And Did Those Feet

My next walk for London Walks is this Saturday 13th January 2018 at 10.45.  St Pauls Tube Exit 2 The Walk is a look at London during the Reformation. Its also a companion to Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall.  We look at the London of the early 16th Century and walks the streets known to both men - both Lord Chancellors to Henry VIII, both commoners, both beheaded, friends but on rival side of the intelectual and political divide. Here is a short promo video. https://youtu.be/Jkiza8HOFm4

The Museum of London has acquired a handwritten document of evidence on the causes of the Great Fire of London. This contains the following line which suggests for the first time that Robert Hubert who was hanged for starting the Great Fire might not even have been a Catholic. It was also reported that he was not in England at the time the fire started. Rare find offers glimpse of London after the Great Fire - The Wharf : “That this Monsyer Hubert, lived a Papest & died one: all though if ever given out ye He was a Huginet....” is not found in the published versions and appears to be unique to this scribed report.

This is the place to find the Complete Shakespeare Walk taking place this year on 23 and 24th April 2016 The Complete Walk / Shakespeare's Globe

I have just come back from a meeting with the Actors rehearsing for Peter Whelan's 'The Herbal Bed' a play about the accusation of adultery laid against Susanna Hall, daughter of William Shakespeare and wife of physician John Hall. I gave them an introduction to medical care at the beginning of the 17th Century.  I have been working on a book about this subject. The very first draft is available for less than £4 from the wonderful feedaread.  Its called 'The Four Humours of Shakespeare' and it gives not only an introduction medicine in Shakespeare's time but also how Shakespeare used medicine in his writing.   http://www.feedaread.com/books/The-Four-Humours-of-Shakespeare-9781785102134.aspx The Herbal Bed - Peter Whelan - 2016 - Productions - English Touring Theatre

Under These Restless Skies: Lady Bridget Wingfield

This is a collection of some of the most famous pictures of timber framed pictures of Old London John Thomas Smith’s Ancient Topography | Spitalfields Life