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		<title>London Walks</title>
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		<description>London Walks is the oldest urban walking tour company on the planet. It’s the gold standard of this profession, this craft. Here you can listen to our guides&#039; stories and anecdotes of London.</description>
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		<copyright>© 2024 London Walks</copyright>
		<itunes:subtitle>&quot;London&#039;s best guided walks&quot; - Time Out</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:author>London Walks</itunes:author>
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		<itunes:summary>London Walks is the oldest urban walking tour company on the planet. It’s the gold standard of this profession, this craft. Here you can listen to our guides&#039; stories and anecdotes of London.</itunes:summary>
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			<itunes:name>London Walks</itunes:name>
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	<title>Hampstead at Full Tilt</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/hampstead-at-full-tilt/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[The flower at full bloom. The village in festival dress.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The flower at full bloom. The village in festival dress.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The flower at full bloom. The village in festival dress.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205964/hampstead-at-full-tilt.mp3" length="19836260" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The flower at full bloom. The village in festival dress.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/hampstead-full-tilt-stop-artwork.jpg"></itunes:image>
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		<title>Hampstead at Full Tilt</title>
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	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:10:20</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The flower at full bloom. The village in festival dress.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/hampstead-full-tilt-stop-artwork.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Day England Said No to FIFA</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-day-england-said-no-to-fifa/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205961</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The organisation that today bestrides world football like a colossus. And England wanted no part of it.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The organisation that today bestrides world football like a colossus. And England wanted no part of it.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The organisation that today bestrides world football like a colossus. And England wanted no part of it.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The organisation that today bestrides world football like a colossus. And England wanted no part of it.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>The Day England Said No to FIFA</title>
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	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:17</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The organisation that today bestrides world football like a colossus. And England wanted no part of it.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/england-said-no-to-fifa-june-19-1904.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>The Day London Blushed</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-day-london-blushed/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205958</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Because London was confronted by something truly alarming. A naked man.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Because London was confronted by something truly alarming. A naked man.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Because London was confronted by something truly alarming. A naked man.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Because London was confronted by something truly alarming. A naked man.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>The Day London Blushed</title>
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	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:07:17</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Because London was confronted by something truly alarming. A naked man.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/the-day-london-met-achilles-fig-leaf.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Summer Has Arrived in London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/summer-has-arrived-in-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205951</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[London Calling. London Walks connecting. This is London. This is London Walks. Streets Ahead. Story time. History time. The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition opened yesterday. June 16th. Which is another way of saying that summer has arrived in London. Not officially. Not astronomically. Not according to the Met Office. London has its own calendar. And [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[London Calling. London Walks connecting. This is London. This is London Walks. Streets Ahead. Story time. History time. The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition opened yesterday. June 16th. Which is another way of saying that summer has arrived in London. Not]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[London Calling. London Walks connecting. This is London. This is London Walks. Streets Ahead. Story time. History time. The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition opened yesterday. June 16th. Which is another way of saying that summer has arrived in London. Not officially. Not astronomically. Not according to the Met Office. London has its own calendar. And [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[London Calling. London Walks connecting. This is London. This is London Walks. Streets Ahead. Story time. History time. The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition opened yesterday. June 16th. Which is another way of saying that summer has arrived in London. Not officially. Not astronomically. Not according to the Met Office. London has its own calendar. And [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Summer Has Arrived in London</title>
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	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:09:01</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[London Calling. London Walks connecting. This is London. This is London Walks. Streets Ahead. Story time. History time. The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition opened yesterday. June 16th. Which is another way of saying that summer has arrived in London. Not officially. Not astronomically. Not according to the Met Office. London has its own calendar. And [&#8230;]]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/rabbit-keyhole-summer-exhibition-RA-image-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Hogarth&#8217;s London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/hogarths-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205949</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Hogarth used Barts’ patients as models for some of the figures in the paintings.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Hogarth used Barts’ patients as models for some of the figures in the paintings.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hogarth used Barts’ patients as models for some of the figures in the paintings.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Hogarth used Barts’ patients as models for some of the figures in the paintings.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
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		<title>Hogarth&#8217;s London</title>
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	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:44</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Hogarth used Barts’ patients as models for some of the figures in the paintings.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Art of Local Knowledge</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-art-of-local-knowledge/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[“Hairy Meatball on Chaise Lounge.”
]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[“Hairy Meatball on Chaise Lounge.”]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[“Hairy Meatball on Chaise Lounge.”
]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[“Hairy Meatball on Chaise Lounge.”]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Royal-Academy-exhibition-scaled.jpg"></itunes:image>
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		<title>The Art of Local Knowledge</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:07:13</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[“Hairy Meatball on Chaise Lounge.”]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Royal-Academy-exhibition-scaled.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The American Patriot</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-american-patriot/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 07:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205941</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The problem was never Benedict Arnold’s courage. The problem was Benedict Arnold.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The problem was never Benedict Arnold’s courage. The problem was Benedict Arnold.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The problem was never Benedict Arnold’s courage. The problem was Benedict Arnold.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205941/the-american-patriot.mp3" length="15176015" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The problem was never Benedict Arnold’s courage. The problem was Benedict Arnold.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/the-american-patriot.jpg"></itunes:image>
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		<title>The American Patriot</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:07:55</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The problem was never Benedict Arnold’s courage. The problem was Benedict Arnold.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/the-american-patriot.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Day the Monarchy Went Modern</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-day-the-monarchy-went-modern/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 06:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205938</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The first British monarch ever to travel by rail is hauled by a locomotive named after a flaming river in Hell.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The first British monarch ever to travel by rail is hauled by a locomotive named after a flaming river in Hell.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The first British monarch ever to travel by rail is hauled by a locomotive named after a flaming river in Hell.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205938/the-day-the-monarchy-went-modern.mp3" length="16555281" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The first British monarch ever to travel by rail is hauled by a locomotive named after a flaming river in Hell.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/the-day-the-monarchy-went-modern.jpg"></itunes:image>
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		<title>The Day the Monarchy Went Modern</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:38</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The first British monarch ever to travel by rail is hauled by a locomotive named after a flaming river in Hell.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/the-day-the-monarchy-went-modern.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>So Much Death – And So Much Life</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/so-much-death-and-so-much-life/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205935</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[the dead refusing to stay dead]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[the dead refusing to stay dead]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[the dead refusing to stay dead]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205935/so-much-death-and-so-much-life.mp3" length="15746948" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[the dead refusing to stay dead]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/hardy-tree-jerry-cruncher-st-pancras-churchyard.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/hardy-tree-jerry-cruncher-st-pancras-churchyard.jpg</url>
		<title>So Much Death – And So Much Life</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:12</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[the dead refusing to stay dead]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/hardy-tree-jerry-cruncher-st-pancras-churchyard.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>London&#8217;s Hall of Forgotten Fame</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/londons-hall-of-forgotten-fame/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205932</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[London is full of ghosts with forwarding addresses.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[London is full of ghosts with forwarding addresses.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[London is full of ghosts with forwarding addresses.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205932/londons-hall-of-forgotten-fame.mp3" length="16459986" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[London is full of ghosts with forwarding addresses.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/londons-hall-of-forgotten-fame.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/londons-hall-of-forgotten-fame.jpg</url>
		<title>London&#8217;s Hall of Forgotten Fame</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:35</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[London is full of ghosts with forwarding addresses.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/londons-hall-of-forgotten-fame.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Hogarth Trail – 48 Hours in Georgian London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-hogarth-trail-48-hours-in-georgian-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205924</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A dog is weeing on something. There's a corpse in the next room.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A dog is weeing on something. Theres a corpse in the next room.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A dog is weeing on something. There's a corpse in the next room.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205924/the-hogarth-trail-48-hours-in-georgian-london.mp3" length="17743957" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A dog is weeing on something. There's a corpse in the next room.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/hogarth-gin-lane-square-detail.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/hogarth-gin-lane-square-detail.jpg</url>
		<title>The Hogarth Trail – 48 Hours in Georgian London</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:09:15</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A dog is weeing on something. There's a corpse in the next room.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/hogarth-gin-lane-square-detail.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Chelsea Buns &#038; Georgian Viagra</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/chelsea-buns-georgian-viagra/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205910</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[ham sliced so thin you could read a newspaper through it]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[ham sliced so thin you could read a newspaper through it]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[ham sliced so thin you could read a newspaper through it]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205910/chelsea-buns-georgian-viagra.mp3" length="12988417" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[ham sliced so thin you could read a newspaper through it]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/georgian-tea-gingerbread-foodies-london.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/georgian-tea-gingerbread-foodies-london.jpg</url>
		<title>Chelsea Buns &#038; Georgian Viagra</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:06:46</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[ham sliced so thin you could read a newspaper through it]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/georgian-tea-gingerbread-foodies-london.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Kensington Time Capsule</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-kensington-time-capsule/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205905</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[behind one of those front doors the Victorians are still at home.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[behind one of those front doors the Victorians are still at home.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[behind one of those front doors the Victorians are still at home.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205905/the-kensington-time-capsule.mp3" length="17933710" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[behind one of those front doors the Victorians are still at home.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/linley-sambourne-victorian-desk-kensington.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/linley-sambourne-victorian-desk-kensington.jpg</url>
		<title>The Kensington Time Capsule</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:09:21</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[behind one of those front doors the Victorians are still at home.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/linley-sambourne-victorian-desk-kensington.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Man Who Invented Cool</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-man-who-invented-cool/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 20:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205901</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[the man who once ruled London with a neckcloth and a sneer]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[the man who once ruled London with a neckcloth and a sneer]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[the man who once ruled London with a neckcloth and a sneer]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205901/the-man-who-invented-cool.mp3" length="18267242" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[the man who once ruled London with a neckcloth and a sneer]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/beau-brummell-whos-your-fat-friend.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/beau-brummell-whos-your-fat-friend.jpg</url>
		<title>The Man Who Invented Cool</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:09:31</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[the man who once ruled London with a neckcloth and a sneer]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/beau-brummell-whos-your-fat-friend.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Luke and Carson</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/luke-and-conrad/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205898</guid>
	<description><![CDATA["the British don't talk, they just kinda mind their own business"]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[the British dont talk, they just kinda mind their own business]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA["the British don't talk, they just kinda mind their own business"]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205898/luke-and-conrad.mp3" length="23022781" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA["the British don't talk, they just kinda mind their own business"]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/denton-texas-to-london-signpost.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/denton-texas-to-london-signpost.jpg</url>
		<title>Luke and Carson</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:00</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA["the British don't talk, they just kinda mind their own business"]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/denton-texas-to-london-signpost.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Tempest Slinger&#8217;s Legacy</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/tempest-slingers-legacy/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205895</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Tempest Slinger. Was ever lawyer better named?]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Tempest Slinger. Was ever lawyer better named?]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Tempest Slinger. Was ever lawyer better named?]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205895/tempest-slingers-legacy.mp3" length="20739888" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Tempest Slinger. Was ever lawyer better named?]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/tempest-slinger-legal-london.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/tempest-slinger-legal-london.jpg</url>
		<title>Tempest Slinger&#8217;s Legacy</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:10:48</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Tempest Slinger. Was ever lawyer better named?]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/tempest-slinger-legal-london.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Man in the Bowler Hat</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-man-in-the-bowler-hat/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205891</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Only the British could take the safest, most respectable hat ever invented and weaponise it.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Only the British could take the safest, most respectable hat ever invented and weaponise it.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Only the British could take the safest, most respectable hat ever invented and weaponise it.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205891/the-man-in-the-bowler-hat.mp3" length="15936701" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Only the British could take the safest, most respectable hat ever invented and weaponise it.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/the-man-in-the-bowler-hat-london-bridge.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/the-man-in-the-bowler-hat-london-bridge.jpg</url>
		<title>The Man in the Bowler Hat</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:18</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Only the British could take the safest, most respectable hat ever invented and weaponise it.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/the-man-in-the-bowler-hat-london-bridge.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Sacred Lamp of Burlesque</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-sacred-lamp-of-burlesque/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205879</guid>
	<description><![CDATA["I'm a licensed dealer in legs"]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Im a licensed dealer in legs]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA["I'm a licensed dealer in legs"]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205879/the-sacred-lamp-of-burlesque.mp3" length="19504401" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA["I'm a licensed dealer in legs"]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/gaiety-theatre-stage-door-johnnies-gaiety-girls-london.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/gaiety-theatre-stage-door-johnnies-gaiety-girls-london.jpg</url>
		<title>The Sacred Lamp of Burlesque</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:10:10</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA["I'm a licensed dealer in legs"]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/gaiety-theatre-stage-door-johnnies-gaiety-girls-london.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Coolest Man in the Rolling Stones</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-coolest-man-in-the-rolling-stones/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205875</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[the hippest man in the room]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[the hippest man in the room]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[the hippest man in the room]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205875/the-coolest-man-in-the-rolling-stones.mp3" length="18789691" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[the hippest man in the room]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/charlie-watts-rolling-stones-concert.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/charlie-watts-rolling-stones-concert.jpg</url>
		<title>The Coolest Man in the Rolling Stones</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:09:48</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[the hippest man in the room]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/charlie-watts-rolling-stones-concert.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Some Like It Hot</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/some-like-it-hot/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205869</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[So nervous she  licked all her lipstick off while waiting in the reception line.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[So nervous she  licked all her lipstick off while waiting in the reception line.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[So nervous she  licked all her lipstick off while waiting in the reception line.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205869/some-like-it-hot.mp3" length="19693318" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[So nervous she  licked all her lipstick off while waiting in the reception line.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/marilyn-monroe-leicester-square-1956.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/marilyn-monroe-leicester-square-1956.jpg</url>
		<title>Some Like It Hot</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:10:16</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[So nervous she  licked all her lipstick off while waiting in the reception line.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/marilyn-monroe-leicester-square-1956.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Woman Who Refused to Leave</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-woman-who-refused-to-leave/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 15:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205866</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Until one woman walked into the room and quietly refused to leave.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Until one woman walked into the room and quietly refused to leave.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Until one woman walked into the room and quietly refused to leave.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205866/the-woman-who-refused-to-leave.mp3" length="21215526" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Until one woman walked into the room and quietly refused to leave.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/elizabeth-blackwell-medical-school.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/elizabeth-blackwell-medical-school.jpg</url>
		<title>The Woman Who Refused to Leave</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:11:03</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Until one woman walked into the room and quietly refused to leave.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/elizabeth-blackwell-medical-school.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>A Great Reckoning in a Little Room</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/a-great-reckoning-in-a-little-room/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 08:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205863</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The man who kicked open the doors of English drama and let the lightning in.
