Adam
Adam – charismatic, Celtic, kilted* – spends much of his time endeavouring to live up to his countryman J. M. Barrie’s famous remark: “There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.” Mega wattage-talented, he’s a national journalist, author, star guide, star dad, cartoonist and guitar strummer & chansonnier for hire.
Anything else? Yes, he’s the only person I know who talks like a well-written magazine article. Wouldn’t surprise me at all if the key to that is where he’s from: that heart-achingly beautiful landscape has got into his mind, into his turn of phrase. That all? No, there’s this: he regularly sets off on all-day, 30-mile walks across London – walking the Circle Line, that kind of thing. This is some kind of man. A guy you’re gonna be real glad you got to know, spent some time with. Check out this video of his Rock ‘n’ Roll London Pub Walk. And for good measure this one of Adam guiding the Somewhere Else London Walk. But don’t just take it from us. Here’s what one of our leading music writers, Lesley Ann Jones (biographer of John Lennon and Freddie Mercury), says about Adam: “You are one of the rare few who respects history and truth. I’d never hesitate to recommend you as a tour guide.”
*occasionally
All of Adam's Walks
A Village in Piccadilly
Monday, 14 October 2024 @ 2.30 pm (This walk goes every Monday)
"elegant arcades, secret doorways and peekaboo views" "royal chocolates (we sample them, gratis)"
Inside Story – Covent Garden
Thursday, 17 October 2024 @ 10.15 am (This walk goes every Thursday)
Taking You Inside LONDON Gets you to places other people don't get to see.
Kensington***** The Royal Village – 182 Five-Star Reviews
Thursday, 17 October 2024 @ 2 pm (Click here for more dates)
"Kensington specialises in hiding the best of itself"
London In The Swinging 60s
Thursday, 17 October 2024 @ 2 pm (Click here for more dates)
Sex, drugs, politics & fashion. "A real storyteller who has you spellbound right from the start" Tripadvisor Sept 2022
A Soho Saunter – Real, Not Virtual!!!!!!!
Friday, 18 October 2024 @ 10.15 am (This walk goes every Friday)
"noisy, bawdy, dirty and sexy, and one of the few quarters in London that has kept its character, warts and all"
Rock 'n' Roll London
Friday, 18 October 2024 @ 2 pm (This walk goes every Friday)
"It's like having your own personal rock star for a tour guide" Jennifer from Austin, Texas
Along the Thames Pub Walk
Friday, 18 October 2024 @ 6 pm (This walk goes every Friday)
"the most exciting walk in London, it does more to interpret the city than anything else, a real skeleton key"
The Rolling Stones In 60s Soho
Saturday, 19 October 2024 @ 10.45 am (Click here for more dates)
Celebrating 60 years of the Rolling Stones. Guided by Adam
Ghosts of the Old City
Saturday, 19 October 2024 @ 7.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
Spooktakular. "Best Ghost walk in the UK " - Essential travel
The Unknown East End
Sunday, 20 October 2024 @ 2.30 pm (This walk goes every Sunday)
Paradigm of London paradoxes – the worst slum in London and London at its richest
Ghosts of the Old City on Halloween
Sunday, 27 October 2024 @ 4 pm (Click here for more dates)
All the Ghosts come out for Halloween!
The Monday Night Music History Club
Monday, 28 October 2024 @ 7.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
A brand NEW series of six monthly virtual tours for autumn & winter 2024/25. Hosted by Adam
The Krays In London Walking Tour
Sunday, 03 November 2024 @ 10.45 am (Click here for more dates)
The East End Gangland & The Dark Side Of The Swinging 60s
Bob Dylan In London - The Walking Tour
Sunday, 10 November 2024 @ 2 pm (Click here for more dates)
"Adam is a skilled & deeply knowledgeable guide" Howard D - Tripadvisor Jan '22
Rock'n'Roll Camden
Sunday, 17 November 2024 @ 9 am (Click here for more dates)
NEW! Rock'n'Roll Camden guided by Adam
David Bowie in 1960s London
Sunday, 24 November 2024 @ 10.45 am (Click here for more dates)
Before Ziggy… Before the Thin White Duke… A walking tour of Bowie's Soho 1963-71. Guided by Adam
Lionel Bart's London! – Virtual Tour
Sunday, 08 December 2024 @ 7 pm
In search of the composer of Oliver! He made and squandered a fortune.. and the Greek chorus of tabloid middle England thrilled to his Icarus fall.
