Radical Walks

17/08/2026

Next Radical Walk is on Sunday 6 September.

Pattern 10: Magic of the City

A walk around the edge of Covent Garden exploring the ideas of Christopher Alexander's 'Pattern Language'....and a tribute to Conrad Taylor.

19/07/2026

The next Radical Walk is on Sunday 16 August, 'Hazy Cosmic Jive: Marx & Bowie in Soho'.

We will stroll through back streets and alley ways and explore commodity fetishism, pop music and how David Bowie performing Starman on Top of the Pops helped to change the world.

Details in the link below.

04/06/2026

The next Radical Walk is on Sunday 21 June as part of the London Festival of Architecture. The theme of the the festival is 'belonging'.

So this walk is called 'Belonging needs housing'.

It will be a gentle perambulation from Churchill Gardens Estate to the Millbank Estate exploring the fine tradition of public housing built in London from the 1890s to 1980.

With references to the Dream in Bricks of Amsterdam, the Garden Cities of the Île-de-France, Neues Frankfurt and Red Vienna.

A walk from Churchill Gardens to Millbank Estate exploring the fine legacy of public housing in London

31/05/2026

The June edition of the Radical Walks newsletter. Message me if you would like to subscribe.

A walk from St Pauls along Fleet Street asking the question, who owns London?

12/05/2026

Next Radical Walk is on Monday 1 June and is part of the London Festival of Architecture

A walk from St Pauls along Fleet Street asking the question, who owns London?

12/05/2026

Next Radical Walk is on Monday 1 June and is part of the London Festival of Architecture

Danny Bee organises radical walks and talks across London and the south-east. These generally cover social and socialist movements, the development of mass production and consumerism, housing, urban planning and design, offices, department stores, technologies, taste and fashion, anecdotes and remi....

01/05/2026

The May issue of the Radical Walks newsletter

13/04/2026

The next Radical Walk is on Sunday 10 May.

London May Day.

A perambulation along The Cut and beyond exploring the radical history of London. Chartists, dockers, communards, communists and more.

26/02/2026

After a winter pause, Radical Walks are back.

The Secret Life of the Office, Sunday 12 April. Meet at 2pm at 22 Bishopsgate.

This is a new version of a walk that's had previous iterations.

Same as it ever was, book in advance for a tenner, chip into the hat on the day or come for free.

Details in the link below.