]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The man who kicked open the doors of English drama and let the lightning in.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The man who kicked open the doors of English drama and let the lightning in.
]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205863/a-great-reckoning-in-a-little-room.mp3" length="21263173" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The man who kicked open the doors of English drama and let the lightning in.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/marlowe-deptford-reckoning.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/marlowe-deptford-reckoning.jpg</url>
		<title>A Great Reckoning in a Little Room</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:11:05</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The man who kicked open the doors of English drama and let the lightning in.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/marlowe-deptford-reckoning.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Gate of Ghosts, Poets &#038; Traitors</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-gate-of-ghosts-poets-traitors/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 11:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205860</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[An entire London history in one vanished gate.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[An entire London history in one vanished gate.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[An entire London history in one vanished gate.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205860/the-gate-of-ghosts-poets-traitors.mp3" length="21928564" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[An entire London history in one vanished gate.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/aldersgate-milton-london-gate-podcast.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/aldersgate-milton-london-gate-podcast.jpg</url>
		<title>The Gate of Ghosts, Poets &#038; Traitors</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:11:26</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[An entire London history in one vanished gate.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/aldersgate-milton-london-gate-podcast.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Fleming. Ian Fleming.</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/fleming-ian-fleming/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 07:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205857</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[James Bond is wish fulfilment in a dinner jacket]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[James Bond is wish fulfilment in a dinner jacket]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[James Bond is wish fulfilment in a dinner jacket]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205857/fleming-ian-fleming.mp3" length="18884985" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[James Bond is wish fulfilment in a dinner jacket]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ian-fleming-james-bond-podcast.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ian-fleming-james-bond-podcast.jpg</url>
		<title>Fleming. Ian Fleming.</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:09:51</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[James Bond is wish fulfilment in a dinner jacket]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ian-fleming-james-bond-podcast.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Checkmate!</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/checkmate/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 10:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205853</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[You suddenly realise that what looks like mere decoration is actually fossilised history.
]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[You suddenly realise that what looks like mere decoration is actually fossilised history.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[You suddenly realise that what looks like mere decoration is actually fossilised history.
]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205853/checkmate.mp3" length="21215526" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[You suddenly realise that what looks like mere decoration is actually fossilised history.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/first-international-chess-tournament-simpsons-divan-1851.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/first-international-chess-tournament-simpsons-divan-1851.jpg</url>
		<title>Checkmate!</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:11:03</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[You suddenly realise that what looks like mere decoration is actually fossilised history.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/first-international-chess-tournament-simpsons-divan-1851.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Count in Piccadilly</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-count-in-piccadilly/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 10:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205848</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Eastern European aristocrat arrives in England bringing corruption, contagion, nocturnal habits and highly irregular neck behaviour.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Eastern European aristocrat arrives in England bringing corruption, contagion, nocturnal habits and highly irregular neck behaviour.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Eastern European aristocrat arrives in England bringing corruption, contagion, nocturnal habits and highly irregular neck behaviour.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205848/the-count-in-piccadilly.mp3" length="19217681" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Eastern European aristocrat arrives in England bringing corruption, contagion, nocturnal habits and highly irregular neck behaviour.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/dracula-piccadilly-london-1897.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/dracula-piccadilly-london-1897.jpg</url>
		<title>The Count in Piccadilly</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:10:01</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Eastern European aristocrat arrives in England bringing corruption, contagion, nocturnal habits and highly irregular neck behaviour.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/dracula-piccadilly-london-1897.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Gate Where Chaucer Lived</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-gate-where-chaucer-lived/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 09:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205845</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Being a tax collector in medieval London was not exactly a popularity-enhancing career choice.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Being a tax collector in medieval London was not exactly a popularity-enhancing career choice.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Being a tax collector in medieval London was not exactly a popularity-enhancing career choice.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205845/the-gate-where-chaucer-lived.mp3" length="19598860" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Being a tax collector in medieval London was not exactly a popularity-enhancing career choice.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/chaucer-over-aldgate-medieval-london.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/chaucer-over-aldgate-medieval-london.jpg</url>
		<title>The Gate Where Chaucer Lived</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:10:13</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Being a tax collector in medieval London was not exactly a popularity-enhancing career choice.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/chaucer-over-aldgate-medieval-london.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Heart Strangely Warmed</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-heart-strangely-warmed/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 18:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205842</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[...the man arriving back in London was spiritually shattered.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[...the man arriving back in London was spiritually shattered.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[...the man arriving back in London was spiritually shattered.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205842/the-heart-strangely-warmed.mp3" length="22166801" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[...the man arriving back in London was spiritually shattered.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/the-heart-strangely-warmed-john-wesley-aldersgate-london.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/the-heart-strangely-warmed-john-wesley-aldersgate-london.jpg</url>
		<title>The Heart Strangely Warmed</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:11:33</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[...the man arriving back in London was spiritually shattered.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/the-heart-strangely-warmed-john-wesley-aldersgate-london.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Rope Snapped</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-rope-snapped/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 22:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205839</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[His body was left hanging there for years.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[His body was left hanging there for years.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[His body was left hanging there for years.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205839/the-rope-snapped.mp3" length="17839251" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[His body was left hanging there for years.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/execution-dock-pirate-thames-gallows.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/execution-dock-pirate-thames-gallows.jpg</url>
		<title>The Rope Snapped</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:09:18</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[His body was left hanging there for years.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/execution-dock-pirate-thames-gallows.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Secret City Above Kensington</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-secret-city-above-kensington/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 08:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205835</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[There's a whole civilisation up there.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Theres a whole civilisation up there.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[There's a whole civilisation up there.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205835/the-secret-city-above-kensington.mp3" length="18742879" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[There's a whole civilisation up there.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/mabey-style-bas-relief-worker-jackhammer.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/mabey-style-bas-relief-worker-jackhammer.jpg</url>
		<title>The Secret City Above Kensington</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:09:46</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[There's a whole civilisation up there.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/mabey-style-bas-relief-worker-jackhammer.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Hats Off to Lock &#038; Co.</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/hats-off-to-lock-co/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 09:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205832</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Humphrey Bogart. Graham Greene. A private detective in a down-at-heel bar.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Humphrey Bogart. Graham Greene. A private detective in a down-at-heel bar.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Humphrey Bogart. Graham Greene. A private detective in a down-at-heel bar.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205832/hats-off-to-lock-co.mp3" length="14034987" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Humphrey Bogart. Graham Greene. A private detective in a down-at-heel bar.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/lock-co-fedora-film-noir-1940s-square.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/lock-co-fedora-film-noir-1940s-square.jpg</url>
		<title>Hats Off to Lock &#038; Co.</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:07:19</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Humphrey Bogart. Graham Greene. A private detective in a down-at-heel bar.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/lock-co-fedora-film-noir-1940s-square.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>A Goose Called Brent</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/a-goose-called-brent/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 09:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205826</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Words are footprints in wet cement...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Words are footprints in wet cement...]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Words are footprints in wet cement...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205826/a-goose-called-brent.mp3" length="13559349" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Words are footprints in wet cement...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/brent-goose-brent-crude-oil-rig-marsh-square.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/brent-goose-brent-crude-oil-rig-marsh-square.jpg</url>
		<title>A Goose Called Brent</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:07:04</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Words are footprints in wet cement...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/brent-goose-brent-crude-oil-rig-marsh-square.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>They even looted the word &#8220;loot&#8221;</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/they-even-looted-the-word-loot/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 12:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205812</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[My pharmacist is also my librarian. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[My pharmacist is also my librarian.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[My pharmacist is also my librarian. ]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205812/they-even-looted-the-word-loot.mp3" length="17030918" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[My pharmacist is also my librarian.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/they-even-looted-the-word-loot-london-calling.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/they-even-looted-the-word-loot-london-calling.jpg</url>
		<title>They even looted the word &#8220;loot&#8221;</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:53</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[My pharmacist is also my librarian.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/they-even-looted-the-word-loot-london-calling.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Day London Bought Bottled Air</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-day-london-bought-bottled-air/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 12:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205808</guid>
	<description><![CDATA["POISON GAS FROM SPACE"]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[POISON GAS FROM SPACE]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA["POISON GAS FROM SPACE"]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205808/the-day-london-bought-bottled-air.mp3" length="15651653" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA["POISON GAS FROM SPACE"]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/halleys-comet-london-bottled-air-1910.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/halleys-comet-london-bottled-air-1910.jpg</url>
		<title>The Day London Bought Bottled Air</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:09</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA["POISON GAS FROM SPACE"]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/halleys-comet-london-bottled-air-1910.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Man Who Invented Modern Britain</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-man-who-invented-modern-britain/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 07:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205805</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[“Less British Museum and more life”]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[“Less British Museum and more life”]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[“Less British Museum and more life”]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205805/the-man-who-invented-modern-britain.mp3" length="20121309" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[“Less British Museum and more life”]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Man Who Invented Modern Britain</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:10:29</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[“Less British Museum and more life”]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Hallam – the Tennyson Nobody Knows</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/hallam-the-tennyson-nobody-knows/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205802</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Keeper of the flame...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Keeper of the flame...]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Keeper of the flame...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205802/hallam-the-tennyson-nobody-knows.mp3" length="19551212" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Keeper of the flame...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/hallam-tennyson-and-alfred-lord-tennyson-victorian-illustration.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/hallam-tennyson-and-alfred-lord-tennyson-victorian-illustration.jpg</url>
		<title>Hallam – the Tennyson Nobody Knows</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:10:11</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Keeper of the flame...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/hallam-tennyson-and-alfred-lord-tennyson-victorian-illustration.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>It&#8217;s the Soundtrack of Our Lives</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/its-the-soundtrack-of-our-lives/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 09:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205799</guid>
	<description><![CDATA["interest in the Beatles is at a pan-generational all-time high"]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[interest in the Beatles is at a pan-generational all-time high]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA["interest in the Beatles is at a pan-generational all-time high"]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205799/its-the-soundtrack-of-our-lives.mp3" length="14890967" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA["interest in the Beatles is at a pan-generational all-time high"]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/adam-beatles-walk-lyceum-theatre-london.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/adam-beatles-walk-lyceum-theatre-london.jpg</url>
		<title>It&#8217;s the Soundtrack of Our Lives</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:07:46</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA["interest in the Beatles is at a pan-generational all-time high"]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/adam-beatles-walk-lyceum-theatre-london.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Tea Tax Heard Round the World</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-tea-tax-heard-round-the-world/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 08:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205796</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[On May 14th, 1767, tea helped set the world on fire.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On May 14th, 1767, tea helped set the world on fire.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[On May 14th, 1767, tea helped set the world on fire.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205796/the-tea-tax-heard-round-the-world.mp3" length="20311898" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On May 14th, 1767, tea helped set the world on fire.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/tea-tax-boston-tea-party-georgian-london-illustration.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/tea-tax-boston-tea-party-georgian-london-illustration.jpg</url>
		<title>The Tea Tax Heard Round the World</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:10:35</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[On May 14th, 1767, tea helped set the world on fire.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/tea-tax-boston-tea-party-georgian-london-illustration.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Woman Who Invented the Future in St James’s Square</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-woman-who-invented-the-future-in-st-jamess-square/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 17:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205793</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The Victorian computer visionary comparing programming to embroidery.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Victorian computer visionary comparing programming to embroidery.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Victorian computer visionary comparing programming to embroidery.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205793/the-woman-who-invented-the-future-in-st-jamess-square.mp3" length="18504642" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Victorian computer visionary comparing programming to embroidery.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ada-lovelace-babbage-analytical-engine-st-jamess-square-london.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ada-lovelace-babbage-analytical-engine-st-jamess-square-london.jpg</url>
		<title>The Woman Who Invented the Future in St James’s Square</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:09:39</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The Victorian computer visionary comparing programming to embroidery.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ada-lovelace-babbage-analytical-engine-st-jamess-square-london.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Keep on Travelling. Keep on Laughing.</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/keep-on-travelling-keep-on-laughing/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 10:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205780</guid>
	<description><![CDATA["Laughter is an important weapon..."]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Laughter is an important weapon...]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA["Laughter is an important weapon..."]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205780/keep-on-travelling-keep-on-laughing.mp3" length="12084789" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA["Laughter is an important weapon..."]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/cartoonist-sketching-foolish-dictator-london-calling.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/cartoonist-sketching-foolish-dictator-london-calling.jpg</url>
		<title>Keep on Travelling. Keep on Laughing.</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:06:18</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA["Laughter is an important weapon..."]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/cartoonist-sketching-foolish-dictator-london-calling.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Megawatts to Masterpieces</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/megawatts-to-masterpieces/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 09:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205773</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Blowing out 26 candles on a birthday cake the size of a power station]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Blowing out 26 candles on a birthday cake the size of a power station]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Blowing out 26 candles on a birthday cake the size of a power station]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205773/megawatts-to-masterpieces.mp3" length="19136597" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Blowing out 26 candles on a birthday cake the size of a power station]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/giacometti-pointing-man-tate-modern-london-walks.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/giacometti-pointing-man-tate-modern-london-walks.jpg</url>
		<title>Megawatts to Masterpieces</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:09:58</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Blowing out 26 candles on a birthday cake the size of a power station]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/giacometti-pointing-man-tate-modern-london-walks.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Woman Who Cracked the Old Boys’ Club</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-woman-who-cracked-the-old-boys-club/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 19:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205769</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The law had a rather dim view of women becoming lawyers.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The law had a rather dim view of women becoming lawyers.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The law had a rather dim view of women becoming lawyers.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205769/the-woman-who-cracked-the-old-boys-club.mp3" length="20264251" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The law had a rather dim view of women becoming lawyers.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ivy-williams-barristers-wig-london-calling-1.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ivy-williams-barristers-wig-london-calling-1.jpg</url>
		<title>The Woman Who Cracked the Old Boys’ Club</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:10:34</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The law had a rather dim view of women becoming lawyers.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ivy-williams-barristers-wig-london-calling-1.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Happy Birthday, Mr Punch! That’s the Way to Do It!</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/happy-birthday-mr-punch-thats-the-way-to-do-it/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 09:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205765</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A birthday party for a puppet]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A birthday party for a puppet]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A birthday party for a puppet]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205765/happy-birthday-mr-punch-thats-the-way-to-do-it.mp3" length="19170869" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A birthday party for a puppet]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/mr-punch-birthday-covent-garden-punch-and-judy-london-calling.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/mr-punch-birthday-covent-garden-punch-and-judy-london-calling.jpg</url>
		<title>Happy Birthday, Mr Punch! That’s the Way to Do It!</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:09:59</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A birthday party for a puppet]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/mr-punch-birthday-covent-garden-punch-and-judy-london-calling.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Day London Welcomed David Attenborough</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-day-london-welcomed-david-attenborough/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 22:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205762</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[he became part of the emotional weather of this country]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[he became part of the emotional weather of this country]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[he became part of the emotional weather of this country]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205762/the-day-london-welcomed-david-attenborough.mp3" length="13967277" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[he became part of the emotional weather of this country]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/david-attenborough-centenary-african-veldt-lions-illustration-square.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/david-attenborough-centenary-african-veldt-lions-illustration-square.jpg</url>
		<title>The Day London Welcomed David Attenborough</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:07:17</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[he became part of the emotional weather of this country]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/david-attenborough-centenary-african-veldt-lions-illustration-square.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Happy Birthday, Robert Browning</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/happy-birthday-robert-browning/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 10:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205759</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[It's Browning's masterpiece and London finally applauds.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Its Brownings masterpiece and London finally applauds.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[It's Browning's masterpiece and London finally applauds.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205759/happy-birthday-robert-browning.mp3" length="21452927" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It's Browning's masterpiece and London finally applauds.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/robert-elizabeth-barrett-browning-flush-victorian-illustration-square.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/robert-elizabeth-barrett-browning-flush-victorian-illustration-square.jpg</url>
		<title>Happy Birthday, Robert Browning</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:11:11</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[It's Browning's masterpiece and London finally applauds.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/robert-elizabeth-barrett-browning-flush-victorian-illustration-square.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Queen Writes. The Axe Waits.</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-queen-writes-the-axe-waits/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 22:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205742</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[If my death and the destruction of my reputation are necessary for your happiness…]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[If my death and the destruction of my reputation are necessary for your happiness…]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[If my death and the destruction of my reputation are necessary for your happiness…]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205742/the-queen-writes-the-axe-waits.mp3" length="15793759" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[If my death and the destruction of my reputation are necessary for your happiness…]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/white-tower-tower-of-london-anne-boleyn-prison.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/white-tower-tower-of-london-anne-boleyn-prison.jpg</url>
		<title>The Queen Writes. The Axe Waits.</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:14</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[If my death and the destruction of my reputation are necessary for your happiness…]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/white-tower-tower-of-london-anne-boleyn-prison.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Marx in London – The Making of a World-Changer</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/marx-in-london-the-making-of-a-world-changer/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 11:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205725</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[In Highgate Cemetery, under that enormous head, London keeps him still.
