by Christina It is a Saturday morning at the end of June, it is about a million degrees, and Kensal Green Cemetery looks green and alive. I am standing in front of the gravestone of Dickensian author Wilkie Collins, trying to make 10 people I only met an hour ago (and Sheldon) believe it is […]
Read More Westminster Meets Kensal Green – My First Tourguiding ExperienceIt’s always nice to pop back to see Cemeteries we’ve visited before, and as we’ve found on previous excursions, highlighted in the last visit I made with Nick over nine months ago, Kensal Green is so big it’s impossible to see everything in one visit. 181 years on and 65,000 graves later, The Cemetery of […]
Read More All Souls Once AgainThe third and final installment of chronicling my adventure in training to be a Westminster tour guide! I must apologise as various commitments have, as ever, obstructed me from updating you all on my progress as a trainee tour guide for the City of Westminster. For the uninitiated, you can read more about why I […]
Read More Confessions of a Trainee Tour Guide: Part ThreeBack in 2013 I decided to train to be a tour guide. This is the second installment chronicling my return to higher education! It’s an art form, being a tour guide. A role that commands respect but also carries a very heavy dose of responsibility. It’s not just knowing years and dates, it’s about being […]
Read More Confessions Of A Trainee Tour Guide, Part TwoBack in 2013 I decided to train to be a tour guide. Here is the first part of my return to higher education… Regular readers of this blog may be aware that I am currently studying for a diploma in Tour Guiding at the University of Westminster. As part of my journey delving back into […]
Read More Confessions of a Trainee Tour Guide, Part One
Cemetery Club 