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What a year 2018 turned out to be!
My new book Women's London was published in February 2018 and 2018 was also the centenary of (some) women getting the vote in the UK.

'This might just be the best guide to exploring London we have ever seen' (The Londonist)
I was thrilled that the launch in late January 2018 was hosted by The Women's Library at the LSE as it was very much the inspiration for me to discover the wonderful women who have made such an impact on London and its streetscape.
It was totally SOLD OUT and the LSE told me it was the best attended book launch they had ever hosted ... so Thank You everyone who came and made the evening such a success.

2019

London on Wheels: A Suffrage Story *BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND*
Sunday 1st September, 1.30pm

Join me aboard a vintage Routemaster for a tour around the capital, following in the footsteps of some of the major players in the suffrage movement. Travelling through the City and Westminster you’ll discover the difference between suffragists and suffragettes, see the sites of key campaigns and rallies, and hear the stories behind such names as the Pankhursts, Millicent Fawcett, the Pethick-Lawrences and Emily Wilding Davison. The tour ends at the Museum of London Docklands having travelled through Whitechapel and Bow, where the legacy of philanthropists and social workers survives to this day.
£28.00. Book via Museum of London. Note: The tour begins at the Museum of London and ends at the Museum in Docklands

Hackney Heroines *BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND*
Monday 9th September, 10.30am
Enjoy this walking tour profiling famous Hackney women. From Mary Wollstonecraft to the Mothers’ Hospital and from Marie Lloyd to Helen Shapiro this walk will also introduce to you the Salvation Army Women’s Work, campaigners for equal taxation and women’s rights, authors and and 18th century silverware designer. The first ten places will also include a special treat … a guided tour of Hackney Town Hall including a visit to the Vaults.
£14.00. Book via Rachel / 020 8883 4169

PAST PUBLIC EVENTS - 2018 
In addition I led numerous walks and gave numerous talks for private clients on lots of different aspects of 'Women's London'. If you would like to arrange a walk or talk with a women's London theme, do please contact me to discuss.

Women’s London *BOOK LAUNCH! SOLD OUT!*
Thursday 25th January, 6.30pm; Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, London School of Economics, London WC2A 3LJ

Please join me and Anne Summers for the launch of my new book, Women’s London. Inspired by the walking tours I devised for The Women’s Library and responding to all of you who encouraged me to put my spoken words on paper, I went ahead and wrote this brand new guide book to London profiling the impact women have had on its society, heritage and streetscape. From scientists and suffragettes, reformers and royals to authors and artists, sit back and discover some of my favourite London ladies.

MEET THE AUTHORS! Suffragettes and the Vote *SOLD OUT*
Panel with historians Diane Atkinson (Rise Up Women!), Kat Jungnickel (Bikes and Bloomers) and Senior Curator at the Palace of Westminster, Mari Takayanagi.
Monday 29th January, 6.30pm
Warring, Worthy, Mothers and Martyrs: Women of Westminster with EXCLUSIVE visit to the Parliamentary Archives *SOLD OUT*
Tuesday 20th February, 11.00am

Warring, Worthy, Mothers and Martyrs: Women of Westminster with EXCLUSIVE visit to the Parliamentary Archives *SOLD OUT*
Thursday 22nd February, 11.00am

London on Wheels: A Suffrage Story *SOLD OUT*
Saturday 24th February, 1.45pm
London on Wheels: A Suffrage Story *SOLD OUT*
Saturday 24th March, 10.00am

Women of Worth *SOLD OUT*
Sunday 25th March, 11.00am
Meet the Author: Rachel at Stanford's Covent Garden *SOLD OUT*
Tuesday 5th June, 6.30pm
Islington Women at the London Metropolitan Archives  
Friday 22nd June, 10.00am TALK *SOLD OUT*

Friday 22nd June, 11.30am WALK *SOLD OUT*

Highgate Cemetery: Its Female Side *SOLD OUT*
Wednesday 25th July, 6.30pm

London on Wheels: A Suffrage Story *SOLD OUT*
Sunday 26th August, 1.30pm
Women's London: The Untold Story (series of five tours) *SOLD OUT*

Thursdays in September and October, 11.00am

MEET THE AUTHOR! Hampstead and Highgate Literary Festival
Artists and Authors Abound: Women in Hampstead
Friday 5th October, 11.00am

PAST EVENTS - 2019
In addition I led numerous walks and gave numerous talks for private clients on lots of different aspects of 'Women's London'. If you would like to arrange a walk or talk with a women's London theme, do please contact me to discuss.

MEET THE AUTHOR! Women's London at The Guildhall Library*SOLD OUT*
Tuesday 19th February, 2.00pm

London on Wheels: A Suffrage Story*SOLD OUT*
Saturday 2nd March, 1.30pm

MEET THE AUTHOR! Women's London at Jewish Book Week
Thursday 7th March, 8.30pm

MEET THE AUTHOR! Women's London at Harrow Limmud
Saturday 9th March, evening

MEET THE AUTHOR! Women's London at Camden Historical Society
Thursday 21st March, evening

Hackney Heroines*SOLD OUT*
Friday 22nd March, 11.00am

INSPIRING WOMEN! Women's Panel at Connaught Village
Thursday 28th March, evening

Women of Worth *SOLD OUT*
Sunday 31st March, 11.00am

 

 

 

FORTHCOMING PUBLIC TOURS

2025

City of London
18th March
SOLD OUT

Stokey: A Jewish Village
20th March
SOLD OUT

Commercial Road West
25th March
SOLD OUT

Women in the Frame: NPG
27th March
SOLD OUT

Penge
1st April

SOLD OUT

Harrow on the Hill
3rd April
SOLD OUT

Pimlico
8th April

SOLD OUT

Connaught Village
22nd April

SOLD OUT

Baker Street
24th April

SOLD OUT

Biba and Billionaires
27th April

SOLD OUT

East Finchley
29th April

SOLD OUT

Kew Village
30th April

SOLD OUT

... and more to come
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