St Giles and Charing Cross Road In this jolly splendid London walk Joolz takes you around St Giles and Charing Cross Road. It was an ancient crossroads and has always suffered from bad luck since it was cursed by the bloke who inspired Shakespeare’s Falstaff! As usual we walk around discussing the finer details […]
Covent Garden Area Trust and a Raunchy Walk through History
Covent Garden Area Trust A more extensive London walk around Covent Garden looking at the history, vice and how it almost got destroyed to make way for a motorway. The Covent Garden Area Trust ensures that this will never happen again and asked me to talk about all the great buildings in Covent Garden […]
Cleveland Street
Fulham Cleveland Street is one of my favourite streets for some reason. When I walk into the centre of London I always seem to end up going down Cleveland street. It only became officially recorded as Fitzrovia on ordnance survey maps in 1994 and was all fields 250 years ago. In this walk we […]
London Black Cabs – Taxis
London Black Cabs – Taxis London Taxis have been carrying Londoners around for over 300 years. In this video Joolz travels around London in Taxis talking to lots of drivers and finding out all about them. The history of the taxi, what are the rules and regulations? Who owns one? How do you become […]
Westminster Abbey | Parliament | St James Park
Westminster Abbey | Parliament | St James Park In this jolly spiffing London walk Joolz shows you around the St James Park, Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament. There is the usual irreverent chat and banter with quips and anecdotes. Learn all about the invention of champagne, the many fires that burnt down […]
Interesting London Benches
Interesting London Benches Well, here’s a walk around some of my favourite memorial benches in London. Most of them are in central London but some are a bit further out. I think it’s a nice way to remember people who have departed this life. There’s also the usual banter and other bits and pieces […]
Covid Christmas London Walk
Covid Christmas Merry Covid Christmas! Joolz takes a walk around the Christmas locations in London and talks all about the traditions that make Christmas here in London without letting covid dampen our spirits. There’s Charles Dickens and A Christmas Carol of course and we see the beautiful Christmas decorations and window displays at Fortnum […]
English Idioms with Tenuous links to London Locations
Engliah Idioms Another video about English language idioms and why we use them. This time Joolz shows you some interesting parts of London too as a tenuous link to some of the phrases that have crept into the language over the years. Music by ➜ https://www.carradinescockneysingalong.co.uk/ SUPPORT MY CHANNEL ON PATREON ➜ https://www.patreon.com/joolzguides SUPPORT […]
London Treasure Hunt – Street Paraphernalia Challenge
Street Furniture Treasure Hunt If you’re visiting London or anywhere else in Britain , why not play the Joolz Guides Treasure Hunt – Street Furniture and Paraphernalia Challenge! As you wander around award yourself points if you spot any of Joolzy’s favourite obsessions. Then share a photo of yourself on Instagram next to one […]
Hidden Gems – The Strand and Trafalgar Square
The Strand and Trafalgar Square Joolz Guides takes you for a jolly interesting walk through central London including hidden gems around Trafalgar Square, The Strand and much more. Subscribe on Youtube ➜ https://www.youtube.com/joolzguides This area has been covered many times so we have concentrated on the lesser known places along this walking tour. With […]
Italian Soho with Enzo Oliveri and Meatballs
Italian Soho London’s Soho has attracted Italians for over 100 years. Originally Italian immigrants fleeing the wars around the time of Garibaldi. Joolz takes a walk with the famous Sicilian Chef Enzo Oliveri who shows him how Soho has changed over the years.. They visit Bar Italia with its Gaggia coffee machine from the […]
More English Idioms 4
More English Idioms Please click button to subscribe to my channel!! I guarantee you’ll learn something you didn’t know about London! My fourth video about English language idioms and phrases and other curious things we say. There’s the famous nursery rhyme Pop Goes The Weasel which all comes from rhyming slang. Also can a […]
The Beatles London Tour
Beatles London Tour Please click button to subscribe to my channel!! I guarantee you’ll learn something you didn’t know about London! To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Beatles album Abbey Road here’s my tour of Beatles location in London. Mark Myers, who runs Beatles London Yesterday and Today takes us around all the […]
Churchill’s Cigars , Hats and Ancient Shops of St James
Where Churchill bought his cigars Please click button to subscribe to my channel!! I guarantee you’ll learn something you didn’t know about London! The area around St James Palace in London has many ancient shops and in this splendid walk Joolz visits some of them including hat shops and cigar shops. The whole area […]