]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In Highgate Cemetery, under that enormous head, London keeps him still.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[In Highgate Cemetery, under that enormous head, London keeps him still.
]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205725/marx-in-london-the-making-of-a-world-changer.mp3" length="22784545" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In Highgate Cemetery, under that enormous head, London keeps him still.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/karl-marx-baby-private-eye-cover-london-walks.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/karl-marx-baby-private-eye-cover-london-walks.jpg</url>
		<title>Marx in London – The Making of a World-Changer</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:11:52</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[In Highgate Cemetery, under that enormous head, London keeps him still.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/karl-marx-baby-private-eye-cover-london-walks.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Birthplace of Wonderland</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-birthplace-of-wonderland/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 10:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205722</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The rabbit hole that’s still there if you know where to look.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The rabbit hole that’s still there if you know where to look.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The rabbit hole that’s still there if you know where to look.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205722/the-birthplace-of-wonderland.mp3" length="19265328" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The rabbit hole that’s still there if you know where to look.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/alice-in-wonderland-deans-yard-london-illustration.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/alice-in-wonderland-deans-yard-london-illustration.jpg</url>
		<title>The Birthplace of Wonderland</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:10:02</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The rabbit hole that’s still there if you know where to look.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/alice-in-wonderland-deans-yard-london-illustration.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Night London Lit Up</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-night-london-lit-up/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 19:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205718</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Perfect for a man selling opera, elegance, and a bit of sparkle.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Perfect for a man selling opera, elegance, and a bit of sparkle.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Perfect for a man selling opera, elegance, and a bit of sparkle.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205718/the-night-london-lit-up.mp3" length="15508711" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Perfect for a man selling opera, elegance, and a bit of sparkle.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/savoy-theatre-opening-night-1881-artists-impression-electric-light.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/savoy-theatre-opening-night-1881-artists-impression-electric-light.jpg</url>
		<title>The Night London Lit Up</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:05</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Perfect for a man selling opera, elegance, and a bit of sparkle.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/savoy-theatre-opening-night-1881-artists-impression-electric-light.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The &#8216;t&#8217; is Silent</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-t-is-silent/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 09:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205715</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[It's vintage Margot. A correction… and a demolition… in one perfectly aimed sentence.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Its vintage Margot. A correction… and a demolition… in one perfectly aimed sentence.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[It's vintage Margot. A correction… and a demolition… in one perfectly aimed sentence.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205715/the-t-is-silent.mp3" length="15841406" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It's vintage Margot. A correction… and a demolition… in one perfectly aimed sentence.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/margot-asquith-jean-harlow-kensington-square-wit-silent-t.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/margot-asquith-jean-harlow-kensington-square-wit-silent-t.jpg</url>
		<title>The &#8216;t&#8217; is Silent</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:15</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[It's vintage Margot. A correction… and a demolition… in one perfectly aimed sentence.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/margot-asquith-jean-harlow-kensington-square-wit-silent-t.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Day London Stood to Attention</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-day-london-stood-to-attention/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 09:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205712</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Half of London pretending not to notice what it so obviously is.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Half of London pretending not to notice what it so obviously is.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Half of London pretending not to notice what it so obviously is.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205712/the-day-london-stood-to-attention.mp3" length="16507633" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Half of London pretending not to notice what it so obviously is.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/strand-maypole-1661-cartoon-130-foot-may-day-london.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/strand-maypole-1661-cartoon-130-foot-may-day-london.jpg</url>
		<title>The Day London Stood to Attention</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:36</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Half of London pretending not to notice what it so obviously is.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/strand-maypole-1661-cartoon-130-foot-may-day-london.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>This Is London. Honestly.</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/this-is-london-honestly/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205709</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[This is London doing country-house grandeur.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This is London doing country-house grandeur.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[This is London doing country-house grandeur.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205709/this-is-london-honestly.mp3" length="7567486" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This is London doing country-house grandeur.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/totteridge-house-country-house-lake-north-london.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/totteridge-house-country-house-lake-north-london.jpg</url>
		<title>This Is London. Honestly.</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:03:57</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[This is London doing country-house grandeur.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/totteridge-house-country-house-lake-north-london.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Cats Rule London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/cats-rule-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205689</guid>
	<description><![CDATA["Bandit consumed 37 hairbands. He's none the worse for wear after his adventure."]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Bandit consumed 37 hairbands. Hes none the worse for wear after his adventure.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA["Bandit consumed 37 hairbands. He's none the worse for wear after his adventure."]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205689/cats-rule-london.mp3" length="11085867" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA["Bandit consumed 37 hairbands. He's none the worse for wear after his adventure."]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cat-poster-ann-image-240x300-1.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cat-poster-ann-image-240x300-1.jpg</url>
		<title>Cats Rule London</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:05:47</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA["Bandit consumed 37 hairbands. He's none the worse for wear after his adventure."]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cat-poster-ann-image-240x300-1.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>London, Unrolled</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/london-unrolled/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205684</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[the glass-and-steel spike cluster of Canary Wharf rises like a mirage]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[the glass-and-steel spike cluster of Canary Wharf rises like a mirage]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[the glass-and-steel spike cluster of Canary Wharf rises like a mirage]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205684/london-unrolled.mp3" length="11513857" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[the glass-and-steel spike cluster of Canary Wharf rises like a mirage]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/hadley-green-london-panorama-view-barnet-north-london-skyline-scaled.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/hadley-green-london-panorama-view-barnet-north-london-skyline-scaled.jpg</url>
		<title>London, Unrolled</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:06:00</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[the glass-and-steel spike cluster of Canary Wharf rises like a mirage]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/hadley-green-london-panorama-view-barnet-north-london-skyline-scaled.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Turning up the Lights</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/turning-up-the-lights/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205681</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Its bar had become notorious.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Its bar had become notorious.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Its bar had become notorious.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205681/turning-up-the-lights.mp3" length="17173024" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Its bar had become notorious.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/leicester-square-london-night-lights-west-end.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/leicester-square-london-night-lights-west-end.jpg</url>
		<title>Turning up the Lights</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:57</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Its bar had become notorious.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/leicester-square-london-night-lights-west-end.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Perfect Start</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-perfect-start/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205676</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[It just quietly gets on with being rather good.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[It just quietly gets on with being rather good.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[It just quietly gets on with being rather good.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205676/the-perfect-start.mp3" length="9944838" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It just quietly gets on with being rather good.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/limes-cafe-hadley-wood-breakfast-london-walks-1.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/limes-cafe-hadley-wood-breakfast-london-walks-1.jpg</url>
		<title>The Perfect Start</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:05:11</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[It just quietly gets on with being rather good.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/limes-cafe-hadley-wood-breakfast-london-walks-1.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Mutiny that Came to London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-mutiny-that-came-to-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205671</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[One of the greatest feats of navigation in history]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[One of the greatest feats of navigation in history]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[One of the greatest feats of navigation in history]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205671/the-mutiny-that-came-to-london.mp3" length="15604006" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[One of the greatest feats of navigation in history]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/mutiny-on-the-bounty-ship-pacific-horizon.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/mutiny-on-the-bounty-ship-pacific-horizon.jpg</url>
		<title>The Mutiny that Came to London</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:08</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[One of the greatest feats of navigation in history]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/mutiny-on-the-bounty-ship-pacific-horizon.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Where London Begins</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/where-london-begins/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205668</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A thousand years of history… tucked into three syllables.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A thousand years of history… tucked into three syllables.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A thousand years of history… tucked into three syllables.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205668/where-london-begins.mp3" length="8185230" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A thousand years of history… tucked into three syllables.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/hadley-wood-london-boundary-fence-field-woodland.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/hadley-wood-london-boundary-fence-field-woodland.jpg</url>
		<title>Where London Begins</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:04:18</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A thousand years of history… tucked into three syllables.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/hadley-wood-london-boundary-fence-field-woodland.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Rome Fell. Gibbon Wrote.</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/rome-fell-gibbon-wrote/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205665</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[There he is, seated among the broken stones, and history taps him on the shoulder.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[There he is, seated among the broken stones, and history taps him on the shoulder.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[There he is, seated among the broken stones, and history taps him on the shoulder.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205665/rome-fell-gibbon-wrote.mp3" length="29299693" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[There he is, seated among the broken stones, and history taps him on the shoulder.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/edward-gibbon-roman-forum-decline-and-fall-cartoon.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/edward-gibbon-roman-forum-decline-and-fall-cartoon.jpg</url>
		<title>Rome Fell. Gibbon Wrote.</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:16</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[There he is, seated among the broken stones, and history taps him on the shoulder.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/edward-gibbon-roman-forum-decline-and-fall-cartoon.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>He wrote survival. He lived it.</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/he-wrote-survival-he-lived-it/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205662</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Daniel Defoe. We find him in London. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Daniel Defoe. We find him in London.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Daniel Defoe. We find him in London. ]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205662/he-wrote-survival-he-lived-it.mp3" length="22451849" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Daniel Defoe. We find him in London.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/robinson-crusoe-georgian-london-defoe-illustration-london-walks.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/robinson-crusoe-georgian-london-defoe-illustration-london-walks.jpg</url>
		<title>He wrote survival. He lived it.</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:11:42</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Daniel Defoe. We find him in London.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/robinson-crusoe-georgian-london-defoe-illustration-london-walks.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Brief Encounter</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/brief-encounter/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205658</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[You don't watch her. You feel her.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[You dont watch her. You feel her.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[You don't watch her. You feel her.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205658/brief-encounter.mp3" length="15413416" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[You don't watch her. You feel her.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/brief-encounter-steam-train-night-platform-london-walks.jpeg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/brief-encounter-steam-train-night-platform-london-walks.jpeg</url>
		<title>Brief Encounter</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:02</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[You don't watch her. You feel her.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/brief-encounter-steam-train-night-platform-london-walks.jpeg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Kensington – Loadsa Money</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/kensington-bags-of-money/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205654</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Wealthiest residential district in the United Kingdom.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Wealthiest residential district in the United Kingdom.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Wealthiest residential district in the United Kingdom.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205654/kensington-bags-of-money.mp3" length="20073661" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Wealthiest residential district in the United Kingdom.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Kensington – Loadsa Money</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:10:28</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Wealthiest residential district in the United Kingdom.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>April 23 – A Date Like No Other</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/april-23-a-date-like-no-other/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205644</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[April 23rd isn't just a date, it's a crowded room. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[April 23rd isnt just a date, its a crowded room.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[April 23rd isn't just a date, it's a crowded room. ]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205644/april-23-a-date-like-no-other.mp3" length="20787535" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[April 23rd isn't just a date, it's a crowded room.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/april-23-calendar-thursday-circled-london-walks.jpeg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/april-23-calendar-thursday-circled-london-walks.jpeg</url>
		<title>April 23 – A Date Like No Other</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:10:50</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[April 23rd isn't just a date, it's a crowded room.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/april-23-calendar-thursday-circled-london-walks.jpeg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Wigged, Witty and Wonderfully Not Guilty</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/wigged-witty-and-wonderfully-not-guilty/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205638</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[“I always distrust people who know so much about what God wants them to do to their fellows.”]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[“I always distrust people who know so much about what God wants them to do to their fellows.”]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[“I always distrust people who know so much about what God wants them to do to their fellows.”]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205638/wigged-witty-and-wonderfully-not-guilty.mp3" length="18980280" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[“I always distrust people who know so much about what God wants them to do to their fellows.”]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/rumpole-line-drawing-barrister-wig-gown-london-walks.jpeg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/rumpole-line-drawing-barrister-wig-gown-london-walks.jpeg</url>
		<title>Wigged, Witty and Wonderfully Not Guilty</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:09:54</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[“I always distrust people who know so much about what God wants them to do to their fellows.”]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/rumpole-line-drawing-barrister-wig-gown-london-walks.jpeg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>First Time London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/first-time-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205621</guid>
	<description><![CDATA["First impression... it's so green"]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[First impression... its so green]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA["First impression... it's so green"]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205621/first-time-london.mp3" length="20882830" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA["First impression... it's so green"]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/hampstead-pond-green-woods-london-walks-scaled.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/hampstead-pond-green-woods-london-walks-scaled.jpg</url>
		<title>First Time London</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:10:53</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA["First impression... it's so green"]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/hampstead-pond-green-woods-london-walks-scaled.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Matrimonial Hall of Fame</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-matrimonial-hall-of-fame/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205618</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[You see the whole improbable procession]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[You see the whole improbable procession]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[You see the whole improbable procession]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205618/the-matrimonial-hall-of-fame.mp3" length="41663762" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[You see the whole improbable procession]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/st-mary-abbots-wedding-car-kensington-london-walks-scaled.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/st-mary-abbots-wedding-car-kensington-london-walks-scaled.jpg</url>
