Explore the mean streets of Clerkenwell that were run by the gangster Darby Sabini – a real person portrayed by Noah Taylor in the tv series Peaky Blinders 

Poets and authors, playwrights and musicians, artists, diarists and thieves.

A mixed bag showcasing the diverse and often innovative creative people who have lived and worked in the Holloway area. Plus a couple of infamous characters too.

This walk looks at how the Victorian’s celebrated Christmas in Islington – from Currant Cake at Thomas’s bakers to lunch with the Boot Black Brigade. Rob will read descriptions of Islington from newspapers of the 1860’s

This walk looks at how the Victorian’s celebrated Christmas in Islington based on newspaper accounts form the 1860’s – from Currant Cake at Thomas’s bakers to lunch with the Boot Black Brigade 

A Twixtmas stroll through quiet spaces, peaceful gardens and lovely backstreets just a stone’s throw from the main road. We’ll visit open fields, an award-winning park, a hidden garden, farms old and new, a churchyard, sports fields and shady meadows, talking about dogs and desire, renovation and recycling.

A Twixtmas stroll down the Holloway Road.

The Diary of a Nobody is a much-loved amusing work of fiction by the artistic brothers George and Weedon Grossmith. This walk brings fiction to life in a mix of fact and fiction. You’ll see real places and hear about real Victorian people whilst hearing amusing excerpts from Mr Pooter’s diary. You don’t need to have already read the book to enjoy this tour, but I’m sure you’ll be tempted to buy it afterwards.

When City Road first opened it was described as the finest road in the whole of England. London has fallen out of love with City Road since then, but Rob will tell you about the fascinating thoroughfare that most English speaking people learnt about from a nursery rhyme

Step back in time to visit sites from Elizabethan Islington, where people dodged arrows in the Finsbury fields, queued at the Clerks Wells, and marvelled at the new class of rich and powerful moving into former religious buildings

A walk looking at books that were deemed unfit for Londoners to read – from political tracts to 18th century pornography. The walk looks at why they were banned and what the consequences for London were.

Funny Islington offers a rip roaring tour of the Angel area followed by a comedy show. You’ll discover how Islington established itself as an entertainment hotspot, from spas and pleasure gardens and a legendary clown, to the comic geniuses of music hall and early cinema, and brilliant comedy writers. You’ll also find out about the local pubs and comedy clubs that have launched the careers of so many famous modern day comedians – and at the end of the walk, you’re invited to a free comedy show at The Bill Murray.

A walk that looks at how Islington has supplied London with food, from medieval herb gardens, dairy farms and tea gardens right up to the restaurants of today