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SUMMARY:Living on the Edge: Hidden Holborn and Little Italy
DESCRIPTION:Some of the most interesting areas around the City of London are places lived in and worked in by people who were not based inside it but needed to be near it. A great example is the area just north of Holborn\, on the north-western edge of the City.\nA medieval bishop’s palace (you can still go into the crypt\, built in the 1270’s): a Tudor-era pub down a narrow alley: multiple diamond dealers and the site of a famous heist by geriatric thieves (the “diamond wheezers”): London’s first social housing project: a half-timbered Tudor hall which survived the Great Fire: we see all these on the walk.\nWe also focus on exploring “Little Italy”: not much recognised now\, in the 1800’s a few streets here were teeming with Italian immigrants\, both middle-class artisans making barometers and poorer people selling ice cream and playing barrel organs.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/living-on-the-edge-hidden-holborn-and-little-italy/2024-06-02/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240526T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240526T160000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
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SUMMARY:Creative\, Cultural\, Colourful Fitzrovia
DESCRIPTION:Fitzrovia is an area to savour and where better to spend a Spring Sunday afternoon than exploring its elegant squares\, Georgian streets and cosmopolitan feel? See some truly outstanding architecture from the 18th\, 19th\, 20th and even 21st centuries. Walk through secret pocket parks. Hear stories of the diverse communities that have lived and worked in Fitzrovia and how it has changed and transformed over time. Learn about the recent improvements in public realm brought about by the West End Project. Meet some of the extraordinary individuals who have lived in the area including Olaudah Equiano\, Mary Prince\, Lady Ottoline Morrell\, the colourful habitués of the Fitzroy Tavern and many more. All proceeds from this walk will go towards the work of Amnesty International to fund their work supporting prisoners of conscience and campaigners for democratic rights around the world. As there is no upper limit to your contributions please contribute generously!
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/creative-cultural-colourful-fitzrovia/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240526T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240526T150000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
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SUMMARY:Gin Lane: Thieves and Thief-takers in the Night-Cellars of Seven Dials
DESCRIPTION:Now it’s trendy and pretty\, but 18th-century Seven Dials was notorious for poverty and crime. With no organised police force\, thieves\, highwaymen and fences bribed those hired to catch them\, meeting in low-down dives where they spoke a secret language called flash. The notoriously corrupt Jonathan Wild captured thief Jack Sheppard more than once\, but Jack made dramatic escapes from prison aided by his sexworker-partner Edgworth Bess. \nWith gin selling at a penny a glass\, carousing was full-on in areas outsiders called rookeries\, thieves’ kitchens\, the Holy Land (because of the Irish presence) and\, for Drury Lane’s red-light zone\, Little Sodom. A range of middle-class spies\, social investigators\, reporters and slum-tourists came to look and sometimes participate in goings-on they found appalling and titillating. John Gay portrayed popular hero Jack Sheppard and Public Enemy Jonathan Wild in the characters of Captain MacHeath and Mr Peachum\, in The Beggar’s Opera\, London’s favourite theatre-piece throughout the 18th century. What fun!
