Rick Jones

Rick Jones

Rick Jones specialises in the arts. Before becoming a Blue Badge Guide he worked as an arts journalist for different newspapers and magazines including the Evening Standard (where he was Chief Music Critics for ten years) and is today the secretary of the Critics' Circle. He is a graduate in Modern Foreign Languages from the University of East Anglia and a post-graduate in singing and lute from the Royal College of Music. He is an expert on Shakespeare and plays the lute at the beginning of most Shakespeare tours. He is an authority on the Restoration Theatre expressed through his Nell Gwyn Tour. He is also an aficionado on the American poet TS Eliot and his Waste Land Tour visits locations in the City of London mentioned in Eliot's poem of that name. He is always delighted to guide groups in Tate Modern Art Gallery on a tour which embraces the entire artistic scene of the last hundred years. His love of arts extends to the healing arts and his Medical Tour - All Around the University explores the contribution the creative mind makes to medicine. His Quack Doctor Tour follows the rounds of an unqualified doctor in Shakespeare's age. Rick's Changing of the Guard Tour includes references to the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn who was inspired by Britain's military as the army squared up to Napoleon in the 1790s. As a former cathedral chorister in London, Rick has a knowledge of St Paul's Cathedral second to none. He is keen to celebrate the tercentenary of the architect Sir Christopher Wren this year and loves to show groups the many churches Wren built in London besides St Paul's.

Below are Rick's scheduled tours bookable through www.walks.com.

Monday am Changing of the Guard with Joseph Haydn

Monday pm Quack Doctor Tour 

Wednesday am TS Eliot The Waste Land Centenary Tour 

Wednesday pm Tate Modern Highlights

Thursday pm Medical Tour All Around the University - Firsts and Inventions in the History of Medicine 

Friday am City Churches  

Saturday am Shakespeare and his Lute 

 

Unscheduled tours bookable on an ad hoc basis are:

Margaret Thatcher in Chelsea

The Rugby Tour of London: 200 Years since William Webb Ellis picked up the ball and ran with it..

The Nell Gwyn Tour or the Story of Charles I, II and III

Victoria and Albert Museum Tour 

National Gallery Tour

St Paul’s Cathedral Tour

Westminster Abbey Tour 

Tower of London Tour  

Book me here or through my website www.rickjonesguide.co.uk

Here's a little advertisement for the Moonploy Tour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBPRkrUzunQ&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2Z2oWzi99VKerWapBd0ruqkR2-wV2su26HQhqzHf2l4t4FAxGpRP7hf5E

I'm on instagram @rickjones593<br />
I'm on Twitter @RnbJones56<br />
I'm on film: https://www.facebook.com/100045459611322/videos/184852856373367<br />
and here's a tour of St Paul's (click the cog top right for my narration) https://poly.google.com/u/0/view/cK5_BnOJ4pY

 

Top 5 Specialities

William Shakespeare Tour

Tate Modern Tour

St Paul’s Cathedral Tour

Changing of the Guard Tour

Guide Calendar Last Update: 20th of March, 2024

March 2024

MONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN
AM
PM
EVE
 
 
 
 
1
2
3
AM
PM
EVE
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
AM
PM
EVE
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
AM
PM
EVE
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
AM
PM
EVE
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

April 2024

MONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN
AM
PM
EVE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
AM
PM
EVE
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
AM
PM
EVE
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
AM
PM
EVE
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
AM
PM
EVE
29
30
 
 
 
 
 

May 2024

MONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN
AM
PM
EVE
 
 
1
2
3
4
5
AM
PM
EVE
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
AM
PM
EVE
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
AM
PM
EVE
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
AM
PM
EVE
27
28
29
30
31
 
 

June 2024

MONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN
AM
PM
EVE
 
 
 
 
 
1
2
AM
PM
EVE
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
AM
PM
EVE
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
AM
PM
EVE
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
AM
PM
EVE
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

July 2024

MONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN
AM
PM
EVE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
AM
PM
EVE
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
AM
PM
EVE
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
AM
PM
EVE
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
AM
PM
EVE
29
30
31
 
 
 
 

August 2024

MONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN
AM
PM
EVE
 
 
 
1
2
3
4
AM
PM
EVE
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
AM
PM
EVE
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
AM
PM
EVE
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
AM
PM
EVE
26
27
28
29
30
31
 

September 2024

MONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN
AM
PM
EVE
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
AM
PM
EVE
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
AM
PM
EVE
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
AM
PM
EVE
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
AM
PM
EVE
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
AM
PM
EVE
30
 
 
 
 
 
 

October 2024

MONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN
AM
PM
EVE
 
1
2
3
4
5
6
AM
PM
EVE
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
AM
PM
EVE
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
AM
PM
EVE
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
AM
PM
EVE
28
29
30
31
 
 
 

November 2024

MONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN
AM
PM
EVE
 
 
 
 
1
2
3
AM
PM
EVE
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
AM
PM
EVE
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
AM
PM
EVE
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
AM
PM
EVE
25
26
27
28
29
30
 

December 2024

MONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN
AM
PM
EVE
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
AM
PM
EVE
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
AM
PM
EVE
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
AM
PM
EVE
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
AM
PM
EVE
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
AM
PM
EVE
30
31
 
 
 
 
 

January 2025

MONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN
AM
PM
EVE
 
 
1
2
3
4
5
AM
PM
EVE
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
AM
PM
EVE
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
AM
PM
EVE
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
AM
PM
EVE
27
28
29
30
31
 
 

February 2025

MONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN
AM
PM
EVE
 
 
 
 
 
1
2
AM
PM
EVE
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
AM
PM
EVE
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
AM
PM
EVE
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
AM
PM
EVE
24
25
26
27
28
 
 
Green
means Guide is available,
Red
means Guide is unavailable

Simply put your name and email address in the form below, together with a brief message for the Guide, and hit the green 'Send' button. The Guide concerned will then reply as quickly as possible to discuss your requirements.






    Blog Posts

    The Whispering Gallery at Saint Paul's Cathedral Reopens

    It is no more than appropriate that in Sir Christopher Wren’s tercentenary, the star feature of his masterpiece, the Whispering Gallery at St Paul’s Cathedral, should have been re-opened after four years of renovation. London’s great sotto voce experience is back.

    Read more

    Returning to the Imperial War Museum London

    When the smoke cleared at the end of the First World War, or The Imperial War as it was then known (because it was fought by empires – British, German, and Russian), a shocked Britain was moved to create memorials all over the country. The Imperial War Museum was the grandest of these and was established by an Act of Parliament in 1920. The building in Waterloo was previously the Bedlam Hospital, established by Henry VIII after he dissolved the monasteries in 1533, which accounts for his name above the columned entrance. No tour is complete without him.

    Read more

    Austrian Composer Joseph Haydn In London

    One of the greatest composers in the history of music, Joseph Haydn, lived in London for four years during the 1790s, just as the Napoleonic conflict was beginning to convulse Europe. The King of England George III himself had mused on bringing the Viennese composer here, and several music-loving earls had sent invitations, all of which had gone unanswered.

    Read more
    See all blog posts posted by Rick Jones