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        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2015 00:52:53 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title>Bedford Park London - The First Garden Suburb</title>
   <link>http://www.guidedwalksinlondon.co.uk/blog/read_129632/bedford-park-london-the-first-garden-suburb.html</link>
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Bedford Park in Chiswick, West London is a rather special place,&#160;it has the distinction of being the first Garden Suburb. It optimises the best of suburban living, with tree lined streets, attractive houses and community facilities, all within a short commute to central London. The Bedford Park Festival is held annually in June and offers a variety of events including musical performances, talks, children&rsquo;s&#160;activities and exhibitions. ...]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2015 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title>The Roof Gardens in Kensington - London&#039;s Enchanted Gardens</title>
   <link>http://www.guidedwalksinlondon.co.uk/blog/read_129393/the-roof-gardens-in-kensington-londons-enchanted-gardens.html</link>
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The Roof Gardens London&#160;are utterly magical. I visited recently, when the gardens were open as part of the&#160;Open Garden Squares weekend, and although it was a&#160;dull and drizzly&#160;morning,&#160;they&#160;certainly have more than a touch of Hollywood&#160;glamour&#160;about them and I felt like I had just walked onto a&#160;movie set. Don&#039;t forget to look out for the flamingos! ...]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2015 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title>WOW - The Mad Hatter&#039;s Afternoon Tea at the Sanderson</title>
   <link>http://www.guidedwalksinlondon.co.uk/blog/read_129206/wow-the-mad-hatters-afternoon-tea-at-the-sanderson.html</link>
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&#160;Sanderson Hotel&#160;
I do love my afternoon teas, but I have to say the Sanderson&rsquo;s Mad Hatter&rsquo;s Tea has been one of my favourites as it really shone out for me for being so original and quirky. When I featured their scones in my Scones of the Month I felt that was only told part of the story and it deserved its own blog post so here it is.&#160; Enjoy! ...]]></description>
   <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2015 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title>Meet Raving and Melancholy Madness</title>
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Melancholy (right) and Raving (left)
On arrival at the recently re-opened Bethlem Museum of the Mind I was met by Raving and Melancholy Madness. These two iconic, 7 foot tall, reclining figures depict two different forms of mental ill health. They were made by Caius Gabriel Cibber, who also made the bas relief at the base of The Monument, and the sculptures were originally on display at the hospital&rsquo;s entrance in Moorgate, from 1676 to 1815. When the hospital moved, into the building ...]]></description>
   <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title>Croydon Airport - London&#039;s First International Airport</title>
   <link>http://www.guidedwalksinlondon.co.uk/blog/read_128000/croydon-airport-londons-first-international-airport.html</link>
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Before the days of package holidays and low cost airlines, back in the early 1900s the thrill of air travel was only available to the wealthy. In 1920 Croydon Airport became London&#039;s first international airport when customs and passanger handling facilities were introduced. Today the main terminal building, with its control tower, has been converted into offices and is home to a fascinating visitor centre which is open to the public on the first Sunday of every month....]]></description>
   <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2015 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title>York - Some of My Favourite Things to Do</title>
   <link>http://www.guidedwalksinlondon.co.uk/blog/read_127295/york-some-of-my-favourite-things-to-do.html</link>
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York in North Yorkshire, England, has a fascinating history, beautiful architecture,&#160;a fabulous&#160;selection of places to eat and drink&#160;and there&#039;s plenty&#160;to see and do.&#160;&#160;It&#039;s one of my&#160;most loved&#160;cities&#160;and here is&#160;a brief list of some of my&#160; favourite things to do in York. ...]]></description>
