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Jack the Ripper: All Conspiracies Explained with Penguin author Ed Glinert

Zoom Tour

If 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 […]

£8.50

Jewish East End – FREE Tour

Jewish East End with Ed Glinert, the capital's most entertaining tour guide They came from the ghettos of eastern Europe to re-populate the ghettos of London's East End. They brought with erudite learning, entertaining spiel, pickled foods and boundless energy. Yes, Oliver Cromwell, that nebisch, invited the Jews to return to London in 1656,and we're still here! […]

Brick Lane – FREE London Tour

Brick Lane is the most exciting street in London. Ed Glinert, author of 111 Places in London's East End You Shouldn’t Miss, shows you why. It’s the street with everything: * A mad manic market. * Vintage clothes shops. * Authentically independent coffee houses. * Ever-changing street art. * The best beigel bakery in the […]

Brick Lane – FREE London Tour – April

Aldgate East Station Aldgate East Station, (Art Gallery exit), London, United Kingdom

Brick Lane is the most exciting street in London. Ed Glinert, author of 111 Places in London's East End You Shouldn’t Miss, shows you why. It’s London's most exciting street: the street with everything: A mad manic market. Vintage clothes shops. Authentically independent coffee houses. Ever-changing street art. The best beigel bakery in the world […]

Free

Brick Lane – Free London Tour

Aldgate East Station Aldgate East Station, (Art Gallery exit), London, United Kingdom

Brick Lane is the most exciting street in London. Ed Glinert, author of "111 Places in London's East End You Shouldn’t Miss", shows you why. It’s London's most exciting street: the street with everything: * A mad manic market. * Vintage clothes shops. * Authentically independent coffee houses. * Ever-changing street art. * The best […]

FREE TOUR – Richmond Pub Tour

Richmond The Quadrant, London, United Kingdom

Ed Glinert, the country’s most prolific tour guide, leads this FREE pub tour around London's most beautiful village. It’s London’s most beautiful neighbourhood, home of the country’s largest village green which leads to the only surviving palace in the capital one can walk through and a most glorious stretch of riverside.   Ed Glinert, author […]

Free

Charles Dickens in the City

Farringdon Station Cowcross Street, London, United Kingdom

Charles 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 […]

Christmas Day London Tour

Eros, Piccadilly Circus Piccadilly Circus, London, United Kingdom

This free tour: Christmas Day 2023. Meet: At the Eros statue, Piccadilly Circus, 11am. Duration: Around four hours with a coffee stop half-way. What if...? You have to go early to turn the turkey. We will have been so pleased to see you, but don't forget to tip the guide! Booking: Please press here to register […]

FREE

Charles Dickens in Covent Garden FREE Boxing Day Tour

Holborn Station Holborn Station, Kingsway, London, United Kingdom

This 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 […]