‘Cholera and Casanova’, Tour of Soho in the footsteps of Dr John Snow
2 hours
£15
One of London’s most famous and infamous neighbourhoods. The unassuming Dr John Snow is famous for controlling the terrible outbreak of Cholera in Soho in 1854 by having the handle[ … ]
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Plague, Quacks and Leeches: Medieval Doctors in the City of London
1 hour 45 minutes
£15
Tour of Medieval medicine in the Old City of London starting with the historic Apothecaries Hall in Blackfriars. Learn of the Four Humours (blood, phlegm, black and yellow bile). Rattus[ … ]
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Pox & Penicillin
1 hour 45 minutes
£15
Themes of medical innovation and transport in Paddington. All changed. Changed utterly. I’m not talking about how Paddington has changed. I’m talking about how something that happened in Paddington that[ … ]
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Monarchs and Maladies – History of Medicine Through the Royal Family
1 hour 45 minutes
£15
A tour of Royal London, Buckingham Palace, St James’s Park and Whitehall but with a medical twist Everything from a surfeit of lampreys (Henry 1st) to a headectomy (Charles 1st[ … ]
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Medical Bloomsbury – Childhood and Children’s Health
1 hour 45 minutes
£15
Children and childhood are the focus of this tour of the academic University quarter of London beginning with the Foundling Hospital for abandoned children. We will see Great Ormond Street[ … ]
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Brass Plates and Botox – ‘Kings Speech’, Tour of Harley Street
1 hour 45 minutes
£15
The discreet world of private medicine is uncovered in the elegant Harley and Wimpole Street. How did this evolve in the 19th Century in the impossibly wealthy Howard de Walden[ … ]
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Islamic Art, British Museum
1 hour 45 minutes
£15
Rooms 34 and 35 . It’s in a far flung corner of the British Museum. It’s a journey through the history, richness, complexity and diversity of the Islamic world. Welcome to[ … ]
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Art of India at the V&A
1 HOUR 45 MINUTES
£15
1800-year-old classical early Buddhist sculptures; Hindu divinities – Shiva Nataraja, for example, doing his cosmic dance; jade items (with their Islamic influences) associated with Shah Jahan (of Taj Mahal fame);[ … ]
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Twentieth Century Art, Tate Modern
1 hour 45 minutes
£15
20th Century European, American and World Art including Picasso, Matisse, Dali, Rothko. The Tate Modern is evolving to include more artists from all over the globe including 40% female artists.[ … ]
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