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We have a whole range of virtual tours about London coming up in the next few weeks. For more details, reviews and to book via our Eventbrite page, see here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/lets-discover-london-18070908037

12/10/2024

Sunshine on a rainy day, makes my soul ...

28/09/2024

Waterloo Bridge right now.
Nicknamed by Londoners as the Ladies' Bridge, it was built mainly by women during World War 2.

It's made of Portland Stone which is self cleaning: where the rain touches it, it gets cleaned.

That's why the underside is usually so grubby!!

07/09/2024

If you're interested in tickets for Wimbledon tennis next year, the public ballot is open until 16th September.

Details are on their website here:

https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/tickets/index.html

Good luck!

Find out how you can attend The Championships, Wimbledon, including qualifying, tickets and how to enter the ballot.

01/09/2024

One of the last wonderful summer days in London.
I lived in London for 54 years and this is the first time I've seen Tower Bridge open.

10/08/2024

London. The calm.

27/07/2024

Thank you so much for this review Alex!

17/07/2024

At my British Museum Kid's tour:
Me: Has anyone heard of Indiana Jones?
Kids look at each other and then one says:
'LEGO?'

14/07/2024

Today at my Kid's British Museum tour:
Me: Does anyone know when the 20th century was?
Answer: A very very long time ago.

Sounded like the intro to Star Wars.

02/07/2024

Marble Arch right now. Jude Bellingham England football team

25/06/2024

As a tour guide in a museum I meet many different people, from many countries with different opinions and levels of knowledge. Every now and again I meet people on my tours who utterly exhaust me, they argue with me that aliens may have made the artefacts and this week I had a five minute debate trying to convince someone that the Aztecs (1500s AD) did NOT have electrical cutting equipment. She wasn't convinced.

Every now and again I get reviews that make the whole thing worth it. And this was one. And she only came to London to see two people, Taylor Swift and me. Mainly me ofcourse.

25/06/2024

Summertime in London. Nothing like it. 40% of London is green space.

22/06/2024

Fashionistas are going to love the latest exhibition at the V and A.

The career of Naomi Cambell.

https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/naomi

Victoria and Albert Museum

The first exhibition of its kind exploring the extraordinary career of fashion model Naomi Campbell.

21/06/2024

It's nearly that time of year.

15/06/2024

Anyone else noticing this weather sucks? Wet, dry, cold, sunny.

13/06/2024

Come and join me on this fascinating local tour. The third Friday in every month. All proceeds go to a local charity. Please tell your friends who might be local.

The Clapham Common Guided Tour

Date: Fri, Jun 21 • 16:00 BST

Location: 30 Clapham Common North Side, London, SW4 0RN

A fascinating guided walk for charity on the thousand year old story from sleepy hamlet to thriving suburb.

06/06/2024

London Underground today.

02/06/2024

Glorious Battersea just now..

25/05/2024

Spent an inspiring afternoon at the Brunel Museum in Rotherhithe. This superb little museum is on the site of the world's first under river tunnel, completed in 1843. Listened to an excellent tour guide there called Mike whose passion and level of knowledge was amazing. Highly recommended. Those Victorians really knew how to build things!

25/05/2024

I visited the amazing Brunel Museum yesterday. This remarkable little museum showcases an amazing achievement: how the world's first under river tunnel was built by Marc Brunel in 1843. Special shout out to Mike the tour guide, whose passion and knowledge was very impressive. Highly recommended!

12/04/2024

Here comes the sun. Lovely vibe in London this afternoon.

30/03/2024

I'm being storked. Or is it a heron?
Good morning from a glorious London day!

29/03/2024

The London Marathon is only two weeks away! It's possible with a bit of planning and determination to see your runner 6 times during the course of the race. Use our handy guide to master the art of spectating! R u n n i n g R e w i r e

With a bit of planning, and getting to these spots at the right time you can spot your runner six times For the last few London marathons I’ve managed to spot my wife running 6 times. It IS p…

16/03/2024

A walk from Hyde Park to Selfridges.

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One of the nicest things to do in London is to take a Thames Clipper on the river to get a new view of the city. You don't even need to buy tickets in advance just use a credit or debit card to tap in and out. Here's the view from a Clipper this morning. In case you're wondering, they don't go this fast, the film is sped up! #thames #boatlife

A very good morning to you from London. Here is the start of this morning's Changing of the Guard.

Before the Romans came, Britain had nothing of artistic value? True or false? It's all torc.

If you're in London this spring /summer, don't forget to check out my guided tours, more details on this link. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/lets-discover-london-18070908037?aff=eand

Here's a large sculpture called a moai from Rapa Nui (formerly Easter Island), called Hoa Haka Nanaia, meaning hidden one. It was carved about 1,000 years ago from volcanic rock and represents an ancestral head. It's in the British Museum, and is a contentious artefact, because the people of Rapa Nui have asked for its return.

Hello and Happy New Year! I've never formally introduced myself so I thought what better opportunity to do this now and to give you the background to how I became a tour guide. Well, I've been a tour guide since 2006, I've appeared on BBC and Sky national TV shows as a historian and had the pleasure of guiding thousands of people around London, from tourists to locals, schools to businesses and even TV and Hollywood celebrities. I believe that history comes alive with guided walks that are educational, engaging and fun and don't assume prior knowledge because history should be for everyone and more than just a list of dates. It's most of all about interesting stories that fascinate all of us. I give a range of guided walks, virtual tours and jogging tours of London which I research and write myself, so my tours are unique - get ready for some new stuff! So how did I become a tour guide? Well, it all began with a letter that never got a reply. I wrote a letter to the British Museum asking them to train me as an official museum guide. In return I would work for them free of charge (I told you I was passionate about this). When my letter didn't get a reply, I wrote another, then another, then another. In the end the British Museum relented and one night they invited me in to the museum after the public had left and was led through the dark galleries by torchlight. It was a privilege to be trained by them and I got access to first-hand accounts and materials not available to non museum tour guides. When it came to giving the tours I loved it. I really enjoyed meeting the public, telling them about the stories behind what they saw and even hearing their opinions too. I even helped supervise sleepovers with the mummies! Sometimes I would have to correct people on the tours. For example, on one occasion a lady came in with her young son and said, 'Oh look Johnny, this is a spear that the cavemen used to kill dinosaurs with. ' I whispered to her, 'Actually humans

Right now in Soho Square. Or should that be So ho ho ho? Sorry. ahem. #christmas2022 #weather

The full moon beside London's tallest building tonight. It's freezing in London right now, or 'brass monkeys' as we call it. #winter #weather #coldweather #picoftheday