I haven’t spent much time at the cinema this year, that is mostly because I have been so busy but also due to the proliferation of those dreadful in my opinion comic book movies which rather take over the big screen. It seems I’m not alone as attendances have been way down but in the… Continue reading The Limehouse Golem – Film Review
Tag: London
The Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894.
As a species we can be a pretty gloomy bunch. Capable of brilliance but just as likely incapable of seeing almost the blinding obvious. These days we are seemingly doomed on a whole host of issues. Climate change, the break down of civil cohesion, over population, mass immigration on a biblical scale. Pollution, Brexit pretty… Continue reading The Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894.
The lost and hidden rivers of London
It’s easy to see London as one big mega city with just one river, what Londoners fondly call old Father Thames. When the tide of the river rises and falls it is almost as if you can see the city itself breathe. The Thames has always been the centre for life in the city even if… Continue reading The lost and hidden rivers of London
Kate Middleton is having another baby. There, I’ve said it… I hate her!
It’s not often I write anything like my opinion on anything but today it has been announced that Kate Middleton is expecting her third child. Hurray! Good for the future 3rd in line sprog to the British throne. However, I really believe that it is irresponsible for people who live on social support to deliberately… Continue reading Kate Middleton is having another baby. There, I’ve said it… I hate her!
When did travelling become such hell?
I am a little unusual I admit, I quite like travelling by public transport and I always have. I don’t see driving a car as superior and much prefer to pay someone to do that for me so along with anything from 1 to 50 fellow humans, hire a chauffer in the form of a… Continue reading When did travelling become such hell?
My new tour – Sacred, Secret, Gardens of London
One of the joys of doing walking tours around London is that I often come across new areas, secret oasis almost, in the midst of one the largest and busiest cities in the world. I find that my tourists often prefer the hidden gems even over some of the big tourist sites or indeed big… Continue reading My new tour – Sacred, Secret, Gardens of London
Crossing The River Thames By Cable Car
Sometimes when I am running tours, I get to do new things even in my home city. Of course, that isn’t too hard when you live in London as not only is there a 2,000 year old back catalogue of things to do and see but there are new attractions cropping up by the day,… Continue reading Crossing The River Thames By Cable Car
A video of the re-opened Borough Market
Borough Market has long been one of my favourite parts of London and so aside from the more obvious issues following the recent attack there and the adjoining London Bridge, I have been waiting to get back inside both for professional and personal reasons. Having been a few times in the last week to see… Continue reading A video of the re-opened Borough Market
London is Reeling…. NOT
Maybe it is just a fundamental difference between us and other countries but according to some foreign media, everyone in the UK and particularly London is terrified but as the headline in the Independent revealed, that doesn’t seem to be the case. I have to say that I’m not in the slightest bit terrified nor… Continue reading London is Reeling…. NOT
Ragnarok 2017 Convention and Book Signing
I’m thrilled to announce that I have been invited to have a table at Ragnarok 2017 at the Well End Activity Centre, Well End, Borehamwood which is just outside London and off the A1M. Ragnarok runs 9am-6pm next weekend, Saturday the 3rd and Sunday 4th June 2017. Organised by Thors Hammer Gaming Club, Ragnarok is… Continue reading Ragnarok 2017 Convention and Book Signing