What would it have been like to meet William Shakespeare when he lived in London? What would you have asked Charles Dickens about the experiences that led him to write Oliver Twist and other great stories?
In this Amazing London BioView, you can do so, via the virtual interview process. You can meet the great names and understand how they contributed to London becoming a great city.
Charles Dickens
Posted by charles in Careers, Life Stories, London on 04. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
‘No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.’ So, said the great writer Charles Dickens. He would have known for he walked the streets of London during the mid 19th century, seeing the poverty and destitution. As a result, he wrote compelling novels like Oliver and Great Expectations. [...]
Amazing Anniversary
Posted by charles in Careers, Cities, Inventors, London on 16. Sep, 2011 | 0 Comments
In 1666, a dreadful fire ripped through the heart of London burning houses, churches and other buildings. Sir Christopher Wren was given the job of re-developing many churches. One of them, St Paul’s Cathedral is celebrating its 300th anniversary. I am often asked what I regard as amazing. One of the factors is that a [...]
Amazing London
Posted by charles in Cities, London, Places on 16. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments
The London Eye On my recent visit to London, I went to the big wheel that overlooks the River Thames. The queue for the London Eye, as it is called, was so long that I continued walking. In the bright sunshine of that afternoon who could have predicted the recent riots. But, with about 8 [...]
London and the Olympics
Posted by charles in Athletes, Cities, Entertainment, London, Places on 14. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments
The race is already on. London has Olympics Fever. While I was there, many thousands of people were hoping they would win the race for Olympic Games tickets in the lottery. I was in London recentlyon business, as I am writing a book called Amazing Olympians. It tells the personal stories of 12 people who won [...]
Big Ben
Posted by charles in Cities, London, People, Places on 02. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments
On my recent travels, I went to London and sailed up the River Thames to the Houses of Parliament. The great building was designed by Charles Barry…… but how many people would recognize his name? He won the competition to rebuild Parliament from 96 other applicants. The previous building was destroyed by a fire during 1834. [...]
Amazing People and Places
Posted by charles in Cities, London, New York, Paris, Places on 17. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
As I travel around, I search for places where people have done amazing things. In Paris, I went to Montmartre where Edith Piaf amazed people, as her emotional voice resonated through the streets. I then went to the Eiffel Tower, developed by Gustave Eiffel, and looked down on the Arc de Triomphe commissioned by Napoleon [...]
