Earth Day 2020

April 22, 2020

Wednesday 22 April marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.

It’s a time when millions across the globe partake in positive action in order to raise awareness and save the planet.

This year will be different. Earth day 2020 will be the first ever digital Earth Day. Participants are encouraged to use hashtags #EarthDay2020 and #EARTHRISE to safely raise awareness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

It’s clear to see benefits of reduced air traffic from the wonderfully bright blue skies across London. No photoshop is necessary. No doubt too, the Greenwich foreshore is breathing a sigh of relief from the aggressive wash created by the Thames Clipper boats.

London, nowadays, seems to be more in harmony with nature than ever before. Birdsong has been heard louder than anyone can remember, the night sky seems crisper and stars visible. Perhaps there is a way for this to remain the new normal. What will you do differently going forward?

Posted by Hazel Baker, Director of London Guided Walks. Posted In : Events

Virtual Events for Your Enjoyment

April 17, 2020

MUSIC/OPERA

British Music Embassy Sessions - PRS for Music has gathered UK artists unable to play the cancelled SXSW festival for the British Music Embassy sessions. Here’s the link to their live sessions on Youtube.
English National Ballet Philharmonic - The musicians that make the ENB Philharmonic play the Swan Lake Overture from their homes. Available on Youtube.
Support independent musicians performing at home - Isolate Live is a Facebook page that is organising online streamed concerts fr...

Posted by Hazel Baker. Posted In : Theatre

Connecting the World from South-East London

April 17, 2020

In the latter part of the nineteenth century the new industries of chemicals, electrical engineering and pharmaceuticals increasingly took the place that cotton and railways had occupied as the leading sectors in an earlier phase of industrialization. Increasingly too, it was the fast-growing economies of Germany and the US that blazed the path for the new technologies.

One of the new industries, electrical machinery under the influence of German know-how put down roots in Charlton in south-...

Posted by Ian McDiarmid, City of London Tour Guide. Posted In : Local History

Looking for Old London Bridge

April 17, 2020

London Bridge is Falling Down. Anyone know a song about that? London Bridge certainly has a record of having been built and replaced many times. The first Roman bridge was built around 43AD but was replaced by a more permanent structure in 55AD (there is a great model of this bridge in the Museum of London). When the Roman’s rule ended their bridge fell into disrepair and London was left bridgeless until 878 when a Saxon bridge crossed the Thames slightly downstream from the Roman one. Acc...

Posted by Rob Smith, Clerkenwell and Islington Tour Guide. Posted In : Great Fire of London

The Crown Jewels at the Tower of London

April 15, 2020

The Crown Jewels reside under armed guard in the Jewel House at the Tower of London.

Over 30 million people have seen them in their present setting at the Tower. They are possibly the most visited objects in Britain, perhaps the world.

It’s such a unique working collection of royal regalia with some still being used by The Queen for important national ceremonies, such as the State Opening of Parliament. Others are only used at a monarch’s coronation.

Since 1066, coronation ceremonies have ...

Posted by Hazel Baker, Director of London Guided Walks. Posted In : Podcast

Woolwich Arsenal: Classical Splendour Meets Storage Space

April 14, 2020

The Grand Store at the Woolwich Arsenal was built between 1806 and 1813, by James and Lewis Wyatt, and as the name implies was used to house items for the Arsenal itself, and for bits of kit for the army and navy. The picture shows Building 46, which was the western wing. It is built in brick, with Purbeck limestone dressings. In the middle is a triangular pediment supported on four giant pilasters. The windows are recessed and those on the ground floor are arched. The building was not made c...

Posted by Ian McDiarmid, City of London Tour Guide. Posted In : 20th century

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Earth Day 2020

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Connecting the World from South-East London

Looking for Old London Bridge

The Crown Jewels at the Tower of London

Woolwich Arsenal: Classical Splendour Meets Storage Space

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