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Samuel Pepys Christmas Morning 1660 Virtual Tour
Zoom TourJoin leading London historian Ed Glinert, author of Penguin’s London Compendium, cruise ships speaker, and one of the most prolific tour guides in the country, on this festive Zoom tour-talk he invented around the great diarist’s London haunts.
The Crown Official Walks: from Princess Lillibet to Queen Elizabeth
Jack Barclay Bentley 18 Berkeley Square, London, United KingdomFrom Princess Lillibet to Queen Elizabeth You've seen The Crown: this is the real-life walk around London version taking in the Queen's capital haunts. You’ve watched the show, marvelled at the costumes, thrilled at the grand houses, and grown up with the young princess-turned-longest-surviving queen. Now it’s time to walk the walk. Ed Glinert, […]
The Crown Official Walks: the Princess Diana Years
Earls Court station 218 Earls Court Road, London, United KingdomThe Crown: The Princess Diana Years You've seen The Crown: this is the real-life walk, taking in Princess Diana's Kensington haunts, followed by a quick trip to Westminster. They called her the People’s Princess and the Queen of Hearts yet she was just a shy upper-class girl plucked out of obscurity on account of […]
Jack the Ripper: the Final Solution
Zoom TourIf you think Jack the Ripper is simply about murdering prostitutes, think again! The story goes right into the secrets of the British state. This is the only Jack the Ripper tour that takes you to all five murder sites – and the obscure East End location, site of the chapel where the illegal royal wedding central to the story took place.
Jack the Ripper: All Conspiracies Explained with Penguin author Ed Glinert
Zoom TourIf you think Jack the Ripper is simply about murdering prostitutes, think again! The story goes right into the secrets of the British state. About this Event Ripper This is the only Jack the Ripper tour that takes you to all five murder sites – and the obscure East End location, site of the chapel […]
The Rolling Stones’s London Tour – 50 Years of Exile on Main Street
Dominion Theatre 268-269 Tottenham Court Road, London, United KingdomCelebrate the Rolling Stones's London & 50 years of Exile on Main St on this tour (with music) led by ex-Mojo production editor Ed Glinert They were the anti-Beatles. They were a rougher-edged, dangerous version of the cutesy Fab Four. To this day people around the world ask: “Are you a fan of the […]
The Beatles’ London
marylebone Melcombe Place, London, London, United KingdomThey came from Liverpool to conquer London and create the best-loved music in British history. Join Ed Glinert around their London haunts. Everyone knows Abbey Road. Who hasn't posed on the world's most famous zebra crossing? But what about the posh London house where they all lived? Or the Apple boutique with the garish […]
Charles Dickens in the City
Farringdon Station Cowcross Street, London, United KingdomCharles Dickens in the City FREE Boxing Day tour with Penguin's Ed Glinert Ed Glinert, author of Penguin's Literary guide to London, leads this Boxing Day tour of Charles Dickens' old City of London. Date: Monday 26 December 2022, 12:00 - 13:45 Meet: 12:00, Farringdon Station Cowcross Street London EC1M 6BY Cost: FREE Booking: Please press here […]
Charles Dickens in Covent Garden FREE Boxing Day Tour
Holborn Station Holborn Station, Kingsway, London, United KingdomThis FREE tour: Charles Dickens in Covent Garden Date: Boxing Day, 26th of December Meet: Holborn station, 11am. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite, Dickens IS Christmas. Without London’s greatest author we would have no ghosts of Christmas past, no Christmas presents, no Christmas cards, no Christmas tree. Oh, all right, we might […]
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