   <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2015 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title>Behind the Scenes Tour of Alexandra Palace</title>
   <link>http://www.guidedwalksinlondon.co.uk/blog/read_127305/behind-the-scenes-tour-of-alexandra-palace.html</link>
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The Theatre
Recently I was lucky enough to attend one of the rare behind the scenes history tours of Alexandra Palace. Named after Alexandra, Edward VII&#039;s wife, and affectionally known as Ally Pally.&#160; The original building sadly burnt down just sixteen days after it opened.  ...]]></description>
   <pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2015 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title>Where Agatha Miller became Agatha Christie</title>
   <link>http://www.guidedwalksinlondon.co.uk/blog/read_126557/where-agatha-miller-became-agatha-christie.html</link>
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On Christmas Eve, 24th December 1914 Agatha Miller married Archie Christie, her first husband, at Emmanuel Church, Guthrie Road, Clifton, Bristol. On a recent visit to the city I did a bit of research to identify the location of the church only to discover, like in all good detective novels, that things were not as they first appeared to be. ...]]></description>
   <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2015 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title>Andaz Hotel - Afternoon Tea, Bedlam, Dracula and a Secret Masonic Temple</title>
   <link>http://www.guidedwalksinlondon.co.uk/blog/read_126509/andaz-hotel-afternoon-tea-bedlam-dracula-and-a-secret-masonic-temple.html</link>
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The&#160;Andaz Hotel has&#160;been on my must do list for ages (for fascinating reasons listed in the blog title) and a couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of going there with the delightful Helen Langley. The hotel&#039;s 1901 Restaurant, where afternoon tea is served, certainly has the wow factor and it was orginally built as the hotel&#039;s ballroom. ...]]></description>
   <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2015 14:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title>The Distribution of Hot Cross Buns in a Churchyard  </title>
   <link>http://www.guidedwalksinlondon.co.uk/blog/read_126480/the-distribution-of-hot-cross-buns-in-a-churchyard.html</link>
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On Good Friday hot cross buns are distributed in the churchyard of St Bartholomew the Great. The ceremony known as the Butterworth Charity, was named after Joshua Whitehead Butterworth who created the trust in 1887. It was set up to provide the sum of six pence to twenty one needy widows in the parish and buns were to be handed out to children who attended the distribution. With the&#160;understanding that nowadays anyone who attends can have a hot cross bun I went to investigate further.&nb...]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2015 21:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title>Two Temple Place - William Waldorf Astor&#039;s Riverside Mansion</title>
   <link>http://www.guidedwalksinlondon.co.uk/blog/read_126018/two-temple-place-william-waldorf-astors-riverside-mansion.html</link>
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Two Temple Place was built for William Waldorf Astor, one of the richest men in the world, and today it is owned by the Bulldog Trust&#160;charity. Since 2012 it has opened its doors for a free annual exhibition. With this also comes the wonderful opportunity to visit one of the most&#160;splendid buildings in London, a magnificent Victorian house. ...]]></description>
   <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2015 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title>The Mysterious Affair at Harrogate - Agatha Christie&#039;s Disappearance</title>
   <link>http://www.guidedwalksinlondon.co.uk/blog/read_125916/the-mysterious-affair-at-harrogate-agatha-christies-disappearance.html</link>
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Old Swan Hotel - Harrogate
Earlier this month I fulfilled my long standing wish to stay at the Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate which has&#160;&#160;connections with the&#160;&#160;mysterious disappearance of Agatha Christie, the Queen&#160;of Crime.