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/gin-lane-thieves-and-thief-takers-in-the-night-cellars-of-seven-dials/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240519T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240519T153000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240416T184119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240416T184119Z
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SUMMARY:Rebels and Blue Stockings: The New Woman in Bloomsbury
DESCRIPTION:Free-spirited and independent\, educated and uninterested in marriage and children\, the figure of the New Woman threatened conventional ideas about ideal Victorian womanhood. On this walk we will discover how Kate Greenaway\, a female artist from a working class background\, Eleanor Marx\, a regular at the British Library Reading Room and the archeologist Mary Brodrick found a life outside conventional Victorian norms. The founding of Bedford College\, led to higher education for women\, and the creation of College Hall enabled women students to study independently.\n19th century Bloomsbury was a hub of activism. Women were pushing against laws confining them to traditional roles. Pascal Theatre Company is running a two-year Lottery Heritage Funded project: Women for Women: 19th century women in Bloomsbury Current Projects – Pascal Theatre Company (pascal-theatre.com) We are celebrating those who worked at breaking down barriers and who fought to create opportunities for future generations. For more information and to get involved in research\, workshops or events contact: sally@pascal-theatre.com
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/rebels-and-blue-stockings-the-new-woman-in-bloomsbury/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240516T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240516T190000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240419T123755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240419T123755Z
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SUMMARY:Meet the Guides - Camden Tour Guides Association FREE walk
DESCRIPTION:This FREE walk is aimed at anyone who is interested in learning about becoming a qualified Camden Tour Guide\, offering an opportunity to meet existing Camden Guides\, go with them on a tour around the King’s Cross area and have a chance to talk to them about the course and what it’s like to be a tour guide in Camden today. \nThe next course starts end September 2024. If you are unable to come on any of our Meet the Guide dates but are interested in the course\, then please email course@camdenguides.com or visit our website for information at https://camdenguides.com/training.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/meet-the-guides-camden-tour-guides-association-free-walk/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240514T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240514T130000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240313T171600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240313T171600Z
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SUMMARY:Curious Camden Town
DESCRIPTION:Discover Camden Town with Elena\, a resident of 30+ years. \nIt’s lively\, it’s quirky\, it’s cosmopolitan and it’s packed full of history! Camden Town is all of these things. It’s a neighbourhood that has been shaped by many communities\, from the Irish to the Greek-Cypriots\, each leaving an indelible mark. Charles Dickens\, a very unhappy former resident\, immortalised Camden Town’s poverty\, squalor and deprivation in his literary musings. \nCamden Town was developed at the end of the 18th century with the aim to attract the wealthy middle classes\, but the arrival of the railways put a stop to those ambitious plans. On the plus side\, it now boasts the best-preserved railway heritage complex in the UK! \nOn this walk you will hear about the gin warehouses that once lined the Regent’s Canal\, the Victorian ice-wells now hidden from view and the hundreds of horses working in the goodyards. You will also discover how Camden’s numerous pubs\, ballrooms and warehouses have become a mecca for music makers and music lovers over the decades.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/curious-camden-town/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240512T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240512T130000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240307T100433Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240307T100543Z
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SUMMARY:Humble Homes: A walking tour of workers' housing in Camden
DESCRIPTION:Be it ever so humble there’s no place like home \nJoin Ellika\, qualified Camden Tour Guide as she explores the streets covering the foothils of Hampstead Heath and the often groundbreaking styles of domestic architecture that can be found there. Learn how the architecture influenced the lives of the residents and how the residents impacted the architecture \nVisit the Iconic Isokon \, the first modernist block of flats in Britain which pioneered the concept of minimalist stylish city living. Hear more about the lives of residents such as Agatha Christie\, Walter Gropius and Soviet Spy Arnold Deutsch \nThe modernist theme continues as we explore the Fleet Road Estate – the first estate in Neave Brown’s ambitious social housing building programme during Camden Council’s golden age. The humanist approach to town drew international acclaim but lost favour in 1970s Britain – make your own mind up as to what you think about it. \nDive back in history to the Georgian workers’ cottages and cobbles of the charming Little Green St – find out why the cottages have such long gardens and perhaps recognise it from a 1960s pop video \nExplore the eye-catching terraces of houses painted in their co-ordinating pastel shades – discover where the trend began and how the colours are decided …oh and make sure you take a few photos for the instagram!
