Jewish East End

17/01/2022

A couple of exciting FREE London tours coming up at the end of February courtesy of me, Ed Glinert, London's most exciting tour guide!
* Jewish East End, Fri 25 Feb, 11.30am from the Kindertransport statue, Liverpool St Station.
* Brick Lane, Sat 26 Feb, 11.30am from Aldgate East tube, Whitechapel Art Gallery exit.

27/12/2021

Thanks to all who came on the Dickens' London walk on Boxing Day. More unique New London Walks tours to come:

* The Jewish East End
* The Old Jewish Ghetto
* Brick Lane
* Marx & Engels in London
* Westminster: Power, Corruption and Lies
* London Under the Fascists
* The Rolling Stones' London
* London in 12 Songs
and scores more...!

09/11/2021

It's the tour you've all been waiting for - Our Big Big Christmas Day London Walk is back by popular demand!
No one knows London like Ed Glinert, legendary tour guide and author of Penguin's "London Compendium"
Find out more via our link below. We look forward to seeing you...


http://www.newlondonwalks.co.uk/event/the-big-big-christmas-day-london-walk/

Discover the hidden delights of London on Christmas Day with the capital's most energetic tour guide and writer, Penguin author Ed Glinert Festive, friendly, fascinating and fun… It’s the big big Christmas Day tour, and once again it's on the 25 December. You’re in London and you want to meet ...

21/04/2021

Join Ed Glinert, author of Penguin’s London Compendium and tour guide for New London Walks, to head deep down London, discovering tunnels, bunkers and disused stations.

Tue, April 27, 2021 - 5:30 PM – 6:45 PM BST

Book here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/underground-london-below-the-capital-on-zoom-with-ed-glinert-tickets-146028857243

20/04/2021

Celebrating the Stones's Sticky Fingers at 50 with this expert Zoom tour (with all the music) by ex-Mojo production editor Ed Glinert, author of Fodor’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Traveller series and former Mojo production editor.

Thu, April 22, 2021 - 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM BST

Yes, it’s the Rolling Stones’ London (“Exile on Denmark Street”). The complete jumping jack 19th nervous standing in the shadows tour. Let's let it loose in Soho, Mayfair, Kensington and Chelsea.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rolling-stoness-london-zoom-50-years-of-sticky-fingers-with-ed-glinert-tickets-144052225083

18/04/2021

Underground London, not London Underground!

Tue, April 27, 2021 - 5:30 PM – 6:45 PM BST

Join Ed Glinert, author of Penguin’s London Compendium and tour guide for New London Walks, to head deep down London, opening up the tunnels, bunkers and subterranean spaces tempting you below the capital.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/underground-london-below-the-capital-on-zoom-with-ed-glinert-tickets-146028857243

18/04/2021

Celebrating the Stones's Sticky Fingers at 50 with this expert Zoom tour (with all the music) by ex-Mojo production editor Ed Glinert -
Are you a fan of the Beatles or the Stones?
It's been 50 years since the Rolling Stones released Sticky Fingers. Ed Glinert, author of Fodor’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Traveller series and former Mojo production editor, leads this detailed, complete Zoom tour of their London haunts (with music!)

Thu, April 22, 2021 - 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM BST

Book here
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rolling-stoness-london-zoom-50-years-of-sticky-fingers-with-ed-glinert-tickets-144052225083

16/04/2021

Underground London (NOT London Underground) Below the Capital on Zoom with Ed Glinert

Tue, April 27, 2021 - 5:30 PM – 6:45 PM BST
Join Ed Glinert, author of Penguin’s London Compendium and tour guide for New London Walks, to head deep down London, opening up the tunnels, bunkers and subterranean spaces tempting you below the capital.

Book here - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/underground-london-below-the-capital-on-zoom-with-ed-glinert-tickets-146028857243

15/04/2021

Rolling Stones's London Zoom (50 Years of Sticky Fingers) with Ed Glinert -
Thu, April 22, 2021 - 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM BST
They were the anti-Beatles. They were a rougher-edged, dangerous version of the cutesy moptops. To mark 50 years since the Rolling Stones released Sticky Fingers, Ed Glinert, author of Fodor’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Traveller series and former Mojo production editor, leads this detailed, complete Zoom tour of their London haunts (with music!)

Book here - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rolling-stoness-london-zoom-50-years-of-sticky-fingers-with-ed-glinert-tickets-144052225083