On the evening of 3rd December 1926 Agatha left her home in Sunningdale and&#160;her 4 seater Morris Cowley car&#160;was&#160;later found abandoned at Newlands&#160;Corner in Surrey. By this&#160;time Agatha was aged 36 years old and was already&nb...]]></description>
   <pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2015 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title>How cool is this bespoke ice cream sundaes at The Colony served with art deco glamour? </title>
   <link>http://www.guidedwalksinlondon.co.uk/blog/read_124916/how-cool-is-this-bespoke-ice-cream-sundaes-at-the-colony-served-with-art-deco-glamour.html</link>
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When I heard that The Colony Grill Room at The Beaumont was serving bespoke ice cream sundaes we just had to investigate. So on Sunday (very appropriately) Davide and I went along to sample its delights. ...]]></description>
   <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2015 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title>Charles Rennie Mackintosh, How Can Anyone Not Love a Man who Designed Tea Rooms?</title>
   <link>http://www.guidedwalksinlondon.co.uk/blog/read_124631/charles-rennie-mackintosh-how-can-anyone-not-love-a-man-who-designed-tea-rooms.html</link>
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Today Mackintosh Architecture opens at RIBA (The Royal Institute of British Architects) and is on until Saturday 23 May 2015. Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868 &ndash; 1928), the Scottish architect and artist, is one of the most influential designers of the late 19th and early 20th century and this exhibition devoted to his work features over 60 original drawings, models and films. This is one of the exhibitions I am most looking forward to seeing in London this year as Mackintosh is very spec...]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2015 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title>King Cross - Its Transformation from Just a Railway Station to a Must See Destination</title>
   <link>http://www.guidedwalksinlondon.co.uk/blog/read_123688/king-cross-its-transformation-from-just-a-railway-station-to-a-must-see-destination.html</link>
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The transformation of King&rsquo;s Cross is well underway and there&rsquo;s a lot to discover. So whether you are looking for somewhere nice to eat in a fascinating heritage building or wanting to enjoy a family day out, King&rsquo;s Cross is well worth checking out. Last week I was delighted to be taken on a private tour of the area and hear more about some of the projects which are opening soon...]]></description>
   <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2015 09:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title>Bettys is Brilliant - The Quintessential, Iconic Tea Rooms</title>
   <link>http://www.guidedwalksinlondon.co.uk/blog/read_121859/bettys-is-brilliant-the-quintessential-iconic-tea-rooms.html</link>
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Bettys is brilliant.&#160;To me&#160;it&#160;epitomises the quintessential British tea room. On my recent&#160;visit to York a trip to Bettys&#160;for afternoon tea was on&#160;top of&#160;my must do list alongside seeing the York Minster.&#160;...]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title>Unknown Warrior Commemoration at Victoria Station 2014</title>
   <link>http://www.guidedwalksinlondon.co.uk/blog/read_121394/unknown-warrior-commemoration-at-victoria-station-2014.html</link>
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Next to Platform 8, in Victoria Train Station, there is a small plaque to the Unknown Warrior. His final resting place is&#160;in the nave of Westminster Abbey. Although we do not know his name or his rank in the army, his tomb is a very poignant remember of all those who died during World War One but whose bodies have never been identified. 
Each year on 10th November the London branch of The Western Front Association holds a ceremony to remember the arrival of the body of the Unknow...]]></description>
   <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2014 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title>Featuring in lastminute.com&#039;s The Most Haunted Places in London blog</title>
   <link>http://www.guidedwalksinlondon.co.uk/blog/read_120630/featuring-in-lastminutecoms-the-most-haunted-places-in-london-blog.html</link>
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Great honour to be featured as one of the contributors to lasminute.com&#039;s blog, The Most Haunted Places in London. Perfect timing for Halloween.
If you ejoyed reading this why not join me on a tour, the story about the Haunted Hospital features in my Sinister Smithfield walk.
Happy Halloween everyone!

