Here are some ideas for special interest tours of London that I can guide. Look also at the walking tours page for tours themed along similar lines, but in very focused geographical areas. If you want to do something that isn't listed here, contact me, and if I can't do it myself, I can probably recommend someone who can.

Architecture
1. London's newest buildings: a look at the work of some of our leading architects in central London, eg Foster + Partners' City Hall & the "Gherkin"; Renzo Piano's "Shard" & Central St Giles; the Strata with its wind turbines
2. The work of individual architects, eg:
Sir Christopher Wren - Wren's City Churches, Wren's Royal Palaces.
Sir John Soane - the Sir John Soane Museum, Pitshanger Manor, & other examples of his work, eg. the Bank of England.
3. The architecture of a particular period or type, eg:
Medieval churches
Historic Houses
The great Victorian architects & engineers, their railway stations, bridges & public buildings.
4. A closer look at individual buildings, eg:
Westminster Abbey
St Paul's Cathedral
Tower Bridge
The Temple Church

Art
1. Major gallery tours, eg. National Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, Tate Galleries, art in the British Museum, the V&A.
2. Art collections, eg. the Foundling Museum, the Courtauld Institute, the National Maritime Museum, the Imperial War Museum
3. Medieval art in London - in the British Museum, the British Library, the Victoria & Albert Museum.
4. Individual artists, their homes & their works in London collections, eg:
Walter Sickert's Camden Town
Hogarth's House, the Foundling Museum, the Tate Gallery, the National Gallery.
Lord Leighton's House, the C19 arts world in Kensington & Chelsea, the Guildhall Art Gallery, Tate Britain.
The William Morris Gallery, the Red House, the V&A.
Fitzrovia & Bloomsbury - artists of the early 20th century
Sir Anthony van Dyck & Blackfriars
Henry Moore's home just north of London, & his public works in London
The public sculptures of Sir Jacob Epstein
5. Exhibitions
6. Public monuments - sculptors, artists & architects
Sculptors & monuments in Westminster Abbey or St Paul's Cathedral

Gardens
My interest in gardens is from the point of view of their history & design. As well as a number of small, private gardens that will open by special arrangement, London has some interesting historic gardens, eg Chiswick House, Ham House, Syon House, Hampton Court Palace. There are also roof gardens, vertical gardens, garden squares, parks, and hidden public gardens. For the botanists, there's the Chelsea Physic Garden and Kew Gardens. The work of many famous garden designers can be seen in London, and of course, there are the annual shows at Chelsea & Hampton Court.

History
1. Historical periods & themes eg:
The Romans - the City Wall, the Amphitheatre, the Mithraeum, bath house remains, the Museum of London, the British Museum.
Kings, Queens & Government.
2. Religious Heritage, eg:
The Wesleys & Methodism in London
The Reformation
Immigration & world religions

Writers & the Theatre
1. Individual writers, eg:
William Shakespeare - A lot of Shakespeare's London has disappeared, but it is still possible to see the streets where he lived, some of the places where his plays were performed, the church where his brother was buried, and of course the new Globe Theatre with its museum, and his work in the British Library.

Anniversaries
1. 2011 is the 400th anniversary of the publication of King James version of the Bible; King James I commissioned its translation at a conference held at Hampton Court Palace.
2. 2011 is the 50th anniversary of the death of Bloomsbury artist Vanessa Bell.