David enjoys working with families, as a Dad himself.

David produced, scripted, and Directed award-winning fact-based TV programmes for 20 years for the BBC, the other UK channels, NBC and Discovery – and he became a guide to share his TV Producer’s eye for making our complicated world accessible and interesting.  More recently, he has twice been to the late Queen's tea party at Buckingham Palace as a former Mayor of Islington, his London Borough.

Tell him your needs, and he can create a specialist guiding programme just for you, using the skills he learnt in television production.

Recent comments about David include -

“David is an AMAZING tour guide!!” (Trevor, Canada)

“The best ever guide we’ve had in 10 years running the program” (Peter, a London-based American running AIFS tours in London)

“I'm not one for participating in organised events with people I don't know, so I was slightly dragged along to this guided walk by my more enthusiastic wife and daughter - it was just the three of us plus our guide, David. However, as soon as David approach us at the rendezvous, I had a good feeling and the next two hours were a pure delight. The tour was informal, but well-prepared and informative, …. I was sorry it had to come to an end and left David with a reignited faith in society and optimism for a better collective future” (Roy, Yorkshire)

"I did just want to follow up and tell you how much we enjoyed our day with David.  David was great, very knowledgeable, and willing to answer all our questions!  While we do wish we could have had better weather, we all loved our visit to Windsor Castle and Stonehenge and the day was a highlight of our trip." (family of four, Georgia, USA)

"This tour had good information, a friendly and enthusiastic tour guide with a sense of humor, lovely sites in central London and it was fun. Would recommend” (Will P, US)

"We have done several London Walks and they've all been fun and interesting. But the Dickens walk with David Poyser was on another level! Superlative! ..." (Sandy from Edinburgh)

“Interesting Walking Tour of London. David gave an informative, yet friendly tour of a number of Orwell's spots, along with paired readings by Orwell. In addition, he emailed us an article that directly related to my interest in Orwell. As a local politician, he also had a unique perspective on the UK political scene...(NbptUH, Newburyport, Massachusetts)

“Very informative- recommended! This was a very informative and enjoyable tour. David is a friendly and knowledgeable guide and along with the interesting information …. we learnt a lot about the areas of London we passed through. We also now have lots of ideas for further reading...(Rob, Inverness, Scotland)    

David is qualified to guide you around

• Westminster Abbey - the church where the British Kings and Queens have been crowned for a thousand years, once again in 2024!
• St Pauls –King Charles and Lady Diana married here, Winston Churchill, Nelson, the Duke of Wellington and Margaret Thatcher had funerals here
• The British Museum - the world’s largest collection
• Walks around the 2000 year old City of London, from Roman settlement to Europe’s largest finance centre (see reviews above)
• Windsor Castle – the home of the Queen; and the Tower of London home to the world’s finest Crown Jewels and 1000 years of torture, rebellion, and heart-breaking execution of beautiful young queens

Though 100% Brit, and very recently Mayor of Islington, the historic central London Borough where he lives with his family, David likes to think he can see Britain as outsiders would see it. After working in TV, he spent many years working in Brussels for international organisations.

He's a guide because he's keen to share his inside knowledge of London with visitors to a city he loves.