• Islington’s Lost Entertainments

    Islington’s Lost Entertainments

    For centuries, Islington has been a popular destination for pleasure seekers. On this two-hour tour we'll explore the activities and institutions that went from ubiquity to obscurity as London changed around them. We'll uncover Islington's time as a land of pastoral excess; the antics of various rock-n'-rollers; the food; the fads; and the fights. The ... Read More

  • Islington’s Lost Entertainments

    Islington’s Lost Entertainments

    For centuries, Islington has been a popular destination for pleasure seekers. On this two-hour tour we'll explore the activities and institutions that went from ubiquity to obscurity as London changed around them. We'll uncover Islington's time as a land of pastoral excess; the antics of various rock-n'-rollers; the food; the fads; and the fights. The ... Read More

  • Heretics and Horrors City Walking Tour

    Heretics and Horrors City Walking Tour

    Explore the City's Bloody Past, through times of great suffering such as the Great Fire of London, times of religious and political upheaval during the Dissolution of the monasteries and why heads adorned the gates of the City. Explore London's bloody past. The walking tour lets you explore the horrors of living through the Great ... Read More

  • Up and Down Upper Street

    Islington, now the most densely populated London borough, was for centuries famed for its pastures, dairies, fresh water wells and pleasure gardens. Today, this inner urban borough offers an eclectic range of modern shops, restaurants, theatres, pubs and cafes, but its history remains there, hidden in plain sight. At the heart of Islington is Upper ... Read More

  • Heretics and Horrors City Walking Tour

    Heretics and Horrors City Walking Tour

    Explore the City's Bloody Past, through times of great suffering such as the Great Fire of London, times of religious and political upheaval during the Dissolution of the monasteries and why heads adorned the gates of the City. Explore London's bloody past. The walking tour lets you explore the horrors of living through the Great ... Read More

  • Bleeding Hearts and Body Parts

    Bleeding Hearts and Body Parts

    Time to take your rose tinted history specs off…. Farringdon and Smithfields have always been associated with gore and bloodshed. For centuries, these two areas of London were the sites of public executions, and the blood of countless criminals was spilt on their streets. In more recent times, Farringdon has had its fair share of ... Read More

  • Islington’s Big Screens

    Islington’s Big Screens

    A stroll through more than 100 years of Islington cinema-going; all between Angel and Essex Road stations. You’’ll encounter Victorian showmen, architectural wonders and tales of bad behaviour in the stalls. Come to discover hidden gems and hear what a night ‘at the flicks’ was like decades before multiplexes. In addition to such landmarks as ... Read More

  • Heretics and Horrors City Walking Tour

    Heretics and Horrors City Walking Tour

    Explore the City's Bloody Past, through times of great suffering such as the Great Fire of London, times of religious and political upheaval during the Dissolution of the monasteries and why heads adorned the gates of the City. Explore London's bloody past. The walking tour lets you explore the horrors of living through the Great ... Read More

  • Bleeding Hearts and Body Parts

    Bleeding Hearts and Body Parts

    Time to take your rose tinted history specs off…. Farringdon and Smithfields have always been associated with gore and bloodshed. For centuries, these two areas of London were the sites of public executions, and the blood of countless criminals was spilt on their streets. In more recent times, Farringdon has had its fair share of ... Read More