Halloween-themed haunted houses first emerged during the Great Depression as ways to distract young tricksters. Groups of families would deck out their basements with home made scary decorations. Then they would hold “house-to-house” parties, where the children would travel from basement to basement, experiencing different scary scenes. Trails Of Terror A 1937 party pamphlet is quoted in Lisa… More Haunted House Trail
This summer we visited the UNESCO World Heritage City of Bruges. On the way to our hotel, we passed one of the large art installations currently situated on the canals. Large art installations – What’s that all about? From 5 May to 16 September 2018 Triennial Bruges 2018 is taking place. Held once every three years an artistic route spreads across… More On a hunt for modern art around Bruges
Sitting on the edge of Epping Forest, on the London/Essex border, is the London suburb of Chingford. It is host to an array of urban and countryside heritage.… More Chingford’s heritage
It didn’t seem that long ago that my intrepid team of investigators were dispatched to UCL Museums to solve a fiendish murder mystery. Now our help was needed again. This time a young curator had disappeared. Disappeared! The next few hours were spent combing the UCL museums, searching for clues. The team visited the Grant Museum… More Another Murder Mystery at UCL
Treasure Hunts in London Treasure Hunts in London offers a range of self guided treasure hunts, as well as fully managed experiences, throughout London. Taking part is easy. Start by downloading the free ClueKeeper app for your mobile device on the App Store or Google Play. Then decide which Treasure Hunts in London self guided hunt you want to experience. There are… More Treasure Hunts in London self guided treasure hunts
Escape Land is located on Oxford Street and houses two escape rooms, Professor Oxford’s Experiments and Da Vinci’s Exploration Professor Oxford’s Experiments, is an adaptation of their earlier Escape from the Age of Steampunk. The latter game was my first experience of Escape Rooms and started my love of them. The Plot Locked inside the Mad… More Professor Oxford’s Experiments
Pity the poor gift recipient. We all know that deciding what to buy your loved one can be tough, but do you really want to give a farm’s worth of livestock and a party load of people? That’s just what the present giver did in The 12 Days of Christmas. This traditional English Christmas carol,… More Exploring the National Portrait Gallery
Who Decide who you would like to take on a Christmas adventure. What The 12 Days of Christmas Treasure Hunt is based on the Christmas carol. You will not have to strain your singing voices, just your “little grey cells” as you work out the answers to the song sheet of clues. When Tickets are… More Ho, ho, ho! Time for another festive Treasure Hunt
Treasure Hunts In London will be running their annual Trick or Treat Halloween Treasure Hunts around the British Museum again this year. Begin by meeting the Witches and reading the Halloween story…………… Trickier than it seems as some of the words are missing. Can you fill in the blanks? Solve the clues and you will discover… More Trick or Treat at The British Museum
With Halloween fast approaching, it’s time for the annual Halloween Treasure Hunt at the British Museum Treasure Hunts In London will be running their annual Spooky Halloween Treasure Hunts around the British Museum again this year. Begin by meeting the Witches and reading the Halloween story. Trickier than it seems as some of the words are… More Halloween Treasure Hunt