The Christmas Music Walking Tour
Sunday, 15 December 2024 @ 2 pm (Click here for more dates)
The Christmas Lights walking tour with LIVE music & pub stops! Guided by Adam.
Musical Statues
Sunday, 16 March 2025 @ 10.45 am (Click here for more dates)
What does history SOUND like? A musical walk around Westminster's statues with Adam
Publish And Be Damned!
Thursday, 03 April 2025 @ 2 pm (Click here for more dates)
A Newspaper History of Fleet Street: Raking-up the muck rakers' backstory. Guided by Adam
Beatles Greatest Hits Vol.I – Small Group Tour
Saturday, 19 April 2025 @ 10 am
Guided by the Grandmaster of Guides: Tourism Superstar finalist Adam!
Small Group Tour – Beatles Greatest Hits Vol.II
Saturday, 26 April 2025 @ 10 am (Click here for more dates)
Small group Beatles tour – guided by Adam.
Day Tripper – A Full Day Beatles Tour Of London
Friday, 09 May 2025 @ 10 am (Click here for more dates)
Beatles London in one-day. Exclusive, small group tour. Guided by Adam
Rock'n'Roll London Explorer Day – Barnes, Twickenham & Richmond
Friday, 23 May 2025 @ 9.30 am
A full day Rock'n'Roll exploration of historic southwest London - guided by Adam.
Pink Floyd in 1960s London
Sunday, 25 May 2025 @ 10.45 am (Click here for more dates)
In search of Pink Floyd - the early days. Guided by Adam
The Kinks in London
Sunday, 25 May 2025 @ 2 pm
A guided tour in search of The Kinks in their glory days. Ready, Steady, Go…. Guided by Adam
Other walks in Adam's repertoire.
They run occasionally as 'Specials' but can also be booked privately.
London Calling: The Story Of London Through Music
London Calling! The Story Of London Through Its Music… a series of six online tours looking at London history through its musical sounds & stars.
Rock n Roll London - Virtual Tour
The history of Rock & Pop in London – Beatles, Stones, Hendrix THE Greatest Hits tour! Guided by Adam
London Calling – The 1960s In Music
A look at London's history through music. Series One: The 60s - The Beatles, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones & more. Guided by Adam
London Calling: Musical St James's & Mayfair
London Calling! The Story Of London Through Its Music… One neighbourhood at a time. In St James's & Mayfair we will find: • The musical history of Buckingham Palace • George Frideric Handel • David Bowie • The Beatles… and more
London Calling: The 1960s - The Beatles vs The Rolling Stones
London Calling! The 1960s In Music - The Beatles vs The Rolling Stones The BIG two… • Their clubs • The drug busts • The music… and beyond
London Calling: Musical Kensington
London Calling! The Story Of London Through Its Music… One neighbourhood at a time. In Kensington we will find: • The Royal Albert Hall • The Royal College of Music • The Music of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert • Freddie Mercury • Jimi Hendrix… and more
London Calling: The 1960s – The Kinks
London Calling! The 1960s In Music – The Kinks Guided by Adam The long, strange career of the Davies brothers Ray & Dave and the original cult band The Kinks • Music, suburbia & the war • Tales of drunkenness and cruelty! • Musical sibling rivalry • LIVE music… and more
Bob Dylan 80th Birthday Virtual Tour
Guided by Adam From 1962 – 1966 we'll see how Dylan changed music – and how London changed Dylan
Beatles & Rolling Stones in 60s London – Virtual Tour
Let's get back. Beatles and Stones in 60s London. The biggest names in Rock’n’Roll. Made right here in London.