		<title>The Matrimonial Hall of Fame</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:21:42</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[You see the whole improbable procession]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/st-mary-abbots-wedding-car-kensington-london-walks-scaled.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>God Died in London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/god-died-in-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205615</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[God died on Piccadilly.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[God died on Piccadilly.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[God died on Piccadilly.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205615/god-died-in-london.mp3" length="15508711" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[God died on Piccadilly.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:05</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[God died on Piccadilly.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>A Final Curtain Call</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/a-final-curtain-call/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205611</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[sometimes what comes out of that little game is… uncanny]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[sometimes what comes out of that little game is… uncanny]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[sometimes what comes out of that little game is… uncanny]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205611/a-final-curtain-call.mp3" length="14804032" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[sometimes what comes out of that little game is… uncanny]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/falling-leaf-funeral-london-walks-1.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/falling-leaf-funeral-london-walks-1.jpg</url>
		<title>A Final Curtain Call</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:07:43</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[sometimes what comes out of that little game is… uncanny]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/falling-leaf-funeral-london-walks-1.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Top Secret</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/top-secret/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205607</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[world history hung in the balance]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[world history hung in the balance]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[world history hung in the balance]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205607/top-secret.mp3" length="13464054" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[world history hung in the balance]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/top-secret-envelope-london-walks.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/top-secret-envelope-london-walks.jpg</url>
		<title>Top Secret</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:07:01</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[world history hung in the balance]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/top-secret-envelope-london-walks.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Queen&#8217;s Century – A London Story</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-queens-century-a-london-story/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205604</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[She always hits the right note]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[She always hits the right note]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[She always hits the right note]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205604/the-queens-century-a-london-story.mp3" length="19645671" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[She always hits the right note]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/queen-carriage-the-mall-london-mark-de-jong.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/queen-carriage-the-mall-london-mark-de-jong.jpg</url>
		<title>The Queen&#8217;s Century – A London Story</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:10:14</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[She always hits the right note]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/queen-carriage-the-mall-london-mark-de-jong.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Peach Melba &#038; Pavement Sandwiches: The Strand’s Food Story</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/peach-melba-pavement-sandwiches-the-strands-food-story/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205601</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[a man who would change the way the world eats.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[a man who would change the way the world eats.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[a man who would change the way the world eats.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205601/peach-melba-pavement-sandwiches-the-strands-food-story.mp3" length="8375819" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[a man who would change the way the world eats.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/peach-melba-dessert-london-walks.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/peach-melba-dessert-london-walks.jpg</url>
		<title>Peach Melba &#038; Pavement Sandwiches: The Strand’s Food Story</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:04:22</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[a man who would change the way the world eats.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/peach-melba-dessert-london-walks.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Silver Voice of London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-silver-voice-of-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205597</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[a silver trumpet muffled in silk]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[a silver trumpet muffled in silk]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[a silver trumpet muffled in silk]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205597/the-silver-voice-of-london.mp3" length="15793759" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[a silver trumpet muffled in silk]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/john-gielgud-young-hamlet-yorick-skull-line-drawing-square.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/john-gielgud-young-hamlet-yorick-skull-line-drawing-square.jpg</url>
		<title>The Silver Voice of London</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:14</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[a silver trumpet muffled in silk]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/john-gielgud-young-hamlet-yorick-skull-line-drawing-square.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/whan-that-aprill-with-his-shoures-soote/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205582</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The heart and soul of literary London]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The heart and soul of literary London]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The heart and soul of literary London]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205582/whan-that-aprill-with-his-shoures-soote.mp3" length="26493514" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The heart and soul of literary London]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canterbury-tales-tabard-inn-pilgrims-cartoon-square.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canterbury-tales-tabard-inn-pilgrims-cartoon-square.jpg</url>
		<title>Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:48</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The heart and soul of literary London]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canterbury-tales-tabard-inn-pilgrims-cartoon-square.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Football’s Greatest Gentleman</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/footballs-greatest-gentleman/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205577</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[a local boy who carried his patch of London with him onto the world stage...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[a local boy who carried his patch of London with him onto the world stage...]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[a local boy who carried his patch of London with him onto the world stage...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205577/footballs-greatest-gentleman.mp3" length="18932633" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[a local boy who carried his patch of London with him onto the world stage...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/bobby-moore-statue-line-drawing-wembley-london-walks.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/bobby-moore-statue-line-drawing-wembley-london-walks.jpg</url>
		<title>Football’s Greatest Gentleman</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:09:52</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[a local boy who carried his patch of London with him onto the world stage...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/bobby-moore-statue-line-drawing-wembley-london-walks.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>She Swore on Stage&#8230;and London Gasped</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/she-swore-on-stage-and-london-gasped/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205573</guid>
	<description><![CDATA["not bloody likely"]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[not bloody likely]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA["not bloody likely"]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205573/she-swore-on-stage-and-london-gasped.mp3" length="24353563" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA["not bloody likely"]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/pygmalion-not-bloody-likely-edwardian-cartoon-london-walks.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/pygmalion-not-bloody-likely-edwardian-cartoon-london-walks.jpg</url>
		<title>She Swore on Stage&#8230;and London Gasped</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:41</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA["not bloody likely"]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/pygmalion-not-bloody-likely-edwardian-cartoon-london-walks.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>This one&#8217;s bananas – London, 1633</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/this-ones-bananas-london-1633/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205569</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[“Wot’s that then?” “Some kind o’ foreign cucumber?”]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[“Wot’s that then?” “Some kind o’ foreign cucumber?”]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[“Wot’s that then?” “Some kind o’ foreign cucumber?”]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205569/this-ones-bananas-london-1633.mp3" length="19740966" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[“Wot’s that then?” “Some kind o’ foreign cucumber?”]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/first-banana-london-1633-snow-hill-london-walks-scaled.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/first-banana-london-1633-snow-hill-london-walks-scaled.jpg</url>
		<title>This one&#8217;s bananas – London, 1633</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:10:17</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[“Wot’s that then?” “Some kind o’ foreign cucumber?”]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/first-banana-london-1633-snow-hill-london-walks-scaled.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>One Head, One Blow, Mind the Front Row</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/one-head-one-blow-mind-the-front-row/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205563</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[the old rogue’s head doesn’t just go quietly...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[the old rogue’s head doesn’t just go quietly...]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[the old rogue’s head doesn’t just go quietly...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205563/one-head-one-blow-mind-the-front-row.mp3" length="21785622" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[the old rogue’s head doesn’t just go quietly...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/tower-of-london-execution-block-axe-line-drawing.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/tower-of-london-execution-block-axe-line-drawing.jpg</url>
		<title>One Head, One Blow, Mind the Front Row</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:11:21</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[the old rogue’s head doesn’t just go quietly...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/tower-of-london-execution-block-axe-line-drawing.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>700 Years of “Halt! Who Comes There?”</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/700-years-of-halt-who-comes-there/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205539</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Every night. For something like 700 years. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Every night. For something like 700 years.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Every night. For something like 700 years. ]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205539/700-years-of-halt-who-comes-there.mp3" length="15841406" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Every night. For something like 700 years.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/tower-of-london-ceremony-of-the-keys-night.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/tower-of-london-ceremony-of-the-keys-night.jpg</url>
		<title>700 Years of “Halt! Who Comes There?”</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:15</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Every night. For something like 700 years.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/tower-of-london-ceremony-of-the-keys-night.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>London’s Most Extraordinary Skinflint</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/londons-most-extraordinary-skinflint/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205526</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Never cleaned his shoes because cleaning wears them out. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Never cleaned his shoes because cleaning wears them out.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Never cleaned his shoes because cleaning wears them out. ]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205526/londons-most-extraordinary-skinflint.mp3" length="25209544" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Never cleaned his shoes because cleaning wears them out.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/london-miser-filthy-georgian-wig-muddy-roadside.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/london-miser-filthy-georgian-wig-muddy-roadside.jpg</url>
		<title>London’s Most Extraordinary Skinflint</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:08</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Never cleaned his shoes because cleaning wears them out.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/london-miser-filthy-georgian-wig-muddy-roadside.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Chaucer Goes to Market – Brixton Market</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/chaucer-goes-to-market-brixton-market/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205494</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Brixton Market, London... a concentrate of cultures.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Brixton Market, London... a concentrate of cultures.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Brixton Market, London... a concentrate of cultures.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205494/chaucer-goes-to-market-brixton-market.mp3" length="16459986" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Brixton Market, London... a concentrate of cultures.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/brixton-market-arcade-london-fadia-peerun.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/brixton-market-arcade-london-fadia-peerun.jpg</url>
		<title>Chaucer Goes to Market – Brixton Market</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:35</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Brixton Market, London... a concentrate of cultures.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/brixton-market-arcade-london-fadia-peerun.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Day Oscar Wilde Destroyed Himself</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-day-oscar-wilde-destroyed-himself/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205489</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[he moment he brought that action, Oscar Wilde stepped into a trap.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[he moment he brought that action, Oscar Wilde stepped into a trap.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[he moment he brought that action, Oscar Wilde stepped into a trap.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205489/the-day-oscar-wilde-destroyed-himself.mp3" length="16174938" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[he moment he brought that action, Oscar Wilde stepped into a trap.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/oscar-wilde-portrait-1890s-libel-trial-queensberry-london.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/oscar-wilde-portrait-1890s-libel-trial-queensberry-london.jpg</url>
		<title>The Day Oscar Wilde Destroyed Himself</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:26</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[he moment he brought that action, Oscar Wilde stepped into a trap.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/oscar-wilde-portrait-1890s-libel-trial-queensberry-london.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>This Isn&#8217;t London. (Except It Is.)</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/this-isnt-london-except-it-is/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205486</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[This is London as you’ve never seen it. Didn’t know it could be.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This is London as you’ve never seen it. Didn’t know it could be.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[This is London as you’ve never seen it. Didn’t know it could be.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205486/this-isnt-london-except-it-is.mp3" length="13749103" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This is London as you’ve never seen it. Didn’t know it could be.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ultimate-london-walk-enfield-hadley-wood-stage-one-country-london.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ultimate-london-walk-enfield-hadley-wood-stage-one-country-london.jpg</url>
		<title>This Isn&#8217;t London. (Except It Is.)</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:07:10</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[This is London as you’ve never seen it. Didn’t know it could be.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ultimate-london-walk-enfield-hadley-wood-stage-one-country-london.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Prime Minister Day</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/prime-minister-day/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205474</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[From a prison cell in the Tower… to a system of government that still shapes Britain today…]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[From a prison cell in the Tower… to a system of government that still shapes Britain today…]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[From a prison cell in the Tower… to a system of government that still shapes Britain today…]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205474/prime-minister-day.mp3" length="21500574" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[From a prison cell in the Tower… to a system of government that still shapes Britain today…]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/robert-walpole-first-prime-minister-london-history.jpeg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/robert-walpole-first-prime-minister-london-history.jpeg</url>
		<title>Prime Minister Day</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:11:12</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[From a prison cell in the Tower… to a system of government that still shapes Britain today…]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/robert-walpole-first-prime-minister-london-history.jpeg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Wedding Bells&#8230; or Warning Bells</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/wedding-bells-or-warning-bells/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205465</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[An actress young enough to be his daughter...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[An actress young enough to be his daughter...]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[An actress young enough to be his daughter...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205465/wedding-bells-or-warning-bells.mp3" length="14605083" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[An actress young enough to be his daughter...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Wedding Bells&#8230; or Warning Bells</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:07:37</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[An actress young enough to be his daughter...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>April Fools in the Capital of Mischief</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/april-fools-in-the-capital-of-mischief/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205411</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[...one of the greatest hoaxes in London history]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[...one of the greatest hoaxes in London history]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[...one of the greatest hoaxes in London history]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205411/april-fools-in-the-capital-of-mischief.mp3" length="17743957" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[...one of the greatest hoaxes in London history]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>April Fools in the Capital of Mischief</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:09:15</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[...one of the greatest hoaxes in London history]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Man Who Staged His Own Death</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-man-who-staged-his-own-death/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205407</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Send not to know for whom the bell tolls...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Send not to know for whom the bell tolls...]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Send not to know for whom the bell tolls...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205407/the-man-who-staged-his-own-death.mp3" length="14985426" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Send not to know for whom the bell tolls...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/john-donne-bust-st-pauls-cathedral-london-walks-1.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/john-donne-bust-st-pauls-cathedral-london-walks-1.jpg</url>
		<title>The Man Who Staged His Own Death</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:07:49</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Send not to know for whom the bell tolls...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/john-donne-bust-st-pauls-cathedral-london-walks-1.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Londoner Who Gave Us Summer Evenings</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-londoner-who-gave-us-summer-evenings/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205389</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[...a man on a bicycle looking at a sleeping city.