Penny Farthing Club
Ride a Penny Farthing in London Please click button to subscribe to my channel!! I guarantee you’ll learn something you didn’t know about London! Penny Farthing Club Website ➜ http://www.pennyfarthingclub.com/ If you enjoyed this video take a look at some of my other films! or Contact me for a private walk. SUPPORT MY CHANNEL ON […]
Bloomsbury and Hidden Museums
Bloomsbury and Hidden Museums Do you want to see the world’s oldest garment of clothing? The Tarkhan dress! It’s amazing, 5000 years old! In this London walking tour of Bloomsbury around the London University there are many hidden museums and lovely things to see as well as beautiful squares. Woburn Walk is Regency from […]
Where to have Afternoon Tea – London – The Langham Hotel
Afternoon Tea at The Langham Hotel – London Afternoon tea is a tradition that dates back to the 1850s when the Duchess of Bedford was feeling peckish. Now many hotels offer this aristocratic repast but the original one was The Langham Hotel so we went to have some tea there. There are different types […]
My Top 5 London Wine Bars
Top 5 London Wine Bars Please click button to subscribe to my channel!! I guarantee you’ll learn something you didn’t know about London! If you enjoyed this video take a look at some of my other films! or Contact me for a private walk. SUPPORT MY CHANNEL ON PATREON ➜ https://www.patreon.com/joolzguides SUPPORT MY FILMS WITH […]
Tour of London’s Soho Music Scene
London Soho Music tour Please click button to subscribe to my channel!! This film is dedicated to my brother, Terence, a real rock ‘n’ roller, who died the day after we filmed. If you enjoyed this video take a look at some of my other films! or Contact me for a private walk. SUPPORT MY […]
Speakers Corner – Marble Arch
Speakers Corner – Marble Arch Please click button to subscribe to my channel!! 10 Hyde Park Place One of the smallest houses in London. Just over 3 feet wide. Alleyway behind the door led to the church so grave robbers used it as a passageway to escape. Now part of Tyburn Convent. Marble Arch used […]
London in the Snow – Coldest March Day Ever
London in the snow – Coldest March on record. Please click button to subscribe to my channel!! London is a city of change and contrast and resilience against foreign invaders. Londoners are a welcoming people but this Spring one uninvited guest presumed to test their resolve. Snow. Piccadilly Circus, the stone village green of London, […]
More English Landmarks and Idioms
More English Landmarks and Idioms Ever wondered why we say certain phrases and where they come from? Joolz Guides goes to the places where these expressions and idioms originated. Please click button to subscribe to my channel!! Westminster Abbey – English Landmark Idioms – Robbing Peter to pay Paul This means taking from one hand […]
Harry Potter London Walks
Harry Potter London Walks When I’m doing my London walks people always keep asking me about Harry Potter. Where is the Leaky Cauldron? Where is Diagon Alley? Where are the filming locations for the Harry Potter films? Please click button to subscribe to my channel!! I know where the places are but I’m no Harry […]
Should I buy The London Pass ?
Should I buy The London Pass ? Good question! We decided to see how many London tourist attractions we could see in 48 hours with The London Pass so here’s our Top 10 London Tourist Attractions with The London Pass. The London Pass will get you access to over 70 different attractions across London and […]
Covent Garden – Prostitutes, Jugglers and Buskers
Covent Garden has always been a place thriving with activity from prostitutes to beggars, street performers, musicians and actors. Please click button to subscribe to my channel!! It’s called Covent Garden because of the convent which existed here in the 15th century which stretched from Long Acre down to The Strand and was walled-off belonging […]
How to Travel Around London and buy Oyster Cards
Find out how to travel around London and buy oyster cards with a true Londoner. Please click button to subscribe to my channel!! If you’re visiting London for the first time or you aren’t a regular visitor you might find the system of buying tickets confusing. Watch my video to get some good tips to […]
Final Drink for Condemned Convicts at St Giles in the Fields
Sorry if you’ve seen this already! I made it for The Londonist a while back but wanted to get it up on my own channel. New video next week! www.joolzguides.com The area around Seven Dials has always been connected with low life and bad luck. Indeed the church of ST Giles in the Fields is […]
The Grand Old Duke of York
Oh, the grand old duke of york, he had ten thousand men! Find out what this nursery rhyme is about in this video. He marched them up to the top of the hill, and he marched them down again. And when they were up they were up, and when they were down they were down. […]