Written history records only the rich and famous, because poor women do nothing interesting - right? No! Ordinary working women had interesting, varied lives in the Middle Ages and this walk sets out to show what they were like. You’ll meet 6 women who lived and worked near the Thames in Southwark in the 14th […]
Laura is joined by guide Rob Smith for this walk along the Stour Estuary looking at a 17th-century witch-craze and the women targeted. On this walk along part of the Stour Estuary Laura will tell the story of women accused of witchcraft during a 17th-century craze that played out in the three villages of Lawford, […]
Now it's trendy and pretty, but 18th-century Seven Dials was notorious for poverty and crime. With no organised police force, thieves, highwaymen and fences bribed those hired to catch them, meeting in low-down dives where they spoke a secret language called flash. The notoriously corrupt Jonathan Wild captured thief Jack Sheppard more than once, but […]
I'm joined by guide Rob Smith for this walk from the seaside town of Dovercourt to Harwich Pier, exploring connections with the sea. On this tour along the Essex coast at the mouth of the River Stour, we will walk from Dovercourt to the pier at Harwich, a traditional point of arrivals and departures. The […]
Charles II lifted the Puritan ban on theatre-going, and by 1700 London was sex-capital of Europe. This walk starts with the stage at a time when all actresses were assumed to be prostitutes and theatres a place for clients to find them. We pass through areas where street-walkers and bawdy houses were closely linked with […]