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Charles Bernard Mortlock
2 weeks ago
The vicar of St Vedast-alias-Foster was also President of the Critics Circle in 1947
Maria Reiche and the Nazca Lines
9 weeks ago
On a visit to Peru, I visit the scientist who spent her life uncovering and charting the ancient Nazca Lines carved into the desert floor....
Parliament Square
27 weeks ago
Description of Parliament Square a thousand years ago in iambic pentameneter for a history app
Percy Pott
29 weeks ago
The church of St Mary Aldermary has a memorial to the Dr Percy Pott
The Guild Lecture
30 weeks ago
I host the Guild lecture and introduce the speaker Mr London
Magnus Martyr
31 weeks ago
The story of Magnus Martyr, last stop on the TS Eliot The Waste Land Centenary Tour.
The work of Andre Fougeron
33 weeks ago
The French communist painter Andre Fougeron painted figuratively throughout his life and accused the abstract painters of escapism
St George's AGM
33 weeks ago
It's the Annual General Meeting of St George's German Lutheran Church in Whitechapel, East London. As Events Organiser, this is my report...
Joseph Beuys Centenary
34 weeks ago
The centenary of the German artist and father of environmentalism is celebrated prominently at Tate Modern
Rodin at the Tate
37 weeks ago
Brief reflection on the Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) exhibition at Tate Modern, August 2021.
St Antholin Leaves the City
39 weeks ago
The number of churches in the City of London has reduced over time. Some disappear, others move elsewhere...
And Andriessen Set Plato to Music
42 weeks ago
the Dutch minimalist composer Louis Andriessen has died. His masterpiece was De Staat, a setting of Plato's The Republic
The Royal Fusiliers
43 weeks ago
The Royal Fusiliers have had their HQ at the Tower of London since 1685
The Waste Land Centenary
44 weeks ago
The background to the poem....
The Iron Lady Tells a Few Jokes
45 weeks ago
Stop 3 on the Iron Lady Tour through Chelsea stops at Wellington Square, SW3....
The Peasants' Revolt
48 weeks ago
It is mid June 1381. Farm labourers in Essex and Kent are violently demonstrating against the shilling poll tax.....
The Origins of Football
49 weeks ago
Butchers once would pump air into a bladder and the inflated organ became the sign of a butcher's shop
William Shakespeare plays Cupid
49 weeks ago
Shakespeare and John Harvard's mother were friends from Stratford. The question is, did he introduce her to his Southwark butcher whom she married?
Mary Arden Wore the Tights
50 weeks ago
William Shakespeare's mother called the shots where the family history was concerned...
The Nature of Poetry
51 weeks ago
RJ has been asked to give a talk on TS Eliot and Philip Larkin and their relationship with London at the end of June....
How Big Ben Got His Name
52 weeks ago
The stories behind the naming of the world's most famous bell
Nell Gwyn in Drury Lane
53 weeks ago
Drury Lane is an ancient highway that once connected directly with Fleet Street
Dowland and the Lute
53 weeks ago
an excerpt from A Short History of English Music
The Villages of East Anglia
54 weeks ago
Shakespeare's clown Will Kemp continues his progress across Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk towards Norwich.
Arrest on the A134
54 weeks ago
In a modern re-enacment of the Nine Daies VVonder, Will Kemp, Shakespeare's clown, is apprehended on a trunk road in East Anglia
Marlowe The Atheism Lecture
55 weeks ago
An extract from Shakespeare and the Marlowe Conspiracy delivered on Monday 26 April 2021
The Birth of Piazzolla
55 weeks ago
The Argentinian new tango composer Astor Piazzolla was born a hundred years ago.
Our Guest Speaker Tonight
56 weeks ago
The April St George's Talk on the Lord Mayoralty of London was given by Mr Julian Romain a City guide of longstanding.
Elizabeth Newcomen
56 weeks ago
description of teh plaque in Southwark Cathedral
The Beginning of Anatomy
57 weeks ago
Hippocrates 400BC and Galen 200AD and how they approached cutting up flesh
The Yeomen Warders
59 weeks ago
The Yeomen Warders are the Beefeaters at the Tower of London
Young Vic
59 weeks ago
Theatre for youth and theatre in the round were new ideas to London in the 1970s and they combined in the Young Vic to create a potent entertainment
Young's & Co The Brewer
59 weeks ago
Young's Beer remains the tipple of most South Londoners despite the removal of the brewery...
The Y.M.C.A.
59 weeks ago
The Y.M.C.A. was founded by Sir George Williams who was born 200 years ago...
York House Watergate
59 weeks ago
The York Watergate by Embankment tube was built in 1626 when the sound of the lute built of yew wood was in the air...
The Totteridge Yew
60 weeks ago
Guide London (it's a website) asked me to commentate on six things beginning with Y in the capital. Here's the first - the 2000-year-old Yew Tree ...
Statues of Welsh Women
61 weeks ago
After years of neglect, recognition is finally being paid to five Welsh women
Lousy Acoustic - Great Music!
61 weeks ago
A description of the Kensington O as part of my London Concert Halls broadcast for the Association of Professional Tourist Guides (APTG)
A Fellow Guide's Cotswold Tour
62 weeks ago
Sean Callery gave a talk on 'Offbeat Cotswold' talk which is here summarised
First Artificial Insemination
62 weeks ago
The Scottish anatomist John Hunter achieved the first artificial insemination in 1790. His success was recorded in the parliamentary record, Hansa ...
The Secret of Life
63 weeks ago
an extract from the virtual medical tour All Around the University - Firsts and Inventions in the History of Medicine
In Willesden Churchyard
63 weeks ago
This is an extract from a virtual tour conducted on St David's Day 2021.
Mrs Thatcher's Pantry
64 weeks ago
Margaret Thatcher shows the contents of her larder to the press.
The Birth of Joonas Kokkonen
64 weeks ago
The arctic beauty of a Finnish centenarian's music reveals itself
Frank Pattison Speaks
65 weeks ago
My old German teacher gives a lecture in the series of St George's Talks of which I am host.
The Death of Stravinsky
65 weeks ago
The Russian composer Igor Stravinsky died fifty years ago...
Carbon Copy
66 weeks ago
The London School of Economics (LSE) hosts a symposium on the green economy
Did Maggie Thatcher Serve?
67 weeks ago
It's said that the former PM worked as a waitress. Not true.
The Death of James Paisible
67 weeks ago
The French flautist Jacques Paisible (1656-1721) died in London 300 years ago. He is one of several musicians whose centenaries are celebrated thi ...
Monopoly and the Single Tax Movement
68 weeks ago
Monopoly's inventor, Lizzie Magie, was an advocate for the Single Tax Movement despite her tendency to hit you with both Income Tax AND Super Tax ...
Burns Night
68 weeks ago
The 25th January is the anniversary of the birth of Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1759.
A walk to Blythe Hill
70 weeks ago
There's always something new to discover in London
Virtual Quack Tour Debut
70 weeks ago
New tour begins following the Quack Doctor Lionel Lockyer (1600-1672) as he makes his rounds delivering his celebrated Sunlight Pill to addresses ...
The Churchill Conference
85 weeks ago
"Who's in charge of the clattering train" is a poem which Churchill knew well enough to quote from. He grabbed the wheel and took charge when the ...
Centenary of the Imperial War Museum in London
114 weeks ago
The year 2020 marks the centenary of London’s Imperial War Museum, a site exploring the history of conflict from the First World War through the ...
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