Below is an idea of the kind of tours I offer, shown by location and cross-referenced by subject matter.
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"works in progress" – I am always open to new ideas so
do contact me if there is a theme or area/location you think I ought to cover.
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LOCATION / AREA
These are walking tours unless otherwise specified.
Angel area / Islington South
Alternative Clerkenwell (not just the usual stuff!)
ArtDeco/1930s – Angel / CityOfLondon (and more!)
Creative Islington – make it, paint it, bake it
Ghostsigns, Upper Street
Ghostsigns, Regent's Canal
Green & Pleasant Islington (High+Is to Holloway)
Inns & Taverns of Angel Islington
Look At The Estate We're In (philanthropy and social housing)
Waterways, Wharves & Warehouses (CityRdBasin & Regents Canal)
The Only Way Is Essex Road (Islington Green to Ball's Pond Rd)
Upper Street's Golden Mile – Victorian emporiums and Edwardian outfitters
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North Islington / Crouch End / Holloway, Arsenal, Archway and further North
Archway Overview
Arsenal and Finsbury Park ArtDeco/1930s
Bygone Brands and Businesses (N19)
Caledonian Park/Mkt and Clocktower
Crouch End architectural details – Look up, look down
The Diary Of A Nobody – Mr Pooter's Holloway
The Elephants Escape – Oh What a Circus! (Gospel Oak)
Finsbury Park (Two walks: park/streets)
High Barnet (tube station to Monken Hadley)
Holloway Art Deco
Holloway Road ghostsigns (in two sections)
Holloway Literary Links – lyrics, limericks, fantasy & fraud
Holloway's Victorian Heyday (N7) – Oxford Street of the North
Holloway Rd Pubs & Taverns (over 30 locations, in two parts)Green & Pleasant Islington (Hi+Is to Holloway)
Irish In Islington (Archway and N19)
Islington's Pleasure GardensThe New River (Three walks: see Rivers section below)
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Camden & Kings Cross area
ArtDeco/1930s – MornCres/Camden / KingsX
KX & The Ladykillers (film locations comparison)
Ghostsigns, Camden (gin, drugs & shopping)
Ghostsigns, Kentish Town
Ghostsigns, King's Cross
Parks, Pubs and Pianos – Caledonian Park to Kentish Town
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Central, City, East and West
Agatha Christie in London (online talk /guided walks x2)
Arcades and Alleyways – StJames's'/Piccadilly (online talk /guided walk)
ArtDeco/1930s walks – various locations – see Subjects/Themes below
Bloomsbury Sculptures and Statues of and by women
Brick Lane and Spitalfields ghostsigns
City of London and Statues of and by women
Covent Garden Christmas lights (online talk /guided walk in December0
Hoxton and Shoreditch ghostsigns
Central London ghostsigns (Covent Garden / Fitzrovia / Soho)
The French in Soho
Gaslights – Victoria to Covent Garden
Olympia (more than just exhibitions)
Oscar Wilde (online talk /guided walk in Regent Street area)
Westminster Sculptures and Statues of and by women
Spitalfields & Aldgate Art Deco/1920-30s
Shoreditch & Hoxton Art Deco/1920-30s
The Strand – What a Relief (sculptural/carved highlights)
Walk Like An Egyptian Part 1 – Embankment to Oxford Circus
Walk Like An Egyptian Part 2 – Oxford Circus to Bloomsbury
A Wapping Wander – Thames riverside wharves and docks
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SUBJECTS / THEMES
These are walking tours unless otherwise specified.
ArchitectureArcades and Alleyways – StJames's/Piccadilly (online talk /guided walk)
ArtDeco/1930s - various walking tours and online presentations
The Carreras Story (online) – Black Cat building/Greater London Hse (Camden)
Look At The Estate We're In (philanthropy and social housing in Islington)
Kings Cross & The Ladykillers (comparison with 1955 film locations)
Holloway's Victorian Heyday – The Oxford Street of the North
Olympia – there's more to see than exhibitions (West Kensington)
What a Relief – Sculptures of The Strand
Walk Like An Egyptian – Embankment to Oxford Circus
Walk Like An Egyptian – Oxford Circus to Bloomsbury
Upper Street's Golden Mile – Victorian emporiums and Edwardian outfitters
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Arts and Literature
Agatha Christie's London (online talk /guided walks x2)
Create it, Paint it, Make it, Bake it – Creative inspiration in Islington
Daniel Defoe (online talk /guided walk City/Barbican/Bunhill)
The Diary Of A Nobody – Mr Pooter's Holloway
Female Forms – memorials and sculptors (walk) – also see Sculpture/Statues below
The French In Soho
Giles Gilbert Scott (online presentation via Zoom)
KX & The Ladykillers (comparison with 1955 film locations)
Literary Holloway – lyrics, limericks, fantasy & fraud
Parks, Pubs and Pianos – Caledonian Park to Kentish Town
Oh the Reliefs – 1930s decorative panels (online – Gill, Bayes, Epstein etc)
Oscar Wilde (walking tour Regent St area / online via Zoom)
Sculpture – formed by female artists (online – for walk see Female Forms)
Statues – monuments to marvellous women (online– for walk see Female Forms)
Walk Like An Egyptian – Embankment to Oxford Circus
Walk Like An Egyptian – Oxford Circus to Bloomsbury
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Brick Lane and Spitalfields
Camden
Covent Garden
Fitzrovia
Holloway Road (in two sections)
Kentish Town
King's Cross
Regent's Canal (Islington)
Soho
Southwark
Shoreditch and Hoxton
Online talks: Made in London / Potions & Lotions / Holloway Rd / Kentish Town to Camden
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Pubs
Angel Islington Taverns
Holloway Road (over 30 locations, in two parts)
Parks, Pubs and Pianos – Caledonian Park to Kentish Town
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Rivers, nature etc
Caledonian Park/Market and Clocktower
Finsbury Park – (2 walks: the park / general area)
Green & Pleasant Islington (High+Is to Holloway)
High Barnet (tube station to Monken Hadley)
London For Lovers (online) – City/London-wide – views, art, history etc
The New River – Finsbury Park, Haringey, Woodberry Down
The New River – Clissold Park to Islington
The New River – Islington to Sadlers Wells
Islington's Pleasure Gardens
(Work in Progress)
Waterways, Wharves & Warehouses (Regents Canal, Islington)
Boxes, Babies, Beans and Bras (Ghostsigns, Regent's Canal, Islington)
A Wapping Wander – Thames riverside wharves and docks
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Miscellaneous
Archway/N19 Overview (Upper Holloway)
Covent Garden Christmas lights
(also online)
Creative Islington – create it, paint it, make it, bake it
Gaslights – Victoria to Covent Garden via The Mall
High Barnet (station to green belt)
Irish In Islington (Archway and N19)
KX & The Ladykillers (comparison with 1955 film locations)
London For Lovers
(online) – City/London-wide – views, art, history etc
Markets – London's historic street markets (online)
Nell Gwynn – St James to Covent Garden
Olympia – there's more to see than exhibitions (West Kensington)
The Only Way Is Essex Road (Islington Green to Ball's Pond Rd)
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