Coffeehouse Book

May 23, 2013
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The Lost World of the London Coffeehouse by Dr Matthew Green is a limited-edition hand-sewn pamphlet published by Idler Books. In 30 pages, it tells the story of how coffee transformed the face of London forever, brought people together, and inspired brilliant ideas that shaped the modern world. A collector’s piece and essential reading for anyone who’s attended the Coffeehouse Tour.

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Testimonials

Anna Sutton

Dr Green's Shakespearean London tour is exceptional. He is an engaging story teller whose wit and eloquence is next to none. Within minutes I was standing on London Bridge, transported to a completely different era. The sounds and smells of 16th-century London fired my imagination and watching the Tower's polar bear fish in the Thames was a sight to behold! I cannot recommend Dr Green's tours highly enough - get in there before the word hits the street...

June 2015

Anna Miners

If you want to learn about stews, stinkards and Sackerson the bear, look no further. On this engaging tour Dr Matthew Green gives you the lowdown on Shakespearean London in gory detail. We were entertained, horrified and amused in equal measure. It was great to be learning things from such a knowledgeable expert, if only our school history lessons had been this much fun. The well-known places are brought to life with little known facts and there are less well known places off the beaten track thrown in, so I am sure that even the most well-read Londoner will go away with something new. Sometimes he is a little too good at making you feel like you have gone back in time when you are faced with the spectacle of what passed for entertainment in those days! What brilliant value for money.

June 2015

Professor Richard Tiner
Belmont University

The tour was simply amazing! It provided a depth of information that was academically appropriate, but you delivered it with a style and flair that was highly entertaining for university students—they absolutely loved it. I told the class that I especially enjoy a “field trip” that teaches ME something, and yours did! The anecdotes and “tales” brought the early history of print media to life. Nice job!

July 2014

Trevor Baker
Guardian Journalist

An unexpectedly fascinating tour, which takes you back in time through the medium of strong, invigorating black coffee. This would be fascinating stuff even if it were just a straightforward lecture, but at various points along the tour, actors jump out of the shadows and bring the story to life.

April 2014

The Londonist
Sejal Sukhadwala

giving a fascinating insight into the consumption of chocolate [in eighteenth-century London], this two-hour walking tour is a new initiative led by historian Dr Matthew Green. These chocolate houses were notoriously debauched places with smoky, candle-lit interiors, where the uber-rich socialised amid the intoxicating smells of sweat, perfume and bubbling cauldrons of chocolate.

February 2014

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