Ghosts of the Old City – Virtual Tour
At midnight London time at Halloween - join us for Ghosts of the Old City THE Virtual Tour Guided by Adam
6 NEW VIRTUAL TOURS! London Calling: The Story Of London Through Music Series 3
London history through its musical sounds & stars. The Thames, SW London, Westminster & Belgravia, Hampstead, SE London & Camden
The Krays In London - A Virtual Tour
The East End Gangland & The Dark Side Of The Swinging 60s
Musical Southeast London - A Virtual Tour
A virtual tour from Siouxsie & the Banshees to Handel via Squeeze and more. Guided by Adam.
Underground Overground – A Virtual Tour Series Exploring London by Tube
The brand new Virtual Tour series from The Story of London team...
Musical Southwest London
A virtual tour of musical southwest London – from Bowie in Brixton to Handel in Barnes. Guided by Adam
Musical Covent Garden Virtual Tour
400 years of musical history and "goings-on" – Thomas Arne to Franz Zappa. You have often walked down these streets before… but did you debate the whys and wherefores of Rule Britannia? No? Then let's all go down the Strand!
Handel in London – Virtual Tour
"What does English history sound like?" Guided by Adam
Musical Marylebone – Virtual Tour
Medicine and cricket… that's Marylebone. Isn't it? Where showbiz and performing arts types are elbowed off centre stage by nurses, doctors and sportsmen. This tour puts the musicians back where they belong.
Mozart in London – Virtual Tour
the life, the career, the London of history’s most mythologised composer Guided by Adam
An Edinburgh Guidebook – Virtual Tour
An eccentric, esoteric, highly personal virtual tour of Edinburgh by a London tour guide
The Who In London – A Virtual Tour
The Stones had the swagger. The Beatles had the tunes. The Yardbirds had the chops. But the only band to blend these basics with a full-blown artistic manifesto and a killer look was The Who. This is The Who's London. Guided by Adam
Musical Chelsea
London Calling! The Story Of London Through Its Music… Guided by Adam In Chelsea we meet: The Rolling Stones, Judy Garland, Arthur Sullivan, Bohemian London, Marianne Faithfull, King Charles II and Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Bob Dylan in London Virtual Tour
Bob Dylan in 1960 London – three visits that changed the course of popular culture
Musical Kensington – Virtual Tour
"All music is here in Kensington!"
Pink Floyd in London - Virtual Tour
Pigs WILL fly as we hit Regent Street Polytechnic, Battersea, Tottenham Court Road, Covent Garden in search of the band’s genesis and 1970s pomp.
Musical East End – A Virtual Tour
The Story Of London Through Its Music: Marie Lloyd, The Clash, Calypso, Jazz and... Guided by Adam
Jimi Hendrix in London – Virtual Tour
For Jimi Hendrix the wind whispered London. Here he could ride the breeze. Here he made it big.
Musical Camden – The Virtual Tour
A virtual tour of musical Camden from Britpop to Cecil sharp and beyond. Guided by Adam.
Musical Hampstead – A Virtual Tour
A virtual tour of musical Hampstead from classical to rock. Guided by Adam.
Musical St. James' & Mayfair – Virtual Tour
Madness performing on top of Buckingham Palace alongside the Queen guitarist Brian May… Mick Jagger at the Ritz… FDR and the first political campaign song… Paul Simon, Handel & Nipper The Dog. They’re all in Musical St James’s & Mayfair…
Musical Thames – A Virtual Tour
A virtual tour from calypso to classical along London's famous river. Guided by Adam.