]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[...a man on a bicycle looking at a sleeping city.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[...a man on a bicycle looking at a sleeping city.
]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205389/the-londoner-who-gave-us-summer-evenings.mp3" length="16602928" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[...a man on a bicycle looking at a sleeping city.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/william-willett-british-summer-time-edwardian-cyclist-petts-wood-london.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/william-willett-british-summer-time-edwardian-cyclist-petts-wood-london.jpg</url>
		<title>The Londoner Who Gave Us Summer Evenings</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:39</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[...a man on a bicycle looking at a sleeping city.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/william-willett-british-summer-time-edwardian-cyclist-petts-wood-london.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Run, London, Run</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/run-london-run/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205365</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[This is where London really comes into its own.
]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This is where London really comes into its own.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[This is where London really comes into its own.
]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205365/run-london-run.mp3" length="15985184" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This is where London really comes into its own.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/https-www.walks_.comwp-contentuploads202603first-london-marathon-1981-dead-heat-finish.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/https-www.walks_.comwp-contentuploads202603first-london-marathon-1981-dead-heat-finish.jpg</url>
		<title>Run, London, Run</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:20</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[This is where London really comes into its own.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/https-www.walks_.comwp-contentuploads202603first-london-marathon-1981-dead-heat-finish.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Most Interesting Man in London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-most-interesting-man-in-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205362</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[...he is made batman to David Niven]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[...he is made batman to David Niven]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[...he is made batman to David Niven]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205362/the-most-interesting-man-in-london.mp3" length="15033073" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[...he is made batman to David Niven]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/peter-ustinov-parrot-cracking-voice-london-walks.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/peter-ustinov-parrot-cracking-voice-london-walks.jpg</url>
		<title>The Most Interesting Man in London</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:07:50</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[...he is made batman to David Niven]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/peter-ustinov-parrot-cracking-voice-london-walks.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>St Albans – Fifteen Minutes… and 2,000 Years Away</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/st-albans-fifteen-minutes-and-2000-years-away/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205358</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[You haven’t gone far. But you’ve gone elsewhere.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[You haven’t gone far. But you’ve gone elsewhere.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[You haven’t gone far. But you’ve gone elsewhere.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205358/st-albans-fifteen-minutes-and-2000-years-away.mp3" length="13464054" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[You haven’t gone far. But you’ve gone elsewhere.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/st-albans-cathedral-london-walks.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/st-albans-cathedral-london-walks.jpg</url>
		<title>St Albans – Fifteen Minutes… and 2,000 Years Away</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:07:01</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[You haven’t gone far. But you’ve gone elsewhere.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/st-albans-cathedral-london-walks.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Day the City Let Women In</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-day-the-city-let-women-in/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205329</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[That’s not ancient history. That’s yesterday with better tailoring.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[That’s not ancient history. That’s yesterday with better tailoring.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[That’s not ancient history. That’s yesterday with better tailoring.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205329/the-day-the-city-let-women-in.mp3" length="17077730" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[That’s not ancient history. That’s yesterday with better tailoring.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/london-stock-exchange-1973-women-bowler-hats-sensible-shoes.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/london-stock-exchange-1973-women-bowler-hats-sensible-shoes.jpg</url>
		<title>The Day the City Let Women In</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:54</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[That’s not ancient history. That’s yesterday with better tailoring.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/london-stock-exchange-1973-women-bowler-hats-sensible-shoes.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Impossible Tunnel</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-impossible-tunnel/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205322</guid>
	<description><![CDATA["it was the world's first underwater concert hall"]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[it was the worlds first underwater concert hall]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA["it was the world's first underwater concert hall"]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205322/the-impossible-tunnel.mp3" length="22356554" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA["it was the world's first underwater concert hall"]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/thames-tunnel-1843-interior-brunel-victorian-london.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/thames-tunnel-1843-interior-brunel-victorian-london.jpg</url>
		<title>The Impossible Tunnel</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:11:39</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA["it was the world's first underwater concert hall"]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/thames-tunnel-1843-interior-brunel-victorian-london.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>What If Everything You Know About Jack the Ripper Is Wrong?</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/what-if-everything-you-know-about-jack-the-ripper-is-wrong/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205308</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[This is not just another Jack the Ripper book.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This is not just another Jack the Ripper book.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[This is not just another Jack the Ripper book.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205308/what-if-everything-you-know-about-jack-the-ripper-is-wrong.mp3" length="26874693" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This is not just another Jack the Ripper book.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ichard-walker-jack-the-ripper-book-yours-truly-cover.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ichard-walker-jack-the-ripper-book-yours-truly-cover.jpg</url>
		<title>What If Everything You Know About Jack the Ripper Is Wrong?</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:00</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[This is not just another Jack the Ripper book.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ichard-walker-jack-the-ripper-book-yours-truly-cover.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>&#8220;I walked across London&#8230;and couldn&#8217;t believe it&#8221;</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/i-walked-across-london-and-couldnt-believe-it/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205299</guid>
	<description><![CDATA["Charlie’s vital green thread through the capital led us instead…along river paths and bridleways…through woodland…past orchards…along the edges of hayfields…through parks and gardens…"]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Charlie’s vital green thread through the capital led us instead…along river paths and bridleways…through woodland…past orchards…along the edges of hayfields…through parks and gardens…]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA["Charlie’s vital green thread through the capital led us instead…along river paths and bridleways…through woodland…past orchards…along the edges of hayfields…through parks and gardens…"]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205299/i-walked-across-london-and-couldnt-believe-it.mp3" length="16127290" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA["Charlie’s vital green thread through the capital led us instead…along river paths and bridleways…through woodland…past orchards…along the edges of hayfields…through parks and gardens…"]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ultimate-london-walk-pond-countryside-london-1.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ultimate-london-walk-pond-countryside-london-1.jpg</url>
		<title>&#8220;I walked across London&#8230;and couldn&#8217;t believe it&#8221;</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:24</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA["Charlie’s vital green thread through the capital led us instead…along river paths and bridleways…through woodland…past orchards…along the edges of hayfields…through parks and gardens…"]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ultimate-london-walk-pond-countryside-london-1.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Secret Life of London&#8217;s Greatest Showman</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-secret-life-of-londons-greatest-showman/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 08:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205293</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Circus proprietor. Spy. Listening in.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Circus proprietor. Spy. Listening in.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Circus proprietor. Spy. Listening in.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205293/the-secret-life-of-londons-greatest-showman.mp3" length="9327094" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Circus proprietor. Spy. Listening in.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/bertram-mills-circus-london-mi5-kensington-palace-gardens.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/bertram-mills-circus-london-mi5-kensington-palace-gardens.jpg</url>
		<title>The Secret Life of London&#8217;s Greatest Showman</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:04:52</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Circus proprietor. Spy. Listening in.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/bertram-mills-circus-london-mi5-kensington-palace-gardens.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>KPG – A Street of Secrets, Wealth &#038; Privilege</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/kpg-a-street-of-secrets-wealth-privilege/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 10:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205289</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[This is not domestic scale. This is architectural swagger.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This is not domestic scale. This is architectural swagger.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[This is not domestic scale. This is architectural swagger.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205289/kpg-a-street-of-secrets-wealth-privilege.mp3" length="13179006" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This is not domestic scale. This is architectural swagger.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/london-cage-kensington-palace-bars-london-walks.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/london-cage-kensington-palace-bars-london-walks.jpg</url>
		<title>KPG – A Street of Secrets, Wealth &#038; Privilege</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:06:52</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[This is not domestic scale. This is architectural swagger.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/london-cage-kensington-palace-bars-london-walks.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Day Gravity Died in Westminster</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-day-gravity-died-in-westminster/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205285</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The whole thing – Newton in your pocket.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The whole thing – Newton in your pocket.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The whole thing – Newton in your pocket.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205285/the-day-gravity-died-in-westminster.mp3" length="9251443" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The whole thing – Newton in your pocket.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/gravity-newton-london-walks-podcast.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/gravity-newton-london-walks-podcast.jpg</url>
		<title>The Day Gravity Died in Westminster</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:06:26</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The whole thing – Newton in your pocket.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/gravity-newton-london-walks-podcast.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Andrew Marr Gets Carré-d Away on a London Walk</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/andrew-marr-gets-carre-d-away-on-a-london-walk/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205281</guid>
	<description><![CDATA["how much more emotional and vivid a story is when you are standing in front of it, rather than glancing at a screen"]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[how much more emotional and vivid a story is when you are standing in front of it, rather than glancing at a screen]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA["how much more emotional and vivid a story is when you are standing in front of it, rather than glancing at a screen"]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205281/andrew-marr-gets-carre-d-away-on-a-london-walk.mp3" length="8613220" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA["how much more emotional and vivid a story is when you are standing in front of it, rather than glancing at a screen"]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/andrew-marr-hampstead-walk-new-statesman-london-walks.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/andrew-marr-hampstead-walk-new-statesman-london-walks.jpg</url>
		<title>Andrew Marr Gets Carré-d Away on a London Walk</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:04:30</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA["how much more emotional and vivid a story is when you are standing in front of it, rather than glancing at a screen"]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/andrew-marr-hampstead-walk-new-statesman-london-walks.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Laurence Sterne – The Original Literary Rockstar Who Took London by Storm</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/laurence-sterne-the-original-literary-rockstar-who-took-london-by-storm/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205276</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[He writes like someone crossing a room full of mousetraps.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[He writes like someone crossing a room full of mousetraps.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[He writes like someone crossing a room full of mousetraps.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205276/laurence-sterne-the-original-literary-rockstar-who-took-london-by-storm.mp3" length="21310820" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[He writes like someone crossing a room full of mousetraps.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/laurence-sterne-struck-london-walks-1768.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/laurence-sterne-struck-london-walks-1768.jpg</url>
		<title>Laurence Sterne – The Original Literary Rockstar Who Took London by Storm</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:11:06</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[He writes like someone crossing a room full of mousetraps.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/laurence-sterne-struck-london-walks-1768.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>London&#8217;s Irish Story</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/londons-irish-story/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205272</guid>
	<description><![CDATA["70 million people around the world can claim Irish heritage" ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[70 million people around the world can claim Irish heritage]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA["70 million people around the world can claim Irish heritage" ]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205272/londons-irish-story.mp3" length="23022781" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA["70 million people around the world can claim Irish heritage"]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/irish-london-shamrock-london-walks.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/irish-london-shamrock-london-walks.jpg</url>
		<title>London&#8217;s Irish Story</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:00</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA["70 million people around the world can claim Irish heritage"]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/irish-london-shamrock-london-walks.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Aubrey Beardsley – Genius, Scandal, and an Early Grave</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/aubrey-beardsley-genius-scandal-and-an-early-grave/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205267</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The drawings caused a sensation.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The drawings caused a sensation.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The drawings caused a sensation.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205267/aubrey-beardsley-genius-scandal-and-an-early-grave.mp3" length="12227731" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The drawings caused a sensation.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/aubrey-beardsley-wicked-beauty-london-walks.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/aubrey-beardsley-wicked-beauty-london-walks.jpg</url>
		<title>Aubrey Beardsley – Genius, Scandal, and an Early Grave</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:06:22</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The drawings caused a sensation.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/aubrey-beardsley-wicked-beauty-london-walks.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Broadcasting House: The BBC Comes of Age</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/broadcasting-house-the-bbc-comes-of-age/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205259</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Radio – already powerful – suddenly acquired a cathedral.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Radio – already powerful – suddenly acquired a cathedral.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Radio – already powerful – suddenly acquired a cathedral.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205259/broadcasting-house-the-bbc-comes-of-age.mp3" length="15365769" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Radio – already powerful – suddenly acquired a cathedral.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/broadcasting-house-bbc-london-1932-london-walks-podcast.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/broadcasting-house-bbc-london-1932-london-walks-podcast.jpg</url>
		<title>Broadcasting House: The BBC Comes of Age</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:01</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Radio – already powerful – suddenly acquired a cathedral.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/broadcasting-house-bbc-london-1932-london-walks-podcast.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Night London Went Mikado-Mad</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-night-london-went-mikado-mad/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 09:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205255</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A Japanese town run entirely by British civil servants.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A Japanese town run entirely by British civil servants.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A Japanese town run entirely by British civil servants.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205255/the-night-london-went-mikado-mad.mp3" length="18363372" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A Japanese town run entirely by British civil servants.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mikado-savoy-theatre-london-premiere-1885-gilbert-sullivan-london-walks.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mikado-savoy-theatre-london-premiere-1885-gilbert-sullivan-london-walks.jpg</url>
		<title>The Night London Went Mikado-Mad</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:09:34</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A Japanese town run entirely by British civil servants.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mikado-savoy-theatre-london-premiere-1885-gilbert-sullivan-london-walks.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Home to London – Alan Cobham’s Epic Flight</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/home-to-london-alan-cobhams-epic-flight/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205251</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[aviation was still magical then. 
