One lump or two
Looking back at my ramblings I do seem to have written a fair few regarding drinks, whether they be alcoholic or just restorative and...
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A really excellent tour. I’ve taken loads of walking tours in London but I learnt many new things from this one. Highly recommended.
LUCY : There's More To Moorgate
Two New Tours published in October, check out the tours page
Just taken the tour during a short break in London. I was amazed that there was so much more to the area of Westminster than parliament. The commentary and directions were easy to understand and there were a lot of interesting facts and story's.
John : The Power and The Glory
Steve Matthews
Jun 16, 20234 min read
Better than a curate’s egg
Don’t know about you, but my go to in the pub snack department is the good old pork scratchin’, nothing better with a pint. I’ve had a...
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Steve Matthews
Jun 2, 20234 min read
Takin’ a tumble
For the last couple of months I’ve been flat out researching, writing and publishing several new audio tours. Combine that with everyday...
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Steve Matthews
May 26, 20233 min read
Who had the Lamb Bhuna?
Fancy a curry? Today you’ll be spoilt for choice, takeaways and restaurants have proliferate on our high streets for many years, but how...
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Steve Matthews
May 8, 20232 min read
Sticking a bottle up a lion’s arse!
Possibly one of the weirdest titles for a blog post I’ve made up in a long time, but believe it or not there’s a lot of truth in it....
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Steve Matthews
May 5, 20235 min read
Time Encapsulation
Perhaps it was the burial of the Blue Peter time capsule in 1971 that first fascinated me about this rather quirky way of linking the...
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Steve Matthews
Apr 7, 20234 min read
The Caravan Club
If you’ve just sat back in your sun lounger in your open toed sandals, long grey socks, tailored shorts and white vest to read your copy...
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Steve Matthews
Mar 31, 20233 min read
Winchester Geese
It’s 1392 and you are a young Galaunt. These were young men, usually of between sixteen and twenty five years old. They were portrayed as...
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Steve Matthews
Mar 24, 20232 min read
A penny in the cap
In my last post I took a look at a group of people that populated London’s streets in the mid 1800s called Patterers. This was the heyday...
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Steve Matthews
Mar 17, 20233 min read
The Patterers; a breed apart
I’d heard about Patterers, I knew a bit about them, that is in terms of the job that they did, like a lot of their peers it seemed to be...
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Steve Matthews
Mar 13, 20233 min read
A rose between the beer vats
“Khalil took the sound as a request, and soon his mouth was on hers, hot and vibrant, firm and needing. Strong, despite that terrible...
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Steve Matthews
Mar 12, 20231 min read
Washing
One Word Sunday Arundel Street, Temple WC2 #London #OWS
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Steve Matthews
Mar 6, 20232 min read
What a pile of s**t !
To help clear London’s air and improve public health, the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is expanding across all London boroughs from 29...
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Steve Matthews
Mar 5, 20231 min read
Abstract
One Word Sunday The Barbican (reimagined) #London #OWS #Underground #Walking
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Steve Matthews
Feb 27, 20233 min read
That’s one in the eye
This short story fits loosely in with the idiom theme that I’ve been perusing recently. The term is used to mean a disappointment or...
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Steve Matthews
Feb 20, 20233 min read
Feeling Like A Proper Charlie
I like to collect and research idioms, although I’m not too sure how to describe them. I suppose a phrase that is used where a meaning is...
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Steve Matthews
Feb 13, 20234 min read
Caught with your trousers down!
For the last month I’ve immersed myself in all thing Soho, as I’m currently publishing an audio tour about the area ( when it’s published...
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Steve Matthews
Feb 10, 20232 min read
Jessie Matthews and the Brontosaurus
Probably best I explain from the beginning, Jessie Matthews was an actress, dancer and singer of the 1920s and 1930s, whose career...
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Steve Matthews
Feb 4, 20232 min read
A man of many parts
It’s 1665 and you’ve caught the coach from York to London and are recuperating at the White Hart Inn on Bishopsgate prior to a business...
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Steve Matthews
Jan 20, 20233 min read
Stop and have a cuppa
Sometimes you walk past a building and give it no attention whatsoever, it doesn’t matter how grand or humble it is, it just doesn’t ask...
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