This tour takes in some of the famous and less famous sights around the East End, once “the worst slum in Europe”. Hosted by experts from London Walks, one of the foremost guide groups in town, stories come thick and fast: of Lenin and Trotsky, old pubs, sieges and battles, poets and drinkers and the Elephant Man. Timeless restaurants, too. Said to be “real people’s London” and an area the government once feared, tours take in the artistic expression and social ferment born there. Tickets from £20, various dates. walks.com
