Nigel Smith - Guided Walking Tours

31/03/2025

Brand new Memory Palaces badges for each of my cinema walks thanks to . Book on a tour today and collect the set!

27/03/2025

Lovely afternoon for my Islington’s Big Screens walk yesterday afternoon and in the morning I visited inside the former Carlton Cinema on Essex Road for the first time. (If you’d like to see inside too sign up to the Memory Palaces newsletter - tour details will be shared soon!)

22/03/2025

A wonderful week in Rome - my first ever visit - these are some of the lesser known sites.

12/03/2025

Great morning for the second outing of my new Camden cinemas tour. This time it didn’t rain 🙌 and I remembered to take a photo of everyone 🙌!

Huge thanks to the teams at Camden and for being such wonderful hosts too.

More dates for this tour on sale now. Link in bio. 🍿🍿🍿🍿

12/03/2025

Love these sorts of historical nuggets

Just over a century ago, Londoners heard the first recorded announcement telling people using escalators to stand on the right.

09/03/2025

Thanks to the London branch of for inviting to me to take this group on my Hollywood Comes to London tour of west end cinemas this morning. Wonderful group enjoying wonderful weather! 🕶️

09/03/2025

Had a great time yesterday afternoon with group for my Cultural Clerkenwell tour. People always get a kick out of seeing the actual clerk’s well!

Dates available into June. Ticket link in bio.

07/03/2025

Fun morning with this group on my ‘Hollywood Comes to London’ tour of West End cinemas. At the much-loved I always ask to hear about people’s memorable screenings they’ve seen here - today Happy Gilmore and sing-a-along Little Shop of Horrors!

After the tour three of the group were heading back to the PCC to watch Mulholland Drive and Magnolia.

This variety of programming is just one reason why we mustn’t lose this unique cinema.

05/03/2025

Terrific group on this morning’s walk. The tour may be called Acton’s Lost Cinemas but we always pop in to the wonderful to celebrate the joys of community cinema today. In 1940 you’d have had a choice of 5 cinemas within walking distance of what was then the Passmore Edwards Library. Come along on my next tour in Acton on Sunday 18 May to find out all about them. Ticket link in bio.

02/03/2025

All the stops on this morning’s Evolving Islington tour were gleaming in the sun. Also - first for me - while I’ve welcomed both dogs and babies on my walks before today was the first time both joined me on the same tour! It was lovely to meet both Freya (🐾) and Maeve (👶).

Tickets for all upcoming tour available via link in bio.

01/02/2025

Great group for my first Islington’s Big Screens tour of the year. As always most of the group had been to the legendary Screen on the Green before. Next date for this tour is Wednesday 26 March. Link in bio for tickets.

30/01/2025

I’m doing a short talk about Newham’s Lost Cinemas before this screening. Tickets are FREE - link below.

Join us for PictureEast Film Festival as we proudly present a special free screening + panel of:

ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT

Saturday 1st February 2025 | 4pm – 7pm | UCL East Cinema, UCL East Campus Pool Street, 1 Pool Street, London E20 2AF

Prabha, a nurse living in Mumbai, looks for a place in the city where Anu, her roommate, and her lover can finally make love. The two women travel to a coastal town that becomes a space of freedom for their desires.

The screening will be followed by an exclusive Q&A discussion with:

Dr Priyanka Basu - Doctor of South Asian Studies
Dr Priyanka Basu joined King’s College London in September 2021. She obtained her PhD degree in South Asian Studies from SOAS for which she received the prestigious Felix Scholarship. Her earlier MA and MPhil degrees in English Literature were completed at Jawaharlal Nehru University in India. Before joining KCL, she worked for more than 5 years in the Asia & Africa Department at the British Library.

Mehek Azmathulla - Writer/Director
Mehek graduated from Bournemouth University with a Masters in Directing Film & TV. She’s been described as “an idea machine,” with clients that include: Amazon Music, Expedia, Unmind, Chainlink, TEDx, Snapchat, Freeda Media, Vogue, and GQ India - particularly exploring themes that frame south asian women’s perspectives. Her recent documentary short, ‘SKATER UKTIS’ premiered at the Southbank Centre’s ‘Unbound Archives’.

Sanjoli Manali - Filmmaker
Sanjoli Malani is a filmmaker from Mumbai, India and a recent graduate in MA in Filmmaking (with distinction) at London Film School. Prior moving to London she worked as a Producer/Director and one of her most notable clients was Netflix India. Over the years she has expanded in several multidisciplinary roles ranging from production, directing to lighting. With an aim to move towards long format now, she seeks to find a balance with commercial and independent filmmaking with her work.

Book tickets now - https://pictureeastfilmfestival.eventbrite.co.uk/

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26/01/2025

Love this TripAdvisor review of yesterday’s West End cinemas tour - it’s always gratifying when someone specifically enjoys what I’m trying to achieve with these tours. 🙏

25/01/2025

Great group and lovely weather for this morning’s West End cinemas tour and we paid our respects to David Lynch outside .

12/01/2025

My first walking tour of 2025 - a terrific group joined me for Evolving Islington - exploring 900 years of local history. Next outing for this one is Sunday 2 March. Ticket link in bio for all my tours.

09/01/2025

I’m really enjoying this book.

Win a copy of brand-new book BIG SMOKE, BIG SCREEN: 20 Film Writers on London & Cinema, featuring 20 original essays and 200+ watchlist recommendations!

Learn more about the book: https://linktr.ee/bigsmokebigscreen

To enter to win, email [email protected] & tell us your favourite London-set film 📣