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   <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2014 17:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title>Strawberry Hill - Walpole&#039;s Magical Gothic Castle</title>
   <link>http://www.guidedwalksinlondon.co.uk/blog/read_120288/strawberry-hill-walpoles-magical-gothic-castle.html</link>
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London is full of amazing buildings and one of my favourite is Strawberry Hill House. It was the former home of Horace Walpole, a writer, collector and the son of Robert Walpole, the first British Prime Minister. What makes the house so special is that it is one of the earliest and finest example of the Gothic Revival, a style beloved by the Victorians when they tried to emulate the medieval architecture of the great cathedrals and created their own interpretation of the Middle Ages. M...]]></description>
   <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title>Archibald Leach aka Cary Grant Comes Home</title>
   <link>http://www.guidedwalksinlondon.co.uk/blog/read_119480/archibald-leach-aka-cary-grant-comes-home.html</link>
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This weekend Archibald Leach aka Cary Grant Comes Home to his home town of Bristol (11 &ndash; 12 October 2014) where there lots of fab and fun events taking place. Yesterday I enjoyed afternoon tea at Avon Gorge Hotel and attended fascinating talks at the Watershed which gave great insight into his personal life and acting career.&#160;...]]></description>
   <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2014 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title>Crime and Cream Teas at the Agatha Christie Festival Part I - Greenway</title>
   <link>http://www.guidedwalksinlondon.co.uk/blog/read_118971/crime-and-cream-teas-at-the-agatha-christie-festival-part-i-greenway.html</link>
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&#160;Barnaby
Greenway was Agatha Christie&#039;s beloved holiday home in Devon and seems a good place to start the first installment of my blog about the recent Agatha Christie Festival. This annual crime writing festival takes place in and around Torquay, Agatha&#039;s birthplace, each September to coincide with her birthday. Since my last visit in 2011 the festival has certainly grown both in the numbers of visitors and organised events. ...]]></description>
   <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title>The New Heritage Gallery at the Guildhall Art Gallery</title>
   <link>http://www.guidedwalksinlondon.co.uk/blog/read_116947/the-new-heritage-gallery-at-the-guildhall-art-gallery.html</link>
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Today sees the long anticipated re-opening of the Guildhall Art Gallery which included a new Heritage Gallery. Last night I attended the special reception of the launch which inclued Dame Helen Ghosh, the Director General of the National Trust and the Lord Chief Justice, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd, and I was lucky to see the new fabulous display before it opens to the general public today. The centrepiece of the new display is a copy of the 1297 Magana Carta.* ...]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title>London&#039;s Only Model Village? A Charming Surprise in Vauxhall Park</title>
   <link>http://www.guidedwalksinlondon.co.uk/blog/read_114431/londons-only-model-village-a-charming-surprise-in-vauxhall-park.html</link>
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   <category><![CDATA[Hidden London]]></category>
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I was delighted to discover recently a small (no pun intended) model village in a secluded corner of Vauxhall Park. It&rsquo;s utterly charming and evokes a wonderful sense of nostalgia with its olde worlde character.&#160; ...]]></description>
   <pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2014 09:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title>Spectra in Victoria Tower Gardens - Artwork to Commemorate the Start of WWI in Britain</title>
   <link>http://www.guidedwalksinlondon.co.uk/blog/read_113790/spectra-in-victoria-tower-gardens-artwork-to-commemorate-the-start-of-wwi-in-britain.html</link>
   <category><![CDATA[Architecture/ Archeology]]></category>
   <category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
   <category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
   <category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
   <category><![CDATA[London]]></category>
   <category><![CDATA[Parks &#38; Gardens]]></category>
   <category><![CDATA[Westminster]]></category>
   <category><![CDATA[World War I/ World War II]]></category>
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Spectra is a&#160;powerful lightbeam&#160;illuminating London&#039;s iconic skyline for&#160;this&#160;week only. 
The public are able to view this temporary&#160;art installation at the Victoria Tower Gardens,&#160;24 hours a day until Monday 11th August 2014.&#160;...]]></description>
   <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2014 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title>Lights Out in Piccadilly Circus and Whitehall Marks the Centenary of the Start of WWI in Britain</title>
   <link>http://www.guidedwalksinlondon.co.uk/blog/read_113587/lights-out-in-piccadilly-circus-and-whitehall-marks-the-centenary-of-the-start-of-wwi-in-britain.html</link>
   <category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
   <category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
   <category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
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   <category><![CDATA[World War I/ World War II]]></category>
   <description><![CDATA[

On 4th August 2014, Piccadilly Circus advertising screens were replaced with a roll of honour to remember Westminster people who died in World War I. This was part of Lights Out, a UK wide campaign organised by 14-18 Now, which saw lights being switched off all over Britain between 10 and 11pm to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War in the UK. ...]]></description>
   <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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