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A History of London–From Imperial Outpost to World City: A Four-Part Course with Don Brown
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Don Brown is a London Blue Badge Guide, the Director of the London Society and a graduate of Oxford University. He previously worked in publishing, for publications as diverse as History Today, The Spectator and The Guardian. His interests and specialisms encompass history - from the Romans to the present day, politics, WW2, and ‘60s and ‘70s popular music, and as director of the London Society he has a professional interest in architecture (contemporary and historical), planning and urbanism.
This conversation is suitable for all ages.
90 minutes, including a 30 minute Q&A.
Many factors such as geographic setting, rise of industries, rise of courts, fires, civil conflicts, and the Reformation conspired to create today's London. Don Brown compellingly and with humor weaves these disparate factors together to tell a compelling story, connecting today's features to historic ones where possible. I highly recommend this course to those that would love to travel there, or are "armchair travelers".
Thoroughly enjoyable and very informative. Don Brown is engaging and extraordinarily knowledgeable, and has put together a wonderfully accessible and enjoyable series of presentations on London. Looking forward to exploring!
This was an excellent course which was well-organized and covered an amazing amount of interesting information across many centuries. I learned so much. Highly recommend this course.
The guide is a pro who knows this city and clearly loves it.
Deep background on the history.
Interesting insights on the city as it is today.
I enjoyed the lecture . Would not call it a coversation as there is no opportunity to talk. Only to send some chat messages