Both Anthony Trollope and his mother Fanny were proliflc and successful writers. Anthony, born in Bloomsbury is best known for the Barchester Chronicles and Paliser novels where Catherdral towns and country houses often overshadow the place of Bloomsbury. But this area which "cannot be called fashionable" and is "not much overlooked by nobility" offers lodgings […]

Join Elena to discover a fascinating neighbourhood that not many people know. We will delve into the darker chapters of London's past as we uncover the secrets of this infamous neighbourhood. We will wander through the alleys where tales of poverty and crime once echoed (Dickens will get a mention or two, of course...) and […]

A guided walk led by Elena Paolini, Camden and City of London guide, to celebrate women's history Bloomsbury, a hotbed of radical ideas, has always attracted women who refused to conform. This Women’s History Month, we will walk in the footsteps of suffragists who demanded the vote, women doctors who fought to practise medicine, artists […]

A very popular walk passing the homes of the famous both past and present. Film sets, street art and ending at an iconic tavern. This is about Bohemian London and both the wealthy and not so wealthy parts of the community. We pass the homes of some celebrities past and present and the workhouse that […]

Runaway slaves, free blacks and white women and men campaigned for a century to abolish slavery and slave-trading, against fierce opposition This walk reveals where many key London events took place in British campaigns against slavery - based on a theory of race and 'aristocracy of skin' - between the mid-1700s and mid-1800s. Fugitive and […]

A visit around the regenerated railway lands. The walk consists of some very interesting and diverse ‘firsts’ A visit around the recently regenerated railway lands. The walk consists of some very interesting ‘firsts’, a lot are transport based, but also about the contrast in the life styles of the inhabitants. The area has recently undergone […]