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/humble-homes-a-walking-tour-of-workers-housing-in-camden/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240427T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240427T130000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240220T195857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T195857Z
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SUMMARY:Living on the Edge: Hidden Holborn and Little Italy
DESCRIPTION:Some of the most interesting areas around the City of London are places lived in and worked in by people who were not based inside it but needed to be near it. A great example is the area just north of Holborn\, on the north-western edge of the City.\nA medieval bishop’s palace (you can still go into the crypt\, built in the 1270’s): a Tudor-era pub down a narrow alley: multiple diamond dealers and the site of a famous heist by geriatric thieves (the “diamond wheezers”): London’s first social housing project: a half-timbered Tudor hall which survived the Great Fire: we see all these on the walk.\nWe also focus on exploring “Little Italy”: not much recognised now\, in the 1800’s a few streets here were teeming with Italian immigrants\, both middle-class artisans making barometers and poorer people selling ice cream and playing barrel organs.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/living-on-the-edge-hidden-holborn-and-little-italy/2024-04-27/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240421T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240421T160000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240220T200418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T200418Z
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SUMMARY:Slums and Squares and Rock n'Roll
DESCRIPTION:You will probably know lots of bits of the St Giles’ area: Tottenham Court Rd tube\, Centrepoint\, Shaftesbury Ave\, Seven Dials…but you probably don’t know how the area came to be as it is. A fascinating story of ancient roadways meeting\, a medieval leper colony\, a failed posh residential district\, a notorious Victorian slum and the most unspoilt Georgian square in London. I would be delighted to help you explore all this (and see the street where Elton John worked as a tea boy and the Rolling Stones and Genesis recorded their earliest singles).
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/slums-and-squares-and-rock-nroll-3/2024-04-21/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240414T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240414T160000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240220T200418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T200418Z
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SUMMARY:Slums and Squares and Rock n'Roll
DESCRIPTION:You will probably know lots of bits of the St Giles’ area: Tottenham Court Rd tube\, Centrepoint\, Shaftesbury Ave\, Seven Dials…but you probably don’t know how the area came to be as it is. A fascinating story of ancient roadways meeting\, a medieval leper colony\, a failed posh residential district\, a notorious Victorian slum and the most unspoilt Georgian square in London. I would be delighted to help you explore all this (and see the street where Elton John worked as a tea boy and the Rolling Stones and Genesis recorded their earliest singles).
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/slums-and-squares-and-rock-nroll-3/2024-04-14/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240414T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240414T150000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240313T172246Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240313T172246Z
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SUMMARY:In art and in life: face to face with 12 inspiring Bloomsbury women (walk and gallery visit)
DESCRIPTION:Join Elena on a guided WALK IN BLOOMSBURY followed by a visit to the newly re-opened NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY. \nPLEASE NOTE THIS WILL BE A 4 HOUR EVENT (including a refreshment break). \nThis walk will celebrate the incredible women who made Bloomsbury a hub of creativity and empowerment. \nStarting at Russell Square tube\, we will meander through the streets of Bloomsbury\, unveiling the fascinating stories of an incredible bunch of women who all left a mark on society in their own different ways – after all\, Bloomsbury is where the “New Woman” was born at the turn of the century. \nLiterary giants\, groundbreaking artists\, intrepid explorers\, social reformers\, maverick medics\, suffragists\, suffragettes and exuberant socialites – they all defied conventions and smashed stereotypes\, paving the way for future generations. \nFollowing the walk\, we will stop for a well-deserved refreshment break before heading (by bus) to the beautifully refurbished and newly reopened National Portrait Gallery on Charing Cross Road. \nHere we will meet these women face to face in wonderful portraits and photographs. We will have the opportunity to connect with them on a personal level\, exploring their achievements through the lens of art.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/in-art-and-in-life-face-to-face-with-12-inspiring-bloomsbury-women-walk-and-gallery-visit-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240412T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240412T150000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240313T172100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240313T172100Z
UID:10000062-1712919600-1712934000@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:In art and in life: face to face with 12 inspiring Bloomsbury women (walk and gallery visit)
