In 1866 the Blue Plaque scheme was founded by the Society of Arts and so this year they celebrate their 150th anniversary. Now managed by English Heritage, London’s blue plaques are handmade in Cornwall by the Ashworth family. The first blue plaque was awarded to the poet Lord Byron in 1867, but his house in Holles Street, was demolished in 1889 – today it is the site of John Lewis department store.

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Last month, Joanna Tapp, the Royal Academy of Music Museum curator, gave a group of Guide London Blue Badge Tourist […]

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Cambridge University Library is celebrating its 600th anniversary with an exhibition featuring its most valuable treasures, including Halley’s handwritten notebook […]

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The Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear exhibition launching at the Victoria & Albert Museum tells the story of underwear […]

In celebration of The Queen’s 90th birthday, three special exhibitions will be staged across each of Her Majesty’s official residences […]

The Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace will host a new exhibition titled:  Maria Merian’s Butterflies starting on Friday, 15 April […]

Housed in the taller but less famous Victoria Tower of the Palace of Westminster are several million records of historical, […]

On Friday 26 February 2016, Guide London which represents the members of the Association of Professional Tourist Guides visited Westminster City Hall. Chair Steven Szymanski and Branch Councillors Ruth Polling and Dolly Collins and Guidelines editor Tina Engström were delighted to be invited to Westminster City Hall to meet the Lord Mayor Christabel Flight and Councillors Jacqui Wilkinson and Nickie Aiken.

In the theatre we have already seen A Winter’s Tale starring Sir Kenneth Branagh and Dame Judi Dench and later this year Romeo and Juliet starring Sir Derek Jacobi and Lily James is on at the Garrick. Branagh is also involved with Film London creating new commissions for the anniversary which will include The Hungry, a UK-Indian co-production – a contemporary retelling of Titus Andronicus – as well as short films by all-female directors, animations and a BBC documentary.