15 March 2011.Ĭulture and heritage are at the heart of London’s unique history. London Historians launch party at the Georgian Group. Matt Brown - Editor-at-Large of, author of Everything You Know About London is Wrong, and optimist. I look forward to toasting you for the centenary. Congratulations on your decade, London Historians. DO NOT JOIN if you hate intellectual stimulation, or want to avoid making a lot of fascinating friends. DO JOIN if you enjoy exploring buildings that most people can’t lapping up talks on inspirational Londoners and having conversations that can swing from suffragette heroes to forgotten place names to favourite bollards in the course of three sips. All are united in a passion for this great city, and for exploring its nooks and crannies. At London Historians I’ve met cab drivers, tour guides, lawyers, teachers, artists and people who do unfathomable things with tax returns. I do love poking around in London’s inumerable lanes and courts, and all that, but I can’t really say I’m an historian. You might think “Oh, but I’m not qualified. It’s for anyone who’s mesmerised by London. I joined on Day 1 and am delighted to find, a decade later, that I’m still keenly in love with London Historians.
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