DESCRIPTION:Join Elena on a guided WALK IN BLOOMSBURY followed by a visit to the newly re-opened NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY. \nPLEASE NOTE THIS WILL BE A 4 HOUR EVENT (including a refreshment break). \nThis walk will celebrate the incredible women who made Bloomsbury a hub of creativity and empowerment. \nStarting at Russell Square tube\, we will meander through the streets of Bloomsbury\, unveiling the fascinating stories of an incredible bunch of women who all left a mark on society in their own different ways – after all\, Bloomsbury is where the “New Woman” was born at the turn of the century. \nLiterary giants\, groundbreaking artists\, intrepid explorers\, social reformers\, maverick medics\, suffragists\, suffragettes and exuberant socialites – they all defied conventions and smashed stereotypes\, paving the way for future generations. \nFollowing the walk\, we will stop for a well-deserved refreshment break before heading (by bus) to the beautifully refurbished and newly reopened National Portrait Gallery on Charing Cross Road. \nHere we will meet these women face to face in wonderful portraits and photographs. We will have the opportunity to connect with them on a personal level\, exploring their achievements through the lens of art.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/in-art-and-in-life-face-to-face-with-12-inspiring-bloomsbury-women-walk-and-gallery-visit/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240404T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240404T130000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240201T144014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240201T144014Z
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SUMMARY:Duels\, Druids and Dalmatians: a stroll in charming Primrose Hill
DESCRIPTION:Discover a very cosmopolitan “urban village” in North London with Elena. \nWe will explore historic Primrose Hill\, one of London’s prettiest “urban villages”\, and its magnificent park: from the top of the hill you can enjoy clear views of London’s skyline. \nThe area\, with its continental cafés and independent shops\, has been and still is a highly desirable place to live among the rich and famous\, attracting a very cosmopolitan (and sometimes mystical) crowd. On this walk we will discover the stories of many famous international residents from the past: a tragic American poet\, a Welsh bard\, a German philosopher\, the hero of the Philippines and even a little bear from Peru. It doesn’t get more cosmopolitan than that! \nToday its high street is full of charming independent restaurants and boutiques\, but some of these pretty pastel-coloured facades hide haunting stories from the past. \nAnd\, as a bonus\, you might even spot a celebrity or two!
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/duels-druids-and-dalmatians-a-stroll-in-charming-primrose-hill/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240331T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240331T160000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240220T200418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T200418Z
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SUMMARY:Slums and Squares and Rock n'Roll
DESCRIPTION:You will probably know lots of bits of the St Giles’ area: Tottenham Court Rd tube\, Centrepoint\, Shaftesbury Ave\, Seven Dials…but you probably don’t know how the area came to be as it is. A fascinating story of ancient roadways meeting\, a medieval leper colony\, a failed posh residential district\, a notorious Victorian slum and the most unspoilt Georgian square in London. I would be delighted to help you explore all this (and see the street where Elton John worked as a tea boy and the Rolling Stones and Genesis recorded their earliest singles).
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/slums-and-squares-and-rock-nroll-3/2024-03-31/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240330T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240330T160000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240201T145048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240201T145048Z
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SUMMARY:Dorothy L Sayers Bllomsbury
DESCRIPTION:Dorothy L Sayers\, one of the “golden age” crime writers between the first and second world wars\, lived and worked in Holborn and Bloomsbury – as did her alter ego\, Harriet Vane and other familiar characters from the novels and short stories.\nSee places from which she took inspiration for her detective fiction; find out more about Sayers’ characters and about the woman who brought them all to life.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/dorothy-l-sayers-bllomsbury/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240329T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240329T130000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240201T145311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240201T145311Z
UID:10000040-1711710000-1711717200@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:Dorothy L Sayers Bloomsbury
DESCRIPTION:Dorothy L Sayers\, one of the “golden age” crime writers between the first and second world wars\, lived and worked in Holborn and Bloomsbury – as did her alter ego\, Harriet Vane and other familiar characters from the novels and short stories.\nSee places from which she took inspiration for her detective fiction; find out more about Sayers’ characters and about the woman who brought them all to life.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/dorothy-l-sayers-bloomsbury-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240324T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240324T130000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240220T195427Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T195427Z
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SUMMARY:Hampstead: the village on the hill
DESCRIPTION:You probably know Hampstead as a very attractive area of very posh houses and very famous people. But why is it so lovely to walk around? \nIt’s a lot to do with a hill which prevented major roads and any railways being built: so uniquely in London it preserves a Georgian village streetscape. It also had many springs which supported a Tudor laundry business and then a fashionable Spa attraction in the 1700’s. \nAnd its healthy air and great views have always made it an attractive place for the wealthy\, and for artists\, writers and entertainers. So there are plenty of lovely houses to see: but this walk also explores buildings such as old workhouses and bath houses which remind us that plenty of “ordinary” people lived there too! \nBut above all its a beautiful old village on a hill: do come and explore it!
