Join me on a walk through Bloomsbury and Fitzrovia, the centre of London's intellectual life in the first half of the twentieth century. We'll walk in the footsteps of the Bloomsbury set where a group of immensely talented individuals transformed the way modern society thought about itself. Grouped around two beautiful sisters, Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf, some of the greatest names in art, literature, poetry, philosophy and economics met, talked, lived and loved in Bloomsbury. John Maynard Keynes, TS Elliot, Bertrand Russell, Vita Sackville West, Augustus John will all make an appearance. 'They lived in squares and loved in triangles'; I will look at where they lived, their tangled love affairs and the impact they made on society. We'll then cross Tottenham Court Road and enter Fitzrovia; a very different area, grittier and more downmarket. We'll walk in the footsteps of George Orwell and Dylan Thomas and I'll show you where Orwell's great novel '1984' was set. We meet in Pret A Manger in High Holborn, a few hundred yards from Holborn tube at 10.45 to start walking at 11. We’ll end in a pub a couple of hours later made famous by George Orwell, Augustus John and Dylan Thomas and with a wonderful collection of paintings and photos of and by the Bloomsberries Fee: £12 I have a card reader so you can pay by credit card or Bank transfer to: 08-90-33 07162019 or PayPal to timpotter53@gmail.com or cash on the day (please bring the right change) We meet at the Pret 125 High Holborn London WC1V 6AN Make sure you go to the right Pret. It’s on the corner of Southampton Place and High Holborn. When you come out of Holborn tube it’s diagonally across High Holborn and kingsway. Phone: O7846 899156 (for emergencies)
