Take a walk through Bloomsbury, London’s intellectual neighbourhood! Within its tranquil 18th and 19th century squares you will find the British Museum, numerous University of London colleges and departments and the homes of many famous literary inhabitants and publishers. We will explore some of these institutions and people, such as Virginia Woolf, the Bloomsbury Group. TS Eliot, Hans Sloane and Charles Dickens. See the building where the Ministry of Information invented the slogan “Keep Calm and Carry On” during World War 2, and which later inspired the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell’s 1984.

But Bloomsbury is also associated with medicine, hospitals and most especially with children. Learn about the creation of Great Ormond Street Hospital and about an even earlier hospital, the Foundling Hospital, Britain’s first home for abandoned children.

Or simply take a walk through Bloomsbury’s tranquil squares, set around beautifully landscaped gardens, and admire the simple Georgian architecture. Discover this friendly area, built on a domestic scale, within the hustle and bustle of modern London!