A few days ago I took two lovely people around some of the most famous sights in London. Normally even in January there would be crowds of people everywhere but as you can see out of millions of people, we use about had the whole place to ourselves.
If you’ve never thought how people are surviving when they work in tourism or hospitality, don’t worry neither have the British government or if they have, after 22 months of no help whatsoever then they clearly don’t care.
8.45am on a normal day in January 2022 and Piccadilly / Leicester Square are emptyTrafalgar Square at 9.40am and there is not a single person to be seenParliament Square at 12.30pm, the heart of Westminster is totally emptyMidday outside Buckingham PalaceRush hour on the tube at Piccadilly CircusAn Opera Singer in Covent Garden performs to a deserted venue
I am a writer and traveller with a penchant for history and getting off the beaten track. With several books to my name including several #1 sellers. I also write environmental, travel and history articles for magazines as well as freelance work. I run my private tours company with one tour stated by the leading travel website as being with the #1 authentic London Experience.
Recently I've appeared on BBC Radio and Bloomberg TV and am waiting on the filming of a ghost story on British TV.
I run my own private UK tours company (Ye Olde England Tours) with small, private and totally customisable guided tours run by myself!
Stephen Liddell 
It’s quite eerie to see such places empty that I’ve only ever seen packed.
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