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Black history invites us to look again at what we think we know. Whose stories have we inherited? Whose perspectives have been overlooked? What might we understand differently if we questioned the histories, systems and cultural narratives we h
Jeanne Rathbone has spent years walking the streets of Battersea, carrying the stories of women this city has forgotten. In September, we recorded what might be one of Jeanne’s last ever guided tours because oral traditions disappear unless so
Last Tuesday I led a private walking tour “URBAN EXHIBITION: Battersea Nine Elms,” for the Royal College of Art’s History of Design MA students. We read London’s built environment through history, power, identity, money, desi
Last Saturday, 40 people walked through Battersea for Jeanne Rathbone’s final in-person walk, and the beginning of something that will last. For years, Jeanne has brought Battersea’s hidden histories to life, uncovering the women written
This Saturday, Jeanne Rathbone leads one of her last in-person walks through Battersea sharing the stories of the women who shaped this borough, drawn from years of her research. As Jeanne’s in-person walks come to a natural end, we’re r
This year, London Unseen Collective brought people together to explore the stories, communities and histories that have shaped the city around us. Through free walking tours, people discovered histories they hadn’t encountered before, saw fami
As Inside Out Festival 2026 draws to a close, so do my Empire walks for August. I started doing these walks because I could not find the story of Empire in school history textbooks. But the story is present in the city around us, in the buildings we
What happens when we make space for new voices to tell the stories of our city? For Krissi, this was more than her first walking tour. It was an opportunity to bring her own research, perspective and questions into the streets of Westminster and inv