What were you doing in your 20s? If you were like me, it involved uni, pubs and dreaming of travelling the world. If you were the great Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1826 you were building the world’s first underwater tunnel under our lil Thames. Upon its completion, it was considered…
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London walks
This summer I published London Walks, my alternative city walking guide, with The Tate. One of my walking gurus (yes I do have them), Walter Benjamin, once wrote: “Not to find one’s way in a city may well be uninteresting and banal. It requires ignorance, nothing more. But to lose…
Wanna feel what it’s like to be a tourist in London? Here’s your chance to win a copy of this season’s must-have guide book “London Walks” by acclaimed Fashion illustrator and writer Badaude (aka Joanna Walsh)! The quirky guide features over 21 alternative walks – and will inspire you to…
As long as the weather’s behaving itself, a walk around London is a wonderful way to take in the city’s nooks and crannies. It ticks off the exercise quota, gives you a bit of fresh-ish air, and saves you money when you’re feeling particularly hard done by TFL’s premium tariffs…