]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[aviation was still magical then.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[aviation was still magical then. 
]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205251/home-to-london-alan-cobhams-epic-flight.mp3" length="16649739" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[aviation was still magical then.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cape-town-flight-alan-cobham-stag-lane-edgware-1926-london-walks.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cape-town-flight-alan-cobham-stag-lane-edgware-1926-london-walks.jpg</url>
		<title>Home to London – Alan Cobham’s Epic Flight</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:41</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[aviation was still magical then.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cape-town-flight-alan-cobham-stag-lane-edgware-1926-london-walks.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Rule, Britannia! – The London Story Behind the Song</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/rule-britannia-the-london-story-behind-the-song/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 08:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205247</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[He died while talking about music.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[He died while talking about music.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[He died while talking about music.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205247/rule-britannia-the-london-story-behind-the-song.mp3" length="16697387" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[He died while talking about music.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/rule-britannia-thomas-arne-london-calling.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/rule-britannia-thomas-arne-london-calling.jpg</url>
		<title>Rule, Britannia! – The London Story Behind the Song</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:42</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[He died while talking about music.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/rule-britannia-thomas-arne-london-calling.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Don&#8217;t Panic – Douglas Adams&#8217; London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/dont-panic-douglas-adams-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205238</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy began as a wildly improbable idea brought to life in London. This is the story of Douglas Adams, the BBC, and the birth of one of the funniest creations in modern fiction.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy began as a wildly improbable idea brought to life in London. This is the story of Douglas Adams, the BBC, and the birth of one of the funniest creations in modern fiction.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy began as a wildly improbable idea brought to life in London. This is the story of Douglas Adams, the BBC, and the birth of one of the funniest creations in modern fiction.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205238/dont-panic-douglas-adams-london.mp3" length="17743957" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy began as a wildly improbable idea brought to life in London. This is the story of Douglas Adams, the BBC, and the birth of one of the funniest creations in modern fiction.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Douglas_adams_portrait_cropped-1-1.jpeg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Douglas_adams_portrait_cropped-1-1.jpeg</url>
		<title>Don&#8217;t Panic – Douglas Adams&#8217; London</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:09:15</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy began as a wildly improbable idea brought to life in London. This is the story of Douglas Adams, the BBC, and the birth of one of the funniest creations in modern fiction.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Douglas_adams_portrait_cropped-1-1.jpeg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Slasher Mary – The Suffragette Who Attacked the Rokeby Venus</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/slasher-mary-the-suffragette-who-attacked-the-rokeby-venus/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205235</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[London. The National Gallery. A suffragette. A meat cleaver. And the Rokeby Venus.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[London. The National Gallery. A suffragette. A meat cleaver. And the Rokeby Venus.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[London. The National Gallery. A suffragette. A meat cleaver. And the Rokeby Venus.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205235/slasher-mary-the-suffragette-who-attacked-the-rokeby-venus.mp3" length="19693318" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[London. The National Gallery. A suffragette. A meat cleaver. And the Rokeby Venus.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/rokeby-venus-national-gallery-london-slasher-mary-1914.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/rokeby-venus-national-gallery-london-slasher-mary-1914.jpg</url>
		<title>Slasher Mary – The Suffragette Who Attacked the Rokeby Venus</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:10:22</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[London. The National Gallery. A suffragette. A meat cleaver. And the Rokeby Venus.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/rokeby-venus-national-gallery-london-slasher-mary-1914.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Mini Skirt Takes Over Swinging London – When Hemlines Suddenly Went North</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-mini-skirt-takes-over-swinging-london-when-hemlines-suddenly-went-north/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205226</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The mini skirt explodes onto the streets of Swinging London in the 1960s. The story begins with French designer André Courrèges, a former civil engineer whose futuristic fashions helped ignite a revolution that London girls turned into a global sensation.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The mini skirt explodes onto the streets of Swinging London in the 1960s. The story begins with French designer André Courrèges, a former civil engineer whose futuristic fashions helped ignite a revolution that London girls turned into a global sensation]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The mini skirt explodes onto the streets of Swinging London in the 1960s. The story begins with French designer André Courrèges, a former civil engineer whose futuristic fashions helped ignite a revolution that London girls turned into a global sensation.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205226/the-mini-skirt-takes-over-swinging-london-when-hemlines-suddenly-went-north.mp3" length="19408270" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The mini skirt explodes onto the streets of Swinging London in the 1960s. The story begins with French designer André Courrèges, a former civil engineer whose futuristic fashions helped ignite a revolution that London girls turned into a global sensation.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mini-skirt-swinging-london-roundel.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mini-skirt-swinging-london-roundel.jpg</url>
		<title>The Mini Skirt Takes Over Swinging London – When Hemlines Suddenly Went North</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:10:07</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The mini skirt explodes onto the streets of Swinging London in the 1960s. The story begins with French designer André Courrèges, a former civil engineer whose futuristic fashions helped ignite a revolution that London girls turned into a global sensation.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mini-skirt-swinging-london-roundel.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Blind Beggar Murder – When Ronnie Kray Shot George Cornell</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-blind-beggar-murder-when-ronnie-kray-shot-george-cornell/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205222</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The Blind Beggar shooting was too brazen. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Blind Beggar shooting was too brazen.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Blind Beggar shooting was too brazen. ]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205222/the-blind-beggar-murder-when-ronnie-kray-shot-george-cornell.mp3" length="15508711" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Blind Beggar shooting was too brazen.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Blind Beggar Murder – When Ronnie Kray Shot George Cornell</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:05</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The Blind Beggar shooting was too brazen.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Man Who Made London Roar – Landseer and the Lions of Trafalgar Square</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/205217/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 10:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205217</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[He didn’t just paint animals. He gave them emotion.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[He didn’t just paint animals. He gave them emotion.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[He didn’t just paint animals. He gave them emotion.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205217/205217.mp3" length="15651653" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[He didn’t just paint animals. He gave them emotion.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/lion-and-roundel-best.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/lion-and-roundel-best.jpg</url>
		<title>The Man Who Made London Roar – Landseer and the Lions of Trafalgar Square</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:09</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[He didn’t just paint animals. He gave them emotion.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/lion-and-roundel-best.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Thirty-eight Seconds of Perfect Guiding</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/38-seconds-perfect-guiding/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205213</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[He didn't know it but at that moment Charles Cross insured his immortality within the pages of history books.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[He didnt know it but at that moment Charles Cross insured his immortality within the pages of history books.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[He didn't know it but at that moment Charles Cross insured his immortality within the pages of history books.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205213/38-seconds-perfect-guiding.mp3" length="4534774" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[He didn't know it but at that moment Charles Cross insured his immortality within the pages of history books.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ripper-east-end-alley-london-walks.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ripper-east-end-alley-london-walks.jpg</url>
		<title>Thirty-eight Seconds of Perfect Guiding</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:02:22</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[He didn't know it but at that moment Charles Cross insured his immortality within the pages of history books.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ripper-east-end-alley-london-walks.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The American Who Reinvented Oxford Street</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-american-who-reinvented-oxford-street/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205209</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[After Selfridge, shopping became a leisure activity.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[After Selfridge, shopping became a leisure activity.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[After Selfridge, shopping became a leisure activity.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205209/the-american-who-reinvented-oxford-street.mp3" length="18695232" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[After Selfridge, shopping became a leisure activity.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/selfridges-oxford-street-columns-london.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/selfridges-oxford-street-columns-london.jpg</url>
		<title>The American Who Reinvented Oxford Street</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:09:45</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[After Selfridge, shopping became a leisure activity.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/selfridges-oxford-street-columns-london.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Oxford Street Without Traffic?</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/oxford-street-without-traffic/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 10:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205171</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[ Now if you know Oxford Street you know the soundtrack. Buses roaring. Taxi horns. Engines revving. Delivery vans edging forward inch by inch like nervous chess pieces. It’s noisy, chaotic, gloriously unmistakably London. So imagine this: Oxford Street… without traffic.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Now if you know Oxford Street you know the soundtrack. Buses roaring. Taxi horns. Engines revving. Delivery vans edging forward inch by inch like nervous chess pieces. It’s noisy, chaotic, gloriously unmistakably London. So imagine this: Oxford Street… w]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Now if you know Oxford Street you know the soundtrack. Buses roaring. Taxi horns. Engines revving. Delivery vans edging forward inch by inch like nervous chess pieces. It’s noisy, chaotic, gloriously unmistakably London. So imagine this: Oxford Street… without traffic.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205171/oxford-street-without-traffic.mp3" length="16820267" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Now if you know Oxford Street you know the soundtrack. Buses roaring. Taxi horns. Engines revving. Delivery vans edging forward inch by inch like nervous chess pieces. It’s noisy, chaotic, gloriously unmistakably London. So imagine this: Oxford Street… without traffic.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/oxford-street-london-selfridges-traffic-1.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/oxford-street-london-selfridges-traffic-1.jpg</url>
		<title>Oxford Street Without Traffic?</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:46</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Now if you know Oxford Street you know the soundtrack. Buses roaring. Taxi horns. Engines revving. Delivery vans edging forward inch by inch like nervous chess pieces. It’s noisy, chaotic, gloriously unmistakably London. So imagine this: Oxford Street… without traffic.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/oxford-street-london-selfridges-traffic-1.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>When John Lennon Said the Beatles Were More Popular than Jesus</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/205129/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205129</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Sixty years ago a seemingly innocuous feature in a London newspaper triggered one of the most extraordinary cultural storms of the 1960s. In a quiet interview with the Evening Standard, John Lennon made a remark that travelled from Fleet Street to the American South — and ignited bonfires of Beatles records. In this episode we trace the tiny London tremor that became an international cultural earthquake.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Sixty years ago a seemingly innocuous feature in a London newspaper triggered one of the most extraordinary cultural storms of the 1960s. In a quiet interview with the Evening Standard, John Lennon made a remark that travelled from Fleet Street to the Am]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sixty years ago a seemingly innocuous feature in a London newspaper triggered one of the most extraordinary cultural storms of the 1960s. In a quiet interview with the Evening Standard, John Lennon made a remark that travelled from Fleet Street to the American South — and ignited bonfires of Beatles records. In this episode we trace the tiny London tremor that became an international cultural earthquake.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205129/205129.mp3" length="16820267" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sixty years ago a seemingly innocuous feature in a London newspaper triggered one of the most extraordinary cultural storms of the 1960s. In a quiet interview with the Evening Standard, John Lennon made a remark that travelled from Fleet Street to the American South — and ignited bonfires of Beatles records. In this episode we trace the tiny London tremor that became an international cultural earthquake.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/john-lennon-evening-standard-1966-illustration.png"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/john-lennon-evening-standard-1966-illustration.png</url>
		<title>When John Lennon Said the Beatles Were More Popular than Jesus</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:46</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Sixty years ago a seemingly innocuous feature in a London newspaper triggered one of the most extraordinary cultural storms of the 1960s. In a quiet interview with the Evening Standard, John Lennon made a remark that travelled from Fleet Street to the American South — and ignited bonfires of Beatles records. In this episode we trace the tiny London tremor that became an international cultural earthquake.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/john-lennon-evening-standard-1966-illustration.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Everest – At Eve, The Rest</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/why-is-mount-everest-called-everest-at-eve-the-rest/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 07:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205114</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Why is Everest called Everest? At dusk on the world’s highest peak, we discover a name, a surveyor, and, yes, a London story. A March 3rd story. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Why is Everest called Everest? At dusk on the world’s highest peak, we discover a name, a surveyor, and, yes, a London story. A March 3rd story.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Why is Everest called Everest? At dusk on the world’s highest peak, we discover a name, a surveyor, and, yes, a London story. A March 3rd story. ]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205114/why-is-mount-everest-called-everest-at-eve-the-rest.mp3" length="19503565" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why is Everest called Everest? At dusk on the world’s highest peak, we discover a name, a surveyor, and, yes, a London story. A March 3rd story.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/everest-at-dusk-himalayas-summit.png"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/everest-at-dusk-himalayas-summit.png</url>
		<title>Everest – At Eve, The Rest</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:10:10</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Why is Everest called Everest? At dusk on the world’s highest peak, we discover a name, a surveyor, and, yes, a London story. A March 3rd story.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/everest-at-dusk-himalayas-summit.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Happy New Year, Londinium – When March Was New Year</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/happy-new-year-londinium-when-march-was-new-year/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205104</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Before January claimed the crown, the year began in March. In this London Walks dispatch we step back into Roman Londinium to see how New Year’s Day once fell on March 1st.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Before January claimed the crown, the year began in March. In this London Walks dispatch we step back into Roman Londinium to see how New Year’s Day once fell on March 1st.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Before January claimed the crown, the year began in March. In this London Walks dispatch we step back into Roman Londinium to see how New Year’s Day once fell on March 1st.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205104/happy-new-year-londinium-when-march-was-new-year.mp3" length="16820267" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Before January claimed the crown, the year began in March. In this London Walks dispatch we step back into Roman Londinium to see how New Year’s Day once fell on March 1st.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-new-year-march-legions-spqr.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-new-year-march-legions-spqr.jpg</url>
		<title>Happy New Year, Londinium – When March Was New Year</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:08:46</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Before January claimed the crown, the year began in March. In this London Walks dispatch we step back into Roman Londinium to see how New Year’s Day once fell on March 1st.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roman-new-year-march-legions-spqr.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Roger Daltrey – from Shepherd&#8217;s Bush to The Who</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/roger-daltrey-the-who-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 10:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205095</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Born in Shepherd’s Bush and armed with one of rock’s great roars, Roger Daltrey helped define the sound of modern London. Today’s London Calling marks the birthday of The Who’s legendary frontman.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Born in Shepherd’s Bush and armed with one of rock’s great roars, Roger Daltrey helped define the sound of modern London. Today’s London Calling marks the birthday of The Who’s legendary frontman.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Born in Shepherd’s Bush and armed with one of rock’s great roars, Roger Daltrey helped define the sound of modern London. Today’s London Calling marks the birthday of The Who’s legendary frontman.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205095/roger-daltrey-the-who-london.mp3" length="18314889" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Born in Shepherd’s Bush and armed with one of rock’s great roars, Roger Daltrey helped define the sound of modern London. Today’s London Calling marks the birthday of The Who’s legendary frontman.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roger-daltrey-thanks-a-lot-mr-kibblewhite.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roger-daltrey-thanks-a-lot-mr-kibblewhite.jpg</url>
		<title>Roger Daltrey – from Shepherd&#8217;s Bush to The Who</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:09:33</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Born in Shepherd’s Bush and armed with one of rock’s great roars, Roger Daltrey helped define the sound of modern London. Today’s London Calling marks the birthday of The Who’s legendary frontman.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/roger-daltrey-thanks-a-lot-mr-kibblewhite.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Man Who Drew Wonderland</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-man-who-drew-wonderland/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205079</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Meet John Tenniel, the London artist who gave the world Alice, the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat. Born on February 28, this quiet Punch cartoonist drew the definitive Wonderland.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Meet John Tenniel, the London artist who gave the world Alice, the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat. Born on February 28, this quiet Punch cartoonist drew the definitive Wonderland.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Meet John Tenniel, the London artist who gave the world Alice, the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat. Born on February 28, this quiet Punch cartoonist drew the definitive Wonderland.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205079/the-man-who-drew-wonderland.mp3" length="28253123" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Meet John Tenniel, the London artist who gave the world Alice, the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat. Born on February 28, this quiet Punch cartoonist drew the definitive Wonderland.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/john-tenniel-alice-in-wonderland-streets-ahead-london-walks.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/john-tenniel-alice-in-wonderland-streets-ahead-london-walks.jpg</url>
		<title>The Man Who Drew Wonderland</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:43</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Meet John Tenniel, the London artist who gave the world Alice, the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat. Born on February 28, this quiet Punch cartoonist drew the definitive Wonderland.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/john-tenniel-alice-in-wonderland-streets-ahead-london-walks.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Bayeaux Tapestry is Coming to London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-bayeaux-tapestry-is-coming-to-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205071</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[It’s about the seismic shockwave that followed, and is still being felt nearly a thousand years later.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[It’s about the seismic shockwave that followed, and is still being felt nearly a thousand years later.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[It’s about the seismic shockwave that followed, and is still being felt nearly a thousand years later.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205071/the-bayeaux-tapestry-is-coming-to-london.mp3" length="26208466" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It’s about the seismic shockwave that followed, and is still being felt nearly a thousand years later.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/harold_with_streets_ahead_thumbnail.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/harold_with_streets_ahead_thumbnail.jpg</url>
