Walker and history guide, Tim Lewis: filmmaker, storyteller, writer, mentor. Specialised guide exploring London's unique history and culture. @litagencygmc Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/thelondonwalker https://thelondonwalker.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3mu4yq5wthk2sIsn't it wonderful to discover how expensive ostrich feathers were to high society at the and of the Victorian age. Mind bogglingly expensive. Digging deeper you find a trail that leads to the River Thames, to pirates, the murky underworld, and the first police force. tinyurl.com/msh2uu7p28 Aug 2026 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4yq5wthk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3mu4yh2cjoc2sI'm not faulting our modern world, and the need to be secure, but after going through all the security log-ins and passwords, do you find also, that you have completely forgotten what it was you intended to do?28 Aug 2026 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4yh2cjoc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3mttkeb5xcc2mA peculiar chain of London history, from ostrich feathers, the East India Company warehouses of Bishopsgate, to thieves on the Thames and the birth of the River Police. Let me take you on a weird journey. https://thelondonwalker.com/2026/08/24/london-writing-of-ostrich-feathers-and-river-pirates/24 Aug 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttkeb5xcc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3mtr3qtyihk2vWhat if you could walk through London and see all the stories, all the lives that came before? Join me for a journey through more than 2,000 years of London history, wandering through the streets, imagining the extraordinary people and events that happened right here. https://youtube.com/shorts/32oY9EziBSk?si=rQfO4lrIpSk31Mh_23 Aug 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtr3qtyihk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3mswybv7h2s2uVisiting Wayland's Smithy a Neolithic Tomb deep in the British countryside. Come with me on a walk through time, landscape and memory. https://thelondonwalker.com/2026/08/12/history-walk-walking-the-ancient-ridgeway-to-waylands-smithy/13 Aug 2026 06:10 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswybv7h2s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3msqmtmdu6k2qOne of the best gardens in the city. Sometimes its great to come here, especially in the current heat, a perfect little secret garden near St Paul's Cathedral in London. https://thelondonwalker.com/2026/03/09/london-writing-st-vedast/10 Aug 2026 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqmtmdu6k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3msdoud4ugs2nMeet London's oldest A-Z: a four-hundred-and-sixty-year-old map so detailed you can still walk its streets today. Long before satellites and smartphones told us where to turn, this is how Tudor London found its way — and remarkably, so can we. https://thelondonwalker.com/2026/08/05/london-writing-the-agas-map/05 Aug 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdoud4ugs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3msbex7ucgc2iWhat if the best stories were the ones you weren't looking for? Beneath Waterloo Bridge lies one of London's loveliest hidden treasures: the South Bank Book Market. A place where every shelf holds the possibility of an unexpected discovery. https://youtube.com/shorts/F1PTbSpW7_I04 Aug 2026 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbex7ucgc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3mqvuvk7wm22iNew Summer Walking dates available, come and join me on an explore of one of the worlds greatest cities! tinyurl.com/5h4cdsck18 Jul 2026 08:46 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqvuvk7wm22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3mqvuld6pv22iThe Italian Gardens are one of London's most peaceful and overlooked places. Built during the Victorian era, these elegant fountains and sculptures tell a remarkable story about London's history, public parks and why beauty should be considered essential for everyone. https://youtu.be/NdY4Tebn4G8?si=ZEokcH9I2HEZln3518 Jul 2026 08:41 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqvuld6pv22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3mqf3bqcp5k2zFancy a stroll through some interesting history tomorrow? tinyurl.com/y98y5ae511 Jul 2026 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqf3bqcp5k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3mq7qisf4z22oWhat if the biggest burglary in English legal history wasn't carried out by Hollywood-style masterminds, but by a gang of ageing criminals armed with bus passes, dodgy hips and the hope of pulling off one last job? https://youtube.com/shorts/9JdYvqERqqA?si=Mcq5sUDn9vfpmFa-09 Jul 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7qisf4z22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3mq2vpmi3v22jKeep cool everyone, I appear to be impersonating a Venetian Gondolier, looking for his boat somewhere off Tottenham Court Road and steadily dehydrating my body with iced coffees07 Jul 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2vpmi3v22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3mpty66y25k2tSometimes London shows itself best, not in its grand stately buildings, its palaces or cathedrals: but in its narrow gaps, the seams which thread between the buildings. Its passageways, its unloved