The church, the rocket and Round the Horne
It's strange, you think you know somewhere and then out of the blue a fact turns up and the location takes on a different vibe. Take the...
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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
Aug 13, 20233 min read
"Whether they be in need of a clean or not"
I recently came across a story while I was researching a new audio tour set in the area of Clerkenwell. I've included it here as there...
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Steve Matthews
Aug 4, 20233 min read
Bacon Mania
Bacon, I’m lead to believe was invented by the Chinese, who salted pork belly to aid it’s keeping around 1500 BCE. Before the Industrial...
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Steve Matthews
Jul 28, 20234 min read
Pre(sise)ly the place for Royalty
On a roll with this terrible punning (if that's the proper term for it?) In the last post I possibly hinted at my dislike of a horrendous...
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Steve Matthews
Jul 21, 20232 min read
An In(k)spiring Story
Apologies, the terrible pun will be revealed as you read this post. If there's one part of the City which I personally despise, and I've...
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Steve Matthews
Jul 14, 20231 min read
It's not so difficult (possibly)
For the last two weeks spare waking hours, which have been at a premium have been taken up with the overhaul of my A London Miscellany...
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Steve Matthews
Jul 14, 20233 min read
Rotten Luck
It seems to me that it's a repeated trait of Londoners from the past to corrupt words or places and to put the worse spin possible on...
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Steve Matthews
Jul 7, 20233 min read
Two stories, but which to tell?
Story 1: Too much information It often happens, while researching for my tours sometimes a glut of information turns up for for a...
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Steve Matthews
Jun 30, 20232 min read
Keeping in with the In Laws
Always a must for matrimonial harmony I believe. Life could be rather difficult should you fall foul of your partners parents, here's a...
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Steve Matthews
Jun 23, 20233 min read
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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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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