		<title>The Bayeaux Tapestry is Coming to London</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:39</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[It’s about the seismic shockwave that followed, and is still being felt nearly a thousand years later.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/harold_with_streets_ahead_thumbnail.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>In Paper We Trust</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/in-paper-we-trust/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 23:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205044</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The Bank of England. did something quietly revolutionary.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Bank of England. did something quietly revolutionary.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Bank of England. did something quietly revolutionary.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205044/in-paper-we-trust.mp3" length="30203320" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Bank of England. did something quietly revolutionary.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1-note-17.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1-note-17.jpg</url>
		<title>In Paper We Trust</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:44</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The Bank of England. did something quietly revolutionary.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1-note-17.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Great Trafalgar Square Pigeon War</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-great-trafalgar-square-pigeon-war/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 08:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205021</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[a city that understands the fine art of dignified absurdity]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[a city that understands the fine art of dignified absurdity]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[a city that understands the fine art of dignified absurdity]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205021/the-great-trafalgar-square-pigeon-war.mp3" length="26827046" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[a city that understands the fine art of dignified absurdity]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/pigeon-image-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/pigeon-image-.jpg</url>
		<title>The Great Trafalgar Square Pigeon War</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:59</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[a city that understands the fine art of dignified absurdity]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/pigeon-image-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Extra! Extra! – Tube Etiquette, Ukraine, etc.</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/extra-extra-tube-etiquette-ukraine-etc/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205017</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[By early evening the blue-and-yellow flags will start to appear.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[By early evening the blue-and-yellow flags will start to appear.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[By early evening the blue-and-yellow flags will start to appear.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205017/extra-extra-tube-etiquette-ukraine-etc.mp3" length="35100966" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[By early evening the blue-and-yellow flags will start to appear.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ukraine-flag-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ukraine-flag-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Extra! Extra! – Tube Etiquette, Ukraine, etc.</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:18:17</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[By early evening the blue-and-yellow flags will start to appear.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ukraine-flag-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Mother&#8217;s Ruin</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/mothers-ruin/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205011</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[It's one of the most jaw-dropping episodes this city has ever produced.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Its one of the most jaw-dropping episodes this city has ever produced.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[It's one of the most jaw-dropping episodes this city has ever produced.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205011/mothers-ruin.mp3" length="33151604" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It's one of the most jaw-dropping episodes this city has ever produced.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/gin_lane_square_baby_pop.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/gin_lane_square_baby_pop.jpg</url>
		<title>Mother&#8217;s Ruin</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:17:16</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[It's one of the most jaw-dropping episodes this city has ever produced.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/gin_lane_square_baby_pop.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The City&#8217;s Flag – and the Story It Tells</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-citys-flag-and-the-story-it-tells/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205008</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Seven centuries of continuity]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Seven centuries of continuity]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Seven centuries of continuity]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205008/the-citys-flag-and-the-story-it-tells.mp3" length="32485378" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Seven centuries of continuity]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/city-flag-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/city-flag-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The City&#8217;s Flag – and the Story It Tells</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:16:56</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Seven centuries of continuity]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/city-flag-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Trouble Brewing on the Heath</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/trouble-brewing-on-the-heath/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205005</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Change is in the air.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Change is in the air.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Change is in the air.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205005/trouble-brewing-on-the-heath.mp3" length="31059301" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Change is in the air.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/naff-caff-heath-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/naff-caff-heath-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Trouble Brewing on the Heath</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:16:11</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Change is in the air.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/naff-caff-heath-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>A Feline Fix from the Capital</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/a-feline-fix-from-the-capital/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=205002</guid>
	<description><![CDATA["the trains are now painted with whiskers and paws"]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[the trains are now painted with whiskers and paws]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA["the trains are now painted with whiskers and paws"]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/205002/a-feline-fix-from-the-capital.mp3" length="22261260" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA["the trains are now painted with whiskers and paws"]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cat-image-for-podcast.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cat-image-for-podcast.jpg</url>
		<title>A Feline Fix from the Capital</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:11:36</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA["the trains are now painted with whiskers and paws"]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cat-image-for-podcast.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Night the Fuse Was Lit at Drury Lane</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-night-the-fuse-was-lit-at-drury-lane/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204999</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[If we could but look into the seeds of time...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[If we could but look into the seeds of time...]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[If we could but look into the seeds of time...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204999/the-night-the-fuse-was-lit-at-drury-lane.mp3" length="30916359" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[If we could but look into the seeds of time...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/lincoln-drury-lane-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/lincoln-drury-lane-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Night the Fuse Was Lit at Drury Lane</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:16:07</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[If we could but look into the seeds of time...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/lincoln-drury-lane-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Meet Your Guide – On the Scene with Catherine Randall</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/meet-your-guide-on-the-scene-with-catherine-randall/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 23:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204996</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[the book came in for praise from a very distinguished quarter]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[the book came in for praise from a very distinguished quarter]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[the book came in for praise from a very distinguished quarter]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204996/meet-your-guide-on-the-scene-with-catherine-randall.mp3" length="78994205" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[the book came in for praise from a very distinguished quarter]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/The_Great_Bear_Breakout_square.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/The_Great_Bear_Breakout_square.jpg</url>
		<title>Meet Your Guide – On the Scene with Catherine Randall</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:41:09</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[the book came in for praise from a very distinguished quarter]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/The_Great_Bear_Breakout_square.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Duke in the Barrel</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-duke-in-the-barrel/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204988</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[trouble wearing velvet]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[trouble wearing velvet]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[trouble wearing velvet]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204988/the-duke-in-the-barrel.mp3" length="35528956" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[trouble wearing velvet]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/butt-of-malmsey-clarence-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/butt-of-malmsey-clarence-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Duke in the Barrel</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:18:31</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[trouble wearing velvet]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/butt-of-malmsey-clarence-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Ladder into Thin Air</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-ladder-into-thin-air/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204982</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Halfway to heaven on a ladder that looks about as reassuring as overcooked spaghetti.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Halfway to heaven on a ladder that looks about as reassuring as overcooked spaghetti.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Halfway to heaven on a ladder that looks about as reassuring as overcooked spaghetti.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204982/the-ladder-into-thin-air.mp3" length="27540084" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Halfway to heaven on a ladder that looks about as reassuring as overcooked spaghetti.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/steeplejack-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/steeplejack-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Ladder into Thin Air</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:21</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Halfway to heaven on a ladder that looks about as reassuring as overcooked spaghetti.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/steeplejack-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>How Many Nobel Prizes Has London Won?</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/how-many-nobel-prizes-has-london-won/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204977</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The city did not just inherit brilliance. In many cases, it saved it.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The city did not just inherit brilliance. In many cases, it saved it.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The city did not just inherit brilliance. In many cases, it saved it.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204977/how-many-nobel-prizes-has-london-won.mp3" length="25115085" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The city did not just inherit brilliance. In many cases, it saved it.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/nobel-image.jpeg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/nobel-image.jpeg</url>
		<title>How Many Nobel Prizes Has London Won?</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:05</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The city did not just inherit brilliance. In many cases, it saved it.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/nobel-image.jpeg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Tagore in the Vale of Health</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/tagore-in-the-vale-of-health/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 12:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204974</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[a tear drop on the cheek of time]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[a tear drop on the cheek of time]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[a tear drop on the cheek of time]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204974/tagore-in-the-vale-of-health.mp3" length="36384937" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[a tear drop on the cheek of time]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Tagore in the Vale of Health</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:18:57</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[a tear drop on the cheek of time]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>London&#8217;s Last Line of Defence</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/londons-last-line-of-defence/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204971</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A medieval city that once feared fire now fears water.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A medieval city that once feared fire now fears water.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A medieval city that once feared fire now fears water.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204971/londons-last-line-of-defence.mp3" length="28348417" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A medieval city that once feared fire now fears water.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/flood-barrier-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/flood-barrier-image.jpg</url>
		<title>London&#8217;s Last Line of Defence</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:46</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A medieval city that once feared fire now fears water.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/flood-barrier-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Bart&#8217;s – Born of a Fever Dream</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/barts-born-of-a-fever-dream/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204967</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[that black, bottomless pit was death]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[that black, bottomless pit was death]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[that black, bottomless pit was death]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204967/barts-born-of-a-fever-dream.mp3" length="26779399" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[that black, bottomless pit was death]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/rahere-feathered-monster-beast-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/rahere-feathered-monster-beast-.jpg</url>
		<title>Bart&#8217;s – Born of a Fever Dream</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:57</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[that black, bottomless pit was death]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/rahere-feathered-monster-beast-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>When London Drank Death</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/when-london-drank-death/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204963</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[the “Great Stink” of 1858 made Parliament gag]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[the “Great Stink” of 1858 made Parliament gag]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[the “Great Stink” of 1858 made Parliament gag]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204963/when-london-drank-death.mp3" length="23382226" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[the “Great Stink” of 1858 made Parliament gag]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cholera-image-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cholera-image-.jpg</url>
		<title>When London Drank Death</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:11</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[the “Great Stink” of 1858 made Parliament gag]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cholera-image-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Ave Atque Vale, Sylvia Plath</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/ave-atque-vale-sylvia-plath/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204958</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[she was in the grip of the most ferocious creative surge of her life.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[she was in the grip of the most ferocious creative surge of her life.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[she was in the grip of the most ferocious creative surge of her life.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204958/ave-atque-vale-sylvia-plath.mp3" length="27263395" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[she was in the grip of the most ferocious creative surge of her life.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/sylvia-plath-image-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/sylvia-plath-image-.jpg</url>
		<title>Ave Atque Vale, Sylvia Plath</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:12</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[she was in the grip of the most ferocious creative surge of her life.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/sylvia-plath-image-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Death Arriving</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/death-arriving/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204944</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Painted across the 1860s, it isn’t a single memory – it’s grief revisited.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Painted across the 1860s, it isn’t a single memory – it’s grief revisited.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Painted across the 1860s, it isn’t a single memory – it’s grief revisited.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204944/death-arriving.mp3" length="30299451" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Painted across the 1860s, it isn’t a single memory – it’s grief revisited.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ophelia-image-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ophelia-image-.jpg</url>
		<title>Death Arriving</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:47</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Painted across the 1860s, it isn’t a single memory – it’s grief revisited.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ophelia-image-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Man Who Weighed the World</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-man-who-weighed-the-world/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204928</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[He weighed the world...and made it run on Greenwich time.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[He weighed the world...and made it run on Greenwich time.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[He weighed the world...and made it run on Greenwich time.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204928/the-man-who-weighed-the-world.mp3" length="25152701" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[He weighed the world...and made it run on Greenwich time.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/weighing-the-world-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/weighing-the-world-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Man Who Weighed the World</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:06</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[He weighed the world...and made it run on Greenwich time.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/weighing-the-world-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Grave Business</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/grave-business/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 23:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204925</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[There was no honour among body thieves. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[There was no honour among body thieves.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[There was no honour among body thieves. ]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204925/grave-business.mp3" length="25913387" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[There was no honour among body thieves.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/resurrectionists-image-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/resurrectionists-image-.jpg</url>
		<title>Grave Business</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:30</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[There was no honour among body thieves.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/resurrectionists-image-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Extra! Extra!!</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/extra-extra/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 05:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204919</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Down below, chaos. Fear. Guns. A body on the steps.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Down below, chaos. Fear. Guns. A body on the steps.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Down below, chaos. Fear. Guns. A body on the steps.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204919/extra-extra.mp3" length="26376486" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Down below, chaos. Fear. Guns. A body on the steps.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Soane-door-image-scaled.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Soane-door-image-scaled.jpg</url>
		<title>Extra! Extra!!</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:45</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Down below, chaos. Fear. Guns. A body on the steps.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Soane-door-image-scaled.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Sir Thomas More – Born in London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/sir-thomas-more-born-in-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204920</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Into that street, that soundscape, that smellscape, comes Thomas More.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Into that street, that soundscape, that smellscape, comes Thomas More.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Into that street, that soundscape, that smellscape, comes Thomas More.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204920/sir-thomas-more-born-in-london.mp3" length="27030174" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Into that street, that soundscape, that smellscape, comes Thomas More.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/sir-thomas-more-born-image-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/sir-thomas-more-born-image-.jpg</url>
		<title>Sir Thomas More – Born in London</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:05</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Into that street, that soundscape, that smellscape, comes Thomas More.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/sir-thomas-more-born-image-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Out of the Palace of Dim Light</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/out-of-the-palace-of-dim-light/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 03:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204915</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Old Rowley had put the country back in foal.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Old Rowley had put the country back in foal.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Old Rowley had put the country back in foal.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204915/out-of-the-palace-of-dim-light.mp3" length="29657466" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Old Rowley had put the country back in foal.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/charles-ii-image-clean.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/charles-ii-image-clean.jpg</url>