alleys. https://thelondonwalker.com/2026/07/04/london-writing-the-secret-alleys-of-clerkenwell/04 Jul 2026 21:14 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpty66y25k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3mpq3zowz2s2jEvery day people travel along the Old Kent Road without realising they're following a route first laid out by the Romans nearly 2,000 years ago. Watching over it is an extraordinary ceramic mural that celebrates the countless lives that have passed this way. https://youtube.com/shorts/Y5c56rM37ns03 Jul 2026 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpq3zowz2s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3mpj7rbesbk2bFancy a wander? This Friday we'll explore Fleet Street's hidden history—from Saxon London to the age of newspapers. Expect forgotten churches, ancient lanes and stories spanning a millennium. Meet 11am outside Temple Station. Finish 12.30pm at St Paul's. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fleet-street-tickets-198842740088330 Jun 2026 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpj7rbesbk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3moo4bwuu622wWhat if the richest people were remembered not for how much money they kept, but for how much they gave? https://youtu.be/Fs-DvmfgA7o?si=k44di_GJtlUGHli319 Jun 2026 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3moo4bwuu622whttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3mns2gqvtns2eThis Friday how about a mooch around St Paul's and the City. This is where London began. Starts: St Paul's Underground, June 12th 11:00 am 2 miles / 2.5 hours tinyurl.com/3v3ek…08 Jun 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mns2gqvtns2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3mnmxliw6622sI am researching the remarkable Angela Burdett-Coutts, what an incredible lady, a generous philanthropist, and all the better, has now introduced me to a right rabbit hole this afternoon - the British Goat Society, of which she was president. britishgoatsociety.com06 Jun 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnmxliw6622shttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3mnknwud72c26https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/tim-lewis-the-london-walker-10554553597105 Jun 2026 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnknwud72c26https://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3mnknu2xvy226In 1909, beneath a railway arch in Walthamstow Marshes, Alliott Verdon Roe built an aeroplane from wood and brown paper. Only 60 years separated that fragile paper-covered aircraft from Neil Armstrong stepping onto the Moon. https://youtube.com/shorts/alqmf5_Kuzc?feature=share05 Jun 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnknu2xvy226https://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3mmxy25bdqk2oHidden in a corner of a Hackney park is one of London's most extraordinary public artworks and almost nobody knows it's there. The Shepherdess Walk Mosaics look like Roman pavements at first, shepherdesses, leaves, animals, the four seasons, but then look closer 👀 https://youtube.com/shorts/0pUoUsM1dCw?feature=share29 May 2026 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmxy25bdqk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3mmwcqhubgs2pThis is just a terrible distraction to draw you in! New walks coming up folks. This Sunday morning looking at Rebels and Radicals in Clerkenwell and Smithfield and a gander around the East End on Wednesday! REBELS tinyurl.com/y98y5ae5 EAST END tinyurl.com/48wndap328 May 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmwcqhubgs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3mlvzfqlqqk2mWhat if the most famous journey in English literature started in what is today a forgotten little alley behind London Bridge? https://youtube.com/shorts/QTujnyg2eOc?feature=share15 May 2026 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvzfqlqqk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3ml3mpaa2vc2tMost people pass the edge of the Isle of Dogs without a second thought, either heading to Greenwich or to the towers of commerce and finance. Few realise this stretch of riverbank once witnessed one of the boldest engineering feats in history. https://youtube.com/shorts/MjfBoctULw0?si=iFrIk99xuChxK26405 May 2026 07:05 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3mpaa2vc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3ml3lmdreyc2dhttps://youtube.com/shorts/MjfBoctULw0?si=zb2CTYvqpjvsQsf005 May 2026 06:45 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3lmdreyc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3mkwxjbdi2s2sDelighted to share that The London Walker has been recognised with the Travellers’ Choice Award 2026 by Tripadvisor awarded for outstanding guest reviews. My thanks to every guest who has joined a walk and taken the time to share their experience. Your kind words make all the difference.03 May 2026 10:35 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwxjbdi2s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3mka3oxs73s2oNext week the walks begin again! https://eventbrite.com/e/198662947523924 Apr 2026 08:18 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mka3oxs73s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/thelondonwalker.bsky.social/post/3mjqvuwnyrc2phttps://youtu.be/AZfq0L98yGk?si=a8ICCtjZ0t3ypmRs18 Apr 2026 07:24 +0000at://did:plc:buelm3chmxz4jlfoowkkulp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjqvuwnyrc2p