Walks and talks

My walking tours (max 2hrs unless specified) and 60-minute online presentations via Zoom are about the things I am genuinely interested in and inspired by. My style is friendly and inclusive and I hope my enthusiasm shines through such that the people who join me are also intrigued and motivated to find out more for themselves.

Overviews of some my tours are shown below.
Plenty more info available at Jane's London Walks.

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Art Deco – Lots of walks about architecture of the 1920s–1930s era in many areas across across London

There are many other fabulous buildings that, for some obscure reason, slip though the net on those 'Best Of' lists, yet they are often more fabulous and more Deco than the well-known buildings that are listed – join me for a walk or an online talk to find out more

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Ghostsigns – Old hand-painted ads in Holloway, Camden, Archway, Islington, Covent Garden, Soho, Kings Cross, Willesden, Notting Hill and more
These tours invite you into my world to show you the kind of details that inspire this website – we'll follow a trail of old hand-painted signs and also look at other forms of bygone advertising in the form of defunct logos, date stamps, ironwork and mosaics. Hear the stories behind the companies and the products. 90/120 minutes.
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Mr Pooter's Holloway – find out about the world that this satirical fictional character might have inhabited in the late 1880s – had he been real, see the places he would known. This is a light-hearted yet informative 90 minute stroll down the hill to the Nags Head junction and if you haven't read the book beforehand, I'm sure you'll want to afterwards..
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1930s / Jazz Age / Modernist architecture
Out with the old and in with the new! Despite what people say, London is littered with fine examples of forward-thinking interwar architecture. I offer walking tours in Shoreditch, Piccadilly, Bloomsbury, Spitalfields, Holloway, Arsenal and more. The online talks are either themed or cover longer distances than the walks. Join me for theatreland, residential or unsung gems. Or 'travel' from Whitechapel to Mayfair or Hampstead to Westminster.
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Philanthropy and Social Housing

A walk looking at a variety of Islington's impressive and well-designed social housing estates, talking about architecture, philanthropy, renovation and regeneration, and hearing about the people who made them possible. More disticts to be covered soon.

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Holloway's Heyday

The Oxford Street of the North – A time-travelling tour comparing today's Nag's Head shopping district with the beautiful stores of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras when this stretch of Hoolloway Rd was North London's main shopping destination. Actually, I still say, if you can't buy it in Holloway, then you don't need it!
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The Only Way is Essex Road – A stroll along the full length of the road (just over a mile) talking about the road's diverse history including innovative schemes and architectural gems. 90 minutes.
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If the scheduled dates don't suit your diary and you can put together a group of five or more, please contact me to make arrangements. Note that my voucher option (above) offers discounts for groups.

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