I take special requests for these and other themes.
Many titles are given either as a walking tour or a presentation.

A small selection of over 40 tours:

• Walking through the centuries: from origins to 21st century – how a riverside hamlet became a city

• Waterways and bridges of Leeds – criss-crossing the waterways, central to the story of Leeds over the centuries

• Leeds & York – a route in each city that brings out similarities, linkages and contrasts between the two places

• Leeds and Europe – a walking tour of continental connections

• Women in & of Leeds – how women have gained more rights & prominence

• Ace architects of Victorian Leeds – the main designers and their legacy

• Public art – subjects, media, artists, funding, attitudes & engagement

• What a lot of terracotta – decorative tiles and whole schemes for building façades, late C19, early C20 and a few examples from C21

• Art Deco – architecture of Leeds between the wars

• Rooftop Leeds – view the city from on high, and while at street level look up to rooftop styles and features. Finishes with a High Rise cocktail.

• The warehouse district of Leeds west end – how a Georgian residential neighbourhood was transformed

• Tippling or Temperance? Brewing, drinking & the alternatives in the history of Leeds

• Time in Leeds – a thought-provoking consideration of layers, duration, measuring, money

Find full list of tours here