Public transportation options are available nearby
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Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Designed and delivered by an award-winning novelist with a PhD in Creative Writing, these tours use London's rich literary history as a prompt for a series of writing exercises, designed to suit all levels of expertise, from novice to novelist. The workshop combines literary history and anecdotes of the city with readings from major English writers, but it is not a passive experience: you will respond to the environment in creative ways, in an atmosphere of kindness and inclusivity. These intimate and unique workshop seek to inspire and invigorate.
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
I will have spare pens and notebooks but please bring your own.
Meeting Points
Departure
Proud Embankment
We meet at the north end of Waterloo Bridge, next to the slope behind Somerset House.
Return
17 Gough Square
The tour finishes on the site of Dr Johnson's House, just off Fleet Street.
Dickens & Woolf: Ways of Seeing
London
What's Included
I will have spare pens and notebooks but please bring your own.
About
Designed and delivered by an award-winning novelist with a PhD in Creative Writing, these tours use London's rich literary history as a prompt for a series of writing exercises, designed to suit all levels of expertise, from novice to novelist. The workshop combines literary history and anecdotes of the city with readings from major English writers, but it is not a passive experience: you will respond to the environment in creative ways, in an atmosphere of kindness and inclusivity. These intimate and unique workshop seek to inspire and invigorate.
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
Meeting Points
Departure
Proud Embankment
We meet at the north end of Waterloo Bridge, next to the slope behind Somerset House.
Return
17 Gough Square
The tour finishes on the site of Dr Johnson's House, just off Fleet Street.
Itinerary
1
Waterloo Bridge
Contrast Virginia Woolf’s wistful reflections of the view from Waterloo Bridge with a Dickensian description of the same area.
15 minutes
2
Somerset House
Practice a mindful writing experiment that anchors to your environment, among the rich history and striking architecture of Somerset House.
30 minutes
3
St. Mary le Strand
In the church of St Mary Le Strand, respond to T.S. Elliot’s study of time.
30 minutes
4
Dr. Johnson's House
Using Dr Johnson’s first English Dictionary, remake the language and then head to an iconic London pub, bringing the exercises together in a final collaborative piece.
