Sarah has lived and worked in London all her life, but pops over to Rome fairly often. After completing her MA in History of Art at University College London, specialising in late 19th Century French Painting and mid 20th Century Art, she has worked in different areas of the contemporary art world in both London and Rome, before deciding to focus on gallery education. This necessitated a far greater knowledge base, so Sarah trained to be a guide and qualified as a City of London Guide and as a Blue Badge Tourist Guide in 2008. She now works as a guide, specialising in Museums and Galleries as well as tours for children and young people, she teaches courses in art history and the history of London at the University of Richmond and works as a gallery educator at the National Portrait Gallery and the Dulwich Picture Gallery, specialising in tours for older people and people with Dementia.

An amateur urbanist, Sophie has spent more than a decade exploring and falling in love with cities around the world. She spent her student years in Dublin and left with a BA in English Literature and History from Trinity College. From there she headed off to the City of Light, where she did an MA in Paris Studies at the University of London in Paris and started working for Context. Her work on 19th-century Paris was the beginning of her passion for city planning, and her MA thesis on the relationship between the French capital and Algeria sparked an interest in immigration and its impact on cities and urban issues. After a couple of years in the southern-hemisphere cities of Melbourne and Wellington, Sophie moved back to the UK and is enjoying applying everything she’s learned about cities to her research into London’s urban history.

Born in London, Ruth has also lived in Israel for many years. She trained at the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem, where she studied Voice and Piano and received a degree in performance in both instruments. She is a qualified music teacher and for many years taught music to children and adults of all ages. Returning to London in 2000, Ruth undertook a number of intensive courses learning about the history of this great city which she loves. She has recently earned an MA in Art History and enrolled in a Ph.D. program. Ruth also has a particular interest in Jewish London and a keen interest in the artistic and musical history of London.