Coming this December on the LW Blog… We’re making like a movie trailer this week on The Gallimaufry ‘cos we’ve got a plethora of Hollywood connections coming up on our London Walks in this the last month of 2009…
Cowboys & Gangsters Down South
London Walks guide
Isobel makes her
LW Blog debut this week (
Welcome aboard! Ed.) with tales of tripping over Hollywood cowboys and gangsters as she tries to guide down Walworth way on her
Past Preserved – Nooks & Crannies in Charlie Chaplin’s London walk. The
LW Blog post appears this week – the walk happens next Sunday 6th December (Facebook Group will soon be “in the loop” on this one. Sign up below.).
(Pic of Michael Caine in the movie
Harry Brown: the movie's website is
HERE.)
The Game’s Afoot!
On the 26th December the Sherlock Holmes movie finally hits the big screen. This non-canonical tale (meaning it’s an original story and exists outside the ‘canon’ of 56 short stories and four novels penned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) promises action aplenty. To bone up on the great detective and his London before seeing the movie, join
Richard IV or
Corinna every Friday afternoon to follow
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes. (Keep an eye on the
LW Blog, too: we’ve got a picture special lined up for December putting The London of Sherlock Holmes under the magnifying glass.)
(The image above is a free downloadable wallpaper from the Official Website of the Sherlock Holmes movie from Warner Brothers: Click
HERE to view the site with trailers and more.)
A Reading List Special
Last April,
London Walks guides nominated their favourite works of Charles Dickens – and then turned the shortlist over to the
London Walks Walkers who voted for their favourite. The result? London’s Favourite Dickens is
A Christmas Carol. Come back to visit us later in December to find out why… (In the meantime, have a look
HERE for details of Christmas with
London Walks.)
(And we’ve heard a little rumour that there’s a movie of this one, too!)
A Walker Writes…
This in by email from Stephanie in North Carolina:
“Dear
London Walks,
I embarked on my first solo trip to London in November 2009. As a woman travelling alone, I was timid of discovering things to do on my own. This is where
London Walks comes in!
I took on a total of nine walks in the course of my stay. I feel the need to compliment you on the guides who elicited such interest and adventure as well as their vast knowledge which matched the theme of every walk. In essence each guide made it so worthwhile.
The guides I had the delight of meeting were:
Tom (my favorite!), Adam , Brian, Laurence, Peter, Richard III and Angela.
Each one of these individuals made my trip to London more enjoyable than I could have ever envisioned!
I expect to return to London in the future and you bet I will be taking on many more
London Walks!
Best Regards,
Stephanie H”
Humble thanks for your high praise, Stephanie, and we look forward to welcoming you back to our city soon.
The Truth Is Out There II
Earlier this year we highlighted the story from the
Hampstead and Highgate Express exposing UFO’s over Hampstead Heath. Now the BBC is at it. Has a UFO been spotted over the 2012 Olympic site? Judge for yourself
HERE.
On the subject of the unexplained, we’re currently in possession of some pics sent to us by a London Walker who joined us on the
Ghosts of the Old City walk this last Halloween. And they make for intriguing viewing. Talk about paranormal activity! Come back later in December to view the evidence that
ghosts really do exist…
A Walker Writes Too…
Busy post bag (well, email Inbox) this November (we’ll share a few more over the next few weeks) but here’s a short one from Chris, winner of our recent competition:
“Just a quick email to say thank you very much. The book arrived the other day and it’s fab.”
In an earlier email he added the plaintive line: “I’ve never won anything before.”
What he won was a copy of the indispensable
Dictionary of London Phrase & Fable (pictured) published by Chambers. (Our thanks go to Chambers once again for putting up such a splendid prize – and, of course, to all who entered. Keep an eye out for more
LW Blog competitions in the near future.)
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