Jessica grew up in Surrey where she developed a love of History and literature. She first discovered London through its theaters. Over the past two decades, she has worked with colleagues and students from 7 to 70 in theatre, guiding, tour directing, teaching, and co running summer camps. These pursuits now inform and flavor her lively guiding style.

Born and brought up in Scotland, Elizabeth moved to London to study Drama and was for several years an actress, performing around Britain, including the West End in London. After giving up her acting career she turned to her other passion: history. Elizabeth is a historian, and focuses on Oxford, The University, and the Colleges. She is passionate about Inspector Morse, Lewis, and now Endeavour as well as stained glass, literary, Harry Potter etc. She works for both the University and the city and enjoys meeting all the visitors Oxford gets from all over the world.

A graduate of Oxford University, Victoria Bentata Azaz has been giving guided walks of Oxford for over 13 years. Her tours cover several different subjects, from general tours explaining the history of the city of Oxford and its University to specialist tours on topics including Oxford’s Literary Connections, 1000 years of Oxford’s Architecture, Oxford and the English Civil War, Oxford in the history of Science and Medicine and Oxford’s Jewish Heritage. She has written a book called Oxford City Walks, which has sold over 4,000 copies, and is currently working on a secret Oxford-related project.