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/hampstead-the-village-on-the-hill/2024-03-24/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240323T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240323T130000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240220T200418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T200418Z
UID:10000054-1711191600-1711198800@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:Slums and Squares and Rock n'Roll
DESCRIPTION:You will probably know lots of bits of the St Giles’ area: Tottenham Court Rd tube\, Centrepoint\, Shaftesbury Ave\, Seven Dials…but you probably don’t know how the area came to be as it is. A fascinating story of ancient roadways meeting\, a medieval leper colony\, a failed posh residential district\, a notorious Victorian slum and the most unspoilt Georgian square in London. I would be delighted to help you explore all this (and see the street where Elton John worked as a tea boy and the Rolling Stones and Genesis recorded their earliest singles).
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/slums-and-squares-and-rock-nroll-3/2024-03-23/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240317T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240317T150000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20231211T094919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231211T094919Z
UID:10000024-1710680400-1710687600@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:Historic Working-class Migrations: Irish\, Italian\, African\, Jewish
DESCRIPTION:People migrating to work in a city like London may begin settling together in ghettos\, but eventually they mix. Working-class migrants\, often maligned as ”economic migrants’\, do business\, make families\, invent objects\, bring pleasures\, help each other\, fight and die together. One old area of central London shows strong and sympathetic traces of the migrations of poorer folk from the late-18th to 20th centuries from near and far\, including from within England itself. The walk begins in the Fleet Ditch and works its way uphill through early Italian and Irish settlements in Saffron Hill into areas of more mixing\, taking note of Blacks from Africa via the West Indies and ending with Jewish migrations from numerous locations that made Hatton Garden’s Diamond Street.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/historic-working-class-migrations-irish-italian-african-jewish/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240316T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240316T160000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240119T162041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240119T162041Z
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SUMMARY:Dodging the Blitz:Bloomsbury Second World War Novels
DESCRIPTION:Graham Greene’s End of the Affair and the Ministry of Fear are directly taken from his wartime experiences and love affairs in Bloomsbury as an air raid warden. Elizabeth Bowen and Muriel Spark are other writers who transposed war time events into their literary output. Pat Barker and Sarah Waters have used the period and location brilliantly in recent novels to emphasise the female experience of war. This walk highlights important events which formed the basis of these novels\, and looks at some of the main landmarks of the Blitz in Bloomsbury.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/dodging-the-blitzbloomsbury-second-world-war-novels/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240314T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240314T130000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240201T145702Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240201T145702Z
UID:10000041-1710414000-1710421200@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:Street Haunting: the Female Flaneur
DESCRIPTION:In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Charlotte Mew\, Dorothy Richardson and Virginia Woolf all drew inspiration from walking alone in London; observing and enjoying street life. Woolf called it “street haunting”. The sights and sounds of London run through their novels\, stories\, essays and poetry. On this two hour walk through the streets and squares of Bloomsbury we see where they lived and walked and how walks influenced their writing
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/street-haunting-the-female-flaneur/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240314T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240314T130000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240111T123439Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240111T123439Z
