I am heartbroken to tell you that Clare Churly @churly.bsky.social passed away last night after a brief illness. Please message me with your email if you would like to be kept informed of arrangements. It has all been so sudden and so there are no plans yet. We will all miss Clare immensely.
I typed TAKE ME into Zork to try to make it explode with recursion, and it responded 'How romantic!'
A man in a purple suit is surprised by the ghost of Nell Gwyn holding an orange.
Happy new year to you all. Here's to walks in 2026 with warmer, drier weather, and cooler, wetter pints, with a salty packet of historical factlets:
Goe no more to Brainford (Sun 12 April)
By A Long Chalk (Mon 27 April)
Drury Lane (Sun 3 May)
Rendlesham (Tues 29 December) minimumlabyrinth.org
REVIEW: In their most ambitious experience yet, Minimum Labyrinth deliver an utterly surreal journey through Lambeth in this walking tour-cum-promenade theatre show. www.immersiverumours.com/post/review-...
Looking forward to reading this. Well done Justin - another winner.
26 Oct 25: By A Long Chalk, a guided walk of Chalk Farm and Primrose Hill, through the lens of ‘pace layers’, Stewart Brand’s model for the ever-interacting layers of civilisation: steam trains and secret vaults, geology and gin, duels and druids, tunnels, taverns and towpaths. minimumlabyrinth.org
Goe no more to Brainford is our ninth London walk. We go westward, to the old town of Brentford: more ancient than London, and on occasion more noisome. Join us for tranquil rivers, art deco wonders, proper pubs, and a poignant history of transience and travel. 8/9 Nov 2025. minimumlabyrinth.org
Excellent vork. This 'viper' sounds like a human viper of vindows. So even if they are wehicular, the viper itself is non-mechanical. This is indeed a rabbit hole
Interesting contender - looks like the wipers are a late addition, but not sure when en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Whe...
Splendid. I'm talking about the Trico-Folberth windscreen wiper factory in Brentford - an American firm on British soil - so I think this distinction is of no small importance. You say tomato, I say tomato, etc.
An important question that @whenisbirths.bsky.social (or others) may be able to answer. Is Genesis's 1974 classic prog rock album, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, the first use of the phrase 'windscreen wiper' in any lyrics, or does anything pre-date this?
Sunday 7 September is now sold out, but there are still spaces available on Saturday 6 September for Doin' The Lambeth Walk (Oi!). This is the final date in 2025 so make sure you book now if you would like to see it. minimumlabyrinth.org
What a poetic time we had on Saturday on the Peter Ackroyd Thames Walk 2025. 28 pilgrims; 14km from Westminster to Rotherhithe; 8 pubs; and 170 million years of riverine history. And thanks to your marvellous generosity, @areamancm.bsky.social and I raised £1,215 for Trees for Cities and CF Trust.
If you ever get a chance to go a walk with @minimumlabyrinth.bsky.social do it me 'ole china! I also danced along on their merry Lambeth Walk (oi!) recently and it was / is the best way to spend an afternoon in London.
Just done the brilliant @minimumlabyrinth.bsky.social guided Lambeth Walk (oi!). What a fantastic way to spend a Sunday afternoon. An interesting innovative and great way to learn a fascinating history. From William Blake to Sapphire and Steel!
Thank you @mattfromlondon.bsky.social - it's always a joy to explore the nooks and crannies of London with a true aficionado.
"I’ve been on a few guided walks in my time. I have never been on one like Doin’ the Lambeth Walk (Oi!). Minimum Labyrinth [are] masters of threading historical tales through an eldritch loom." @londonist.com Spaces available: Sat 12 July, Sat 6 / Sun 7 Sep. londonist.substack.com/p/4-updates-...
Honoured to join the new @minimumlabyrinth.bsky.social tour, Doin’ The Lambeth Walk (Oi) on Saturday. This is a special one, an epic feel and an immersive theatre vibe, with psychogeographic wanderings underpinned by a certain 70s telefantasy show. Amazing performances, fascinating stories, huge fun
Thank you so much to @annecorlett.bsky.social, author of The Space Between the Stars, and The Theatre of Glass and Shadows, for this lovely review of Doin' The Lambeth Walk (Oi!). annecorlett.co.uk/writing-blog...
"Schichlegruber Doing The Lambeth Walk", a mash-up from 1941. Both Churchill and the Three Stooges referred to Hitler as Herr Schicklgruber (sic), loosely be translated as ‘money-digger’.
Now booking tickets for Doin' The Lambeth Walk (Oi!): launches 15 June 2025. youtu.be/gYdmk3GP3iM?...
VERY excited about the upcoming new London walk from @minimumlabyrinth.bsky.social - Doin’ The Lambeth Walk (Oi!) This promises to be a very special one so don’t miss out - tickets still available minimumlabyrinth.org
Doin' The Lambeth Walk (Oi!) is only two weeks away! Tickets available at lu.ma/minimumlabyr...
More details at Minimum Labyrinth: minimumlabyrinth.org
Sunday 15 June 2025 | 14.00 – 17.30
Sunday 29 June 2025 | 14.00 – 17.30
Saturday 12 July 2025 | 17.00 – 20.30
Sunday 13 July 2025 | 14.00 – 17.30
Doin' The Lambeth Walk (Oi!) - a new immersive guided walk launching 15 June 2025. All details at minimumlabyrinth.org
On Saturday 17 May 2025 we will be offering libations to the Pantheon of Pancras - our epic guided walk around the old parish of St Pancras. Details at minimumlabyrinth.org
‘A wonderfully fantastic journey’ – Reverend Mark Lawson-Jones
‘A tremendous flair for storytelling’ – Rachael Heaton-Armstrong
SAPPHIRE: I can't do it, Steel. I can't make tea
STEEL: Try, Sapphire. Try harder
We're running a one-off walk to offer libations to The Pantheon of Pancras on Saturday 17 May 2025. We've also unveiled a new date for Doin' The Lambeth Walk (Oi!) on Sunday 15 June 2025. All details at minimumlabyrinth.org
This summer’s spectacular walk is here. Historical entities have been sighted in the old village of Lambeth. Are they ghosts? Visions? Or intruders through a crack in time? Explore the backwaters and byways that have spread over the mysterious marshes of Lambeth. All details at minimumlabyrinth.org
Joni would have to do the last bit as a kind of rap to make it scan
By A Long Chalk: a new guided walk to accompany Longplayer Live at the Roundhouse, 5 April 02025. In collaboration with @longplayertrust.bsky.social @longnowldn.bsky.social. Steam trains & secret vaults, geology & gin, duels & druids, tunnels, taverns & towpaths. Details: minimumlabyrinth.org
Keep an eye out for Baldrick.
