Literary Pub Crawl and Tavern Tour in London

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Experience an intimate visit to the public houses and taverns of Soho and Fitzrovia that inspired generations of writers and artists. And meet Dylan Thomas, Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, George Orwell, Anthony Burgess, T.S Eliot and others.Meet Charles Dickens (deceased) in Fitzrovia. After an introduction and a quick British pub quiz, it's off to visit places frequented by many of the great 19th and 20th century poets and writers, including Dickens, Brendan Behan, Dylan Thomas, Anthony Burgess, Karl Marx, George Orwell and Virginia Woolf et al, and a few earlier writers such as Samuel Johnson and William Blake. See Dylan Thomas meet his wife, Caitlin and look at other incidents that inspired some great works.

Later see places visited and used by some more modern artists and writers such as Paul McCartney, Damien Hirst and Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellows. There are readings along the way. The tour is run by writers and artists so sometimes varies, but it will give you a unique insight into an area of London that changed the world creatively. It usually lasts two and a half to three hours.

It’s not too boozy, although you start and end in pubs and have a couple of stop-offs along the way.