The Kinks in London – Virtual Tour
Ready, Steady, Go… Guided by Adam 5 years that changed the face of pop & rock 1964-69 4 of the unlikeliest pop stars of all-time 3 number one hits 2 warring brothers 1 unique story
Liquid London - the Capital's Waterways, 8 part Virtual Tour Matinee series
The brand new Virtual Tour series from The Story of London team. Live on Thursday mornings (and Sunday evenings). This time we're going with the flow ! Guided by the Story of London Team - Simon W, Russell, Karen, Adam and Fiona
Divas, Rebels & Junkies: Women In Music
From Maria Anna Mozart to Peggy Seeger, Siouxsie Sioux to Judy Garland.
Beatlemania – The Virtual Tour
SPECIAL TOUR CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF THE BEATLES The anniversary of Love Me Do From a wintry Trafalgar Square in 1961 to Buckingham Palace in 1965 this upbeat virtual tour charts the rise and rise of The Fab Four against the backdrop of London in the Swinging Sixties. Guided by Adam
Spooky Radio Nite Halloween Music Special – Virtual Tour
Music, monsters & murder. No tricks: it's ALL treat.
Beatlemania! The Walking Tour
In search of the Fab Four in London from 1961-65. Guided by Adam
Beatlemania!
The rise, rise and RISE of The Beatles! From obscurity to Buckingham Palace and beyond, this tour charts the optimistic years of Beatlemania… yeah yeah yeah!
Rock'n'Roll Soho
From the origin story of rock in the UK to Britpop – this is the seminal rock & pop history tour in London.
Rock'n'Roll Covent Garden
The history of Rock and Pop in the West End.
"Somewhere Else" London
"streets that look like an old movie shot thru a vaselined lens – there's no better sense of place in London"
Rock'n'Roll Marylebone & Fitzrovia
From pre-fame Bob Dylan and pre-fame Pink Floyd to The Beatles in their pomp.
Rock ’n’ Roll Mayfair, Piccadilly & More Soho
Hendrix, Bowie, Beatles & MORE
The Great West End Record Shop Crawl 2024
A one-off, special-price walking tour for Record Store Day2024 - The Great West End Record Shop Crawl Guided by Adam
Musical Kensington
"Music is woven into the fabric of the place..."
The Rolling Stones In 60s Soho
Celebrating 60 years of the Rolling Stones. Guided by Adam
The Music Of Royal London
Scandal! Adultery! Big Bangs! Our royal story is an opera in itself. Guided by Adam.
Rock’n’Roll London Pub Walk – LIVE Music from Guide Adam
The Rock'n'Roll London Pub Walk – hosted by Adam.
Musical Covent Garden
Maria Callas, Dylan, G & S, Bob Marley & "Rule Britannia" – all in one tour. The Greatest Hits of Covent Garden. Guided by Adam
Bob Dylan In London - The Walking Tour
"Adam is a skilled & deeply knowledgeable guide" Howard D - Tripadvisor Jan '22
Day Tripper – A Full Day Beatles Tour Of London
Beatles London in one-day. Exclusive, small group tour. Guided by Adam
London In The Swinging 60s
Sex, drugs, politics & fashion. "A real storyteller who has you spellbound right from the start" Tripadvisor Sept 2022
Pink Floyd in 1960s London
In search of Pink Floyd - the early days. Guided by Adam
Musical Covent Garden
Guiding equivalent of blistering. As a walker from Texas put it: "it's like being guided by your own personal rock star"
Musical Statues
What does history SOUND like? A musical walk around Westminster's statues with Adam
David Bowie in 1960s London
Before Ziggy… Before the Thin White Duke… A walking tour of Bowie's Soho 1963-71. Guided by Adam
Rock'n'Roll Chelsea
NEW Rock'n'Roll Chelsea. Guided by Adam
Small Group Tour – Beatles Greatest Hits Vol.II
Small group Beatles tour – guided by Adam.
The Krays In London Walking Tour
The East End Gangland & The Dark Side Of The Swinging 60s