UID:10000032-1710414000-1710421200@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:All change at King's Cross
DESCRIPTION:Join Mike Marriott’s walk for a look around the “new” King’s Cross.\nThe area formerly used for goods yards behind King’s Cross station has now been transformed. Come and see how on this walk! \n200 years ago King’s Cross was a rather desolate place\, marked by brick kilns\, rubbish heaps and slums. The arrival of the railways changed the area forever: on this walk we will discover the traces of King’s Cross past – pioneering stations\, model dwellings\, splendid hotels and many historic building and structures which have been beautifully reimagined and repurposed for 21st century living. \nThe proceedings from this walk will be donated to the homeless charity The Connection at St. Martin’s.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/all-change-at-kings-cross/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240312T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240312T160000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240119T162333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240119T162333Z
UID:10000034-1710252000-1710259200@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:Conrad's Secret Agent and Anarchism in Fitzrovia
DESCRIPTION:Conrad’s The Secret Agent cast a critical eye over London at the end of the nineteenth century when the capital was home to a series of revolutionary anarchist groups. They had come to police attention following royal pressure after the assassination of the Tsar of Russia. The Secret Agent\, Verloc\, in Conrad’s novel is a double agent\, blackmailed to commit an outrage which ends in family tragedy. The death of Stevie\, Verloc’s son in law\, is closely based on a real anarchist explosion near the Greenwich Observatory in 1894. \nSuccessive waves of exiles from France\, Germany and Russia had made a home in Fitzrovia and Soho\, close to the British Museum where Marx and Lenin studied\, yet in an area where foreigners ran the bookstores and shops. On this walk we will find the street housing Verloc’s pornographic bookshop and revisit the site of the Autonomie anarchist club\, raided by police after the Greenwich bomb. We will also learn more about the actions of Chief Inspector Melville\, who was the model for Chief Inspector Heat.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/conrads-secret-agent-and-anarchism-in-fitzrovia/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240310T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240310T160000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240220T195427Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T195427Z
UID:10000044-1710079200-1710086400@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:Hampstead: the village on the hill
DESCRIPTION:You probably know Hampstead as a very attractive area of very posh houses and very famous people. But why is it so lovely to walk around? \nIt’s a lot to do with a hill which prevented major roads and any railways being built: so uniquely in London it preserves a Georgian village streetscape. It also had many springs which supported a Tudor laundry business and then a fashionable Spa attraction in the 1700’s. \nAnd its healthy air and great views have always made it an attractive place for the wealthy\, and for artists\, writers and entertainers. So there are plenty of lovely houses to see: but this walk also explores buildings such as old workhouses and bath houses which remind us that plenty of “ordinary” people lived there too! \nBut above all its a beautiful old village on a hill: do come and explore it!
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/hampstead-the-village-on-the-hill/2024-03-10/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240310T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240310T130000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240220T200418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T200418Z
UID:10000053-1710068400-1710075600@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:Slums and Squares and Rock n'Roll
DESCRIPTION:You will probably know lots of bits of the St Giles’ area: Tottenham Court Rd tube\, Centrepoint\, Shaftesbury Ave\, Seven Dials…but you probably don’t know how the area came to be as it is. A fascinating story of ancient roadways meeting\, a medieval leper colony\, a failed posh residential district\, a notorious Victorian slum and the most unspoilt Georgian square in London. I would be delighted to help you explore all this (and see the street where Elton John worked as a tea boy and the Rolling Stones and Genesis recorded their earliest singles).
