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Lambeth Heritage Festival – Lambeth Migration Walk
@ London

September 7, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

As part of the Lambeth Heritage Festival, join us for a 3-hour walking tour through Lambeth, as we unpack the layered histories of one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Read more

LFA – East London & The City Migration Walking Tour
@ Postman’s Park

June 2, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

As part of the London Festival of Architecture, join us for this 3-hour walking tour of East London and the City, as we explore the many migration stories embedded in this diverse area. Read more

LFA – Lambeth Migration Walking Tour
@ London

June 1, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

As part of the London Festival of Architecture, join us for a 3-hour walking tour through Lambeth, as we unpack the layered histories of one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Read more

Left Luggage: Reading Sam Selvon in Waterloo Station
@ Waterloo Station

April 22, 2018 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

The dramatic backdrop of Waterloo Station provides the setting for this walk. Experience the vibrant writing of Trinidad-born novelist Sam Selvon, who evokes the expectations and apprehensions of new arrivals at Waterloo, as well as feelings of loss and nostalgia. Read more

Colonials in the Metropole: Migrant Bloomsbury
@ Outside Euston Square station

April 12, 2018 @ 6:30 am - 8:30 pm

In the 1920s and 30s Bloomsbury was London’s most diverse neighbourhood, populated by writers and intellectuals from all over the world. This walk brings together some unexpected perspectives on Bloomsbury from the work of émigré writers from British colonies and beyond. Read more

Fragments of Jewish Whitechapel
@ Outside Aldgate station

March 25, 2018 @ 2:30 am - 4:30 pm

For nearly 70 years, Whitechapel was home to the UK’s largest Jewish population. This walk, led by literary historian Dr Nadia Valman, takes you on a route through Whitechapel in the words of two generations of local writers Read more

Rediscovering Rosemary Lane: Irish Migrants in Victorian London
@ Outside Aldgate station

March 17, 2018 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

The first in a series of four guided walks by led by literary historian Dr Nadia Valman of Queen Mary, University of London. This walk unearths the lives of Irish migrants in Whitechapel and Wapping in the mid-19th century. Read more

Left Luggage: Reading Sam Selvon in Waterloo Station
@ Waterloo Station

November 18, 2017 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

The dramatic backdrop of Waterloo Station provides the setting for this walk. Experience the vibrant writing of Trinidad-born novelist Sam Selvon, who evokes the expectations and apprehensions of new arrivals at Waterloo, as well as feelings of loss and nostalgia. Read more

Colonials in the Metropole: Migrant Bloomsbury
@ Outside Euston Square station

November 4, 2017 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

In the 1920s and 30s Bloomsbury was London’s most diverse neighbourhood, populated by writers and intellectuals from all over the world. This walk brings together some unexpected perspectives on Bloomsbury from the work of émigré writers from British colonies and beyond. Read more

Fragments of Jewish Whitechapel
@ Outside Aldgate station

October 29, 2017 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

For nearly 70 years, Whitechapel was home to the UK’s largest Jewish population. This walk takes you on a route through Whitechapel in the words of two generations of local writers Read more

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