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**SOLD OUT** SoA in Person | Feel Good Friday – London Literary Walk
25 April @ 13:00 - 15:30 BST
£9.50 – £19.50
*This event is now sold out – please email events@societyofauthors.org to be added to the waiting list.*
Join London tour guide, Sam Jacobs as he leads another SoA in person walk through the literary sights in the City of London.
We’ll be starting from Dickens’ house in Doughty Street. We will focus on the Chancery Lane area, sites important in the life and work of Dickens, Dr Johnson’s house, a very old literary pub where over 50 writers have drunk, ancient areas important to Restoration drama, the writer of King Kong, the first female news editor, Shakespeare lodgings, John Donne’s footprint, Thomas More, Thomas Hobbes, Pope, Milton, William Blake , John Keats, Samuel Pepys, Iris Murdoch, Virginia Woolf and many others.
During the walk we will make a short stop for refreshments in a pub with literary associations and finish in a pub with literary history.
Programme
- 1pm – meet at the SoA’s office for welcome refreshments
- 1.25pm – Welcome from SoA and Sam Jacobs
- 1.30pm – Group leave SoA office for start of tour
- 3.30pm – Tour ends at George and Vulture pub, 3 Castle Court, London, EC3V 9DL.
The Line-up
Sam Jacobs
Sam is a qualified City of London guide and Cambridge literature graduate. He has led many walking groups through the city. Sam loves exploring the city communally as . each tour is different, and everybody brings something new to the day. Sam’s written books about London including its sights, literature, and Whitechapel.
Websites: www.cityoflondonwalks.wordpress.com | www.cityoflondonguides.com/find/samjacobs | www.toursbylocals.com
Substack: samljacobs | Threads: @samuelljacobs | Tripadvisor: Sam L Jacobs | Facebook: Sam Jacobs |
Accessibility
- Our events space is located on the ground floor of our office, we have a wheelchair ramp round the side entrance of the building. We also have an accessible toilet by the side entrance.
- Please note that this event will require moving around London for a total of two hours without guaranteed places to sit down along with way.
- If you require BSL interpretation to take part in this event, please email events@societyofauthors.org.
- If you have any other accessibility needs, please email events@societyofauthors.org
Feeling unwell?
We recommend the following:
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- Staying home if you’re feeling unwell or have flu-like symptoms
- Washing your hands when coming in from the outdoors and / or before touching your face
- Applying alcohol hand sanitiser (we will have these on site)
- We advise attendees to wear a face mask if they feel comfortable doing so
Booking
Book your place using the booking from below. Places are limited.
Please read our event booking Terms and Conditions https://www2.societyofauthors.org/legal-privacy/event-terms/
Tickets
£9.50– Members
£19.50 – Non-members