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/slums-and-squares-and-rock-nroll-3/2024-03-10/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240307T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240307T130000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240201T144312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240201T144312Z
UID:10000037-1709809200-1709816400@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:Rebel rebel: the women medical pioneers of Bloomsbury
DESCRIPTION:Follow in the footsteps of the female trailblazers at the forefront of medical history \nFor Women’s History Month we are celebrating a bunch of determined women who\, overcoming huge hurdles\, excelled in the male-dominated world of medicine\, smashing multiple glass ceilings along the way. \nFrom the 18th century onwards Bloomsbury was central to medical progress\, thanks to its long association with universities\, hospitals and pioneering activities. It’s in these streets that we will meet a number of trailblazing women who paved the way for today’s women in medicine and will discover which institutions supported them\, while others put obstacles in their way. \nWhether they were pioneering surgeons\, determined dentists or brave nurses\, they all played an important role in improving the standards of care not only for other women\, but for the population as a whole.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/rebel-rebel-the-women-medical-pioneers-of-bloomsbury/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240303T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240303T130000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240201T144657Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240201T144657Z
UID:10000038-1709463600-1709470800@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:Brave\, bold and brilliant: remarkable women of Hampstead
DESCRIPTION:Join Elena on a guided walk in the footsteps of Hampstead’s inspiring women.\nTo celebrate Women’s History Month we move North to the quaint and historic neighbourhood of Hampstead.\nOn this meandering walk through cobbled streets and winding alleyways\, up and down the hills of Hampstead\, we will discover the lives of remarkable and inspiring women who made their mark on history and culture.\nDissenting novelists\, iconic musicians\, social reformers\, eccentric poets\, medical trailblazers and all-round extraordinary women: they all made Hampstead their home at different times of their lives and changed the world in a multitude of ways.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/brave-bold-and-brilliant-remarkable-women-of-hampstead/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240302T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240302T160000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240201T145918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240201T145918Z
UID:10000042-1709388000-1709395200@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:Street Haunting: the Female Flaneur
DESCRIPTION:In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Charlotte Mew\, Dorothy Richardson and Virginia Woolf all drew inspiration from walking alone in London; observing and enjoying street life. Woolf called it “street haunting”. The sights and sounds of London run through their novels\, stories\, essays and poetry. On this two hour walk through the streets and squares of Bloomsbury we see where they lived and walked and how walks influenced their writing.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/street-haunting-the-female-flaneur-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240302T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240302T150000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20231211T185920Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231211T185920Z
UID:10000026-1709384400-1709391600@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:Primrose Hill and the Navvies
DESCRIPTION:Primrose Hill is now one of London’s desirable areas\, but it was born with the blood\, sweat and toil that built the canal and railways.The neighbourhood radiates brilliant industrial solutions of Victorian engineers\, but who built it? This walk puts hard-working navvies at the centre of the story and tells how the area developed in the face of the railway’s soot and smoke. The walk follows a beautiful stretch of the Regent’s Canal\, and from the top of the famous hill you have great views over London. You’ll see railway landmarks as well as the artists’ studios and pastel-painted streets that came later\, in one of which lives Paddington Bear. Primrose Hill cherishes a high street largely free of chain shops and numerous good pubs. It’s all minutes from Camden Market but feels miles away.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/primrose-hill-and-the-navvies/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240224T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240224T130000
DTSTAMP:20260424T000240
CREATED:20240220T195427Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T195427Z
UID:10000043-1708772400-1708779600@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:Hampstead: the village on the hill
DESCRIPTION:You probably know Hampstead as a very attractive area of very posh houses and very famous people. But why is it so lovely to walk around? \nIt’s a lot to do with a hill which prevented major roads and any railways being built: so uniquely in London it preserves a Georgian village streetscape. It also had many springs which supported a Tudor laundry business and then a fashionable Spa attraction in the 1700’s. \nAnd its healthy air and great views have always made it an attractive place for the wealthy\, and for artists\, writers and entertainers. So there are plenty of lovely houses to see: but this walk also explores buildings such as old workhouses and bath houses which remind us that plenty of “ordinary” people lived there too! \nBut above all its a beautiful old village on a hill: do come and explore it!
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/hampstead-the-village-on-the-hill/2024-02-24/
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