Paul and Tim's Greater London Talks and Walks

Join Tim as we follow in the footsteps of Henry VIII, a fair few wives and lots of martyrs as we retrace England's break with the Catholic Church. It's often told as a story of a randy king having the hots for pretty girls but in reality this was all about power and faith. We'll retrace some of the great events of this schism and see where this story played out in London. We'll visit monasteries and execution sites, centres of religious power and atheist pubs.

We meet at Artigiano cafe in the shadow of St Paul's,the great Anglican centre of power at 11.15 to start walking at 11.30
We end for lunch in one of the historic pubs of London.
In between you'll see some of the great sights of Tudor London.
Cost = £12 via PayPal, bank transfer, credit card or cash on the day
Phone: O7846899I56

In preparation for the walk I attach a very basic timeline on the reformation. It might help you make sense of the walk! We’ll be talking about all these characters along the way

1380s John Wycliffe translates the bible into English for the first time
1518 reformation starts with Martin Luther in Germany
1533 Henry VIII divorces Catherine marries Anne Boleyn, breaks with the pope and becomes head of the Church of England
1538 dissolution of the monasteries
1547 Edward VI Protestant boy king
1553 Mary, catholic, married Philip of Spain. Bloody Mary
1558 Elizabeth I Protestant
1603 James Stuart Protestant
1625 Charles I protestant(ish)
1642 English civil war and execution of Charles in 1649
1660 Charles II death bed catholic
1685 James II Catholic
1688 Glorious revolution
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie and Culloden

Join Tim for a walk through the heart of Legal London. We'll go through the four great Inns of Court: Grays, Lincolns, Inner Temple and Middle Temple. These are where barristers were traditionally educated before being called to the bar.
We'll see a few Inns of Chancery too: Staples, Barnards, Cliffords and Furnivals. Each of which had its own history oftenn fating back centuries.
This is hidden London since much of this area is locked away at weekends so most Londoners have never seen these sights. Yet they are some of London's most historic places dating back to the twelfth century and frequented by Shakespeare, Pepys and Dickens. There are many other great names associated with this area: Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher; John Donne and Ben Jonson; Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh.
Perhaps most importantly they are some of the most beautiful and historic parts of central London.

We meet at Cafe Nero, 333 High Holborn, London WC1V 7PX at 10.45 ready to start our walk at 11.00. Charge is £12 payable by card or cash on the day or through PayPal or bank transfer.

We end a few hours later in a historic pub in Fleet Street

My number is 07815009191.

MEET: 10.45 for tea at pret a manger 192 Shoreditch High Street
or 11.15 at Shoreditch High Street Station.

These days it's the hippest of areas awash with avocados and whacky street art, but over the centuries it has been the home to the most grim of slums prompting the world's first council estate. Thousands came to the area seeking work in the furniture workshops as the area declined from the smart escape from the City in the 17th century to the haven for those escaping grinding poverty and persecution elsewhere.

We will see the tram electricity generating station, the brothel with peanuts in every room, the site of Shakespeare's first theatre, where the holy well could be found and how it was used, why the Romans came here and how Ben Jonson literally got away with murder.

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