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Our Storytellers

At Vidi Guides, we constantly work towards redefining the way we look at travelling and exploring a place. To ensure that each of our experiences are authentic, informative, and fun, we collaborate with experts from various sectors, with storytelling at the heart of what they do. Their perspectives, vast knowledge and their stories define the Vidi Guides experience.

Dr ED GRAY

PhD - Early Modern French history, Researcher at l’Ecole Nationale des Chartes.

With his passion for modern French history (and a punchy sense of humor), Dr. Ed helps create all our historical experiences in Paris, and brings a trove of little known stories and anecdotes to these experiences.

Mehdi Ben Cheikh

Street Art Expert
Founder & Director of Galerie Itinerrance

The Artistic Director of Tour 13, Mehdi’s visual storytelling is rumoured to have no bounds! He is the man behind the giant frescos, and awe-inspiring art in the streets of Paris. He brings in visual storytelling and a completely different perspective to discovering Street Art.

juan jerez

Architect & Photographer

“Photography is for me a way of seeing the world, of being in the world.”

Juan is a Paris-based photographer, and the co-creator of our Bastille Walking experience. With his experience, love for architecture, and photographs, he explores a different side of Bastille’s story - lesser known to many.

Will Jarvis

Writer, Producer, Director, & Actor

Will is a writer, producer, director and actor from London. He’s written and directed numerous plays, and is always searching for new forms of experiential and creative expression. He is a co-founder at 'Distracted Rat', a production company that develops new writing in theatre & film, exploring interesting ways and platforms for stories to germinate.

Katherine Alcock

Historian, Actor, Presenter & Blue Badge Guide

Our storyteller, Katie, wears many hats! With a rich experience in the creative and tourism sectors, she conquers the creative art of discovering cities, neighbourhoods and cultural sites. As a Cambridge graduate who lives in Oxford, we couldn’t imagine a better person to show us these cities.

Alex Derham

Historian, Author &
Tour Creator

Alex is a history expert, author and lover of creating new tours and guides. Alex spent 5 years designing experiences for one of the world’s biggest tour operators, has developed some award-winning experiences, and has personally given over 1,000 guided walks. An expert in Rome and the Byzantine empire by trade, his focus now lies in uncovering the most amazing facts and stories in London.

JAROSLAW MARCIUK

Digital Content Creator, Influencer, & IG Communities Evangelist

Jaro is passionate about photography, history, architecture, and art. He brings his experience, passion, & knowledge to Vidi Guides towards creating unique experiences. Our recent collaborations with Jaro have led to co-creating Instagram photography experiences in Cambridge and Oxford.

James Faktor

Publishing Director, Actor & Author

A true friend of Vidi Guides, James is one of our very first storytellers, bringing his experience of acting, writing and living in the South Bank.

Sophie Clarke

Writer, Publisher & Researcher

Sophie believes in the power of words, and we believe in the power of her words!! Sophie brings her literary genius and dramaturgical expertise to our Covent Garden and Theatre tours.

Andrea D'Angelo

Photographer, Neuroscience Student at Cambridge University

Andrea D'Angelo is the key visual storyteller for our experiences across Cambridge and London. In his own words, he finds Instagram to be a journal where he can collect and save memories from traveling and exploring new places. He combines this with a neuroscience master’s from Cambridge & is presently working on a project about induced Neural Stem Cells and Multiple Sclerosis.