		<title>Out of the Palace of Dim Light</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:27</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Old Rowley had put the country back in foal.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/charles-ii-image-clean.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Sage of Chelsea</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-sage-of-chelsea/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 09:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204911</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[“So this is Death: well …”]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[“So this is Death: well …”]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[“So this is Death: well …”]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204911/the-sage-of-chelsea.mp3" length="26009518" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[“So this is Death: well …”]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/carlyle-image-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/carlyle-image-.jpg</url>
		<title>The Sage of Chelsea</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:33</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[“So this is Death: well …”]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/carlyle-image-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>One of London&#8217;s Most Beloved Fall Guys</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/one-of-londons-most-beloved-fall-guys/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204876</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[London grit meets London showmanship.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[London grit meets London showmanship.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[London grit meets London showmanship.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204876/one-of-londons-most-beloved-fall-guys.mp3" length="27722315" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[London grit meets London showmanship.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/norman-wisdom-illustration-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/norman-wisdom-illustration-image.jpg</url>
		<title>One of London&#8217;s Most Beloved Fall Guys</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:27</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[London grit meets London showmanship.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/norman-wisdom-illustration-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>When the Haymarket Closed In</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/when-the-haymarket-closed-in/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 19:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204873</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The familiar made strange; the invisible made visible.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The familiar made strange; the invisible made visible.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The familiar made strange; the invisible made visible.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204873/when-the-haymarket-closed-in.mp3" length="25631683" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The familiar made strange; the invisible made visible.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/haymarket-crush-1794-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/haymarket-crush-1794-image.jpg</url>
		<title>When the Haymarket Closed In</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:21</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The familiar made strange; the invisible made visible.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/haymarket-crush-1794-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Candlemas in a Dying City</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/candlemas-in-a-dying-city/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 04:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204870</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Outside, the carts are rumbling past, piled with bodies.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Outside, the carts are rumbling past, piled with bodies.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Outside, the carts are rumbling past, piled with bodies.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204870/candlemas-in-a-dying-city.mp3" length="25897505" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Outside, the carts are rumbling past, piled with bodies.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/black-death-image-feb.-2-2349.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/black-death-image-feb.-2-2349.jpg</url>
		<title>Candlemas in a Dying City</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:30</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Outside, the carts are rumbling past, piled with bodies.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/black-death-image-feb.-2-2349.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Imbolc</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/imbolc/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 15:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204867</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[London is permanently pregnant with itself.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[London is permanently pregnant with itself.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[London is permanently pregnant with itself.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204867/imbolc.mp3" length="26491843" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[London is permanently pregnant with itself.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/imbolc-image-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/imbolc-image-.jpg</url>
		<title>Imbolc</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:48</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[London is permanently pregnant with itself.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/imbolc-image-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>London Takes On Slavery</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/london-takes-on-slavery/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 16:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204863</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[London does something extraordinary. It decides to fight back against itself.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[London does something extraordinary. It decides to fight back against itself.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[London does something extraordinary. It decides to fight back against itself.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204863/london-takes-on-slavery.mp3" length="24351892" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[London does something extraordinary. It decides to fight back against itself.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/abolition-of-slavery-society-image-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/abolition-of-slavery-society-image-.jpg</url>
		<title>London Takes On Slavery</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:41</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[London does something extraordinary. It decides to fight back against itself.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/abolition-of-slavery-society-image-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Rooftop Concert</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-rooftop-concert/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 02:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204855</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[One of those perfect London moments...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[One of those perfect London moments...]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[One of those perfect London moments...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204855/the-rooftop-concert.mp3" length="25676822" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[One of those perfect London moments...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/beatles-image-rooftop-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/beatles-image-rooftop-.jpg</url>
		<title>The Rooftop Concert</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:23</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[One of those perfect London moments...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/beatles-image-rooftop-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Desert Island Discs – London Calling</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/desert-island-discs-london-calling/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 03:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204852</guid>
	<description><![CDATA["you'll never be lonely if you play a musical instrument"]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[youll never be lonely if you play a musical instrument]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA["you'll never be lonely if you play a musical instrument"]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204852/desert-island-discs-london-calling.mp3" length="68605411" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA["you'll never be lonely if you play a musical instrument"]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/desert-island-discs-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/desert-island-discs-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Desert Island Discs – London Calling</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:35:44</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA["you'll never be lonely if you play a musical instrument"]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/desert-island-discs-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Pride and Prejudice</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/pride-and-prejudice/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 07:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204848</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[London published it. The world kept it. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[London published it. The world kept it.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[London published it. The world kept it. ]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204848/pride-and-prejudice.mp3" length="31473080" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[London published it. The world kept it.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Pride-Prejudice-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Pride-Prejudice-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Pride and Prejudice</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:16:24</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[London published it. The world kept it.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Pride-Prejudice-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Talking Rugby, Walking London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/talking-rugby-walking-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204844</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[“What if I’m clueless about rugby?” Perfect. You’re hired.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[“What if I’m clueless about rugby?” Perfect. You’re hired.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[“What if I’m clueless about rugby?” Perfect. You’re hired.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204844/talking-rugby-walking-london.mp3" length="22908260" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[“What if I’m clueless about rugby?” Perfect. You’re hired.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/rugby-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/rugby-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Talking Rugby, Walking London</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:11:56</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[“What if I’m clueless about rugby?” Perfect. You’re hired.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/rugby-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Butchered in Khartoum</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/butchered-in-khartoum/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 01:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204838</guid>
	<description><![CDATA["Daddy, who's the man sitting on Gordon?"]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Daddy, whos the man sitting on Gordon?]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA["Daddy, who's the man sitting on Gordon?"]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204838/butchered-in-khartoum.mp3" length="30653880" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA["Daddy, who's the man sitting on Gordon?"]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/gordon-image-camel.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/gordon-image-camel.jpg</url>
		<title>Butchered in Khartoum</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:58</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA["Daddy, who's the man sitting on Gordon?"]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/gordon-image-camel.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>On Her Birthday – Virginia Woolf’s London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/on-her-birthday-virginia-woolfs-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 03:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204834</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[She makes the ordinary radiant.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[She makes the ordinary radiant.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[She makes the ordinary radiant.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204834/on-her-birthday-virginia-woolfs-london.mp3" length="32354974" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[She makes the ordinary radiant.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/virginia-woolf-image-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/virginia-woolf-image-.jpg</url>
		<title>On Her Birthday – Virginia Woolf’s London</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:16:51</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[She makes the ordinary radiant.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/virginia-woolf-image-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Today we&#8217;re talking rats&#8230;</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/today-were-talking-rats/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 04:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204831</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Rats are disorder made flesh.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Rats are disorder made flesh.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Rats are disorder made flesh.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204831/today-were-talking-rats.mp3" length="32964359" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Rats are disorder made flesh.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/rats-victorian-top-hat-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/rats-victorian-top-hat-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Today we&#8217;re talking rats&#8230;</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:17:11</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Rats are disorder made flesh.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/rats-victorian-top-hat-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>History You Can Eat</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/history-you-can-eat/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 01:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204825</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[It's quite a comedown. Or quite an immortality.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Its quite a comedown. Or quite an immortality.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[It's quite a comedown. Or quite an immortality.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204825/history-you-can-eat.mp3" length="25602425" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It's quite a comedown. Or quite an immortality.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/sandwich-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/sandwich-image.jpg</url>
		<title>History You Can Eat</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:20</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[It's quite a comedown. Or quite an immortality.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/sandwich-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Bangkok Calling, London Answering</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/bangkok-calling-london-answering/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 07:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204819</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The United Nations has fewer member states than London has languages.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The United Nations has fewer member states than London has languages.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The United Nations has fewer member states than London has languages.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204819/bangkok-calling-london-answering.mp3" length="28966997" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The United Nations has fewer member states than London has languages.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/thai-london-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/thai-london-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Bangkok Calling, London Answering</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:06</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The United Nations has fewer member states than London has languages.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/thai-london-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Dead of Winter</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-dead-of-winter/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 19:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204811</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[It tells you almost everything about the man...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[It tells you almost everything about the man...]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[It tells you almost everything about the man...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204811/the-dead-of-winter.mp3" length="25304839" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It tells you almost everything about the man...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/orwell-gravestone-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/orwell-gravestone-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Dead of Winter</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:11</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[It tells you almost everything about the man...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/orwell-gravestone-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Cheese, Glorious Cheese</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/cheese-glorious-cheese/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 20:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204806</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[You're not just eating a cheese sandwich, you're tasting history.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Youre not just eating a cheese sandwich, youre tasting history.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[You're not just eating a cheese sandwich, you're tasting history.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204806/cheese-glorious-cheese.mp3" length="25117593" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[You're not just eating a cheese sandwich, you're tasting history.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Cheese-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Cheese-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Cheese, Glorious Cheese</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:05</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[You're not just eating a cheese sandwich, you're tasting history.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Cheese-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The War Fell Out of the Sky</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-war-fell-out-of-the-sky/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204803</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Hydrogen plus fire equals catastrophe. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Hydrogen plus fire equals catastrophe.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hydrogen plus fire equals catastrophe. ]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204803/the-war-fell-out-of-the-sky.mp3" length="34102880" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Hydrogen plus fire equals catastrophe.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Zeppelin-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Zeppelin-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The War Fell Out of the Sky</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:17:46</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Hydrogen plus fire equals catastrophe.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Zeppelin-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Pooh Day</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/pooh-day/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 09:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204788</guid>
	<description><![CDATA["I am a Bear of Very Little Brain"]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[I am a Bear of Very Little Brain]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA["I am a Bear of Very Little Brain"]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204788/pooh-day.mp3" length="25685181" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA["I am a Bear of Very Little Brain"]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/bear-with-honey-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/bear-with-honey-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Pooh Day</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:23</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA["I am a Bear of Very Little Brain"]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/bear-with-honey-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Beer – Bees – Bells, Sir Leslie and Me</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/beer-bees-bells-sir-leslie-and-me/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 22:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204785</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[He was a climber who treated the Alps like a cathedral.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[He was a climber who treated the Alps like a cathedral.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[He was a climber who treated the Alps like a cathedral.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204785/beer-bees-bells-sir-leslie-and-me.mp3" length="27207389" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[He was a climber who treated the Alps like a cathedral.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Beer-Bees-Bells-image-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Beer-Bees-Bells-image-.jpg</url>
		<title>Beer – Bees – Bells, Sir Leslie and Me</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:11</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[He was a climber who treated the Alps like a cathedral.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Beer-Bees-Bells-image-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>When Rome Fell and London Took Notes</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/when-rome-fell-and-london-took-notes/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204782</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[History sometimes strikes a chord so deep it seems almost deliberate.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[History sometimes strikes a chord so deep it seems almost deliberate.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[History sometimes strikes a chord so deep it seems almost deliberate.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204782/when-rome-fell-and-london-took-notes.mp3" length="30916359" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[History sometimes strikes a chord so deep it seems almost deliberate.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Gibbon-image-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Gibbon-image-.jpg</url>
		<title>When Rome Fell and London Took Notes</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:16:07</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[History sometimes strikes a chord so deep it seems almost deliberate.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Gibbon-image-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Meet Your Guide – Former MP Tom Levitt</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/meet-your-guide-former-mp-tom-levitt/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204777</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[I was a Labour MP from 1997 to 2010...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[I was a Labour MP from 1997 to 2010...]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[I was a Labour MP from 1997 to 2010...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204777/meet-your-guide-former-mp-tom-levitt.mp3" length="49034890" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[I was a Labour MP from 1997 to 2010...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/savoy-image-squared.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/savoy-image-squared.jpg</url>
		<title>Meet Your Guide – Former MP Tom Levitt</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:25:33</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[I was a Labour MP from 1997 to 2010...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/savoy-image-squared.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Bell that Summons Power</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-bell-that-summons-power/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204766</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[If Big Ben measures time, the Division Bell claims it.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[If Big Ben measures time, the Division Bell claims it.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[If Big Ben measures time, the Division Bell claims it.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204766/the-bell-that-summons-power.mp3" length="22975970" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[If Big Ben measures time, the Division Bell claims it.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Division-Bell-in-Parliament-neighbourhood-pub-image-scaled.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Division-Bell-in-Parliament-neighbourhood-pub-image-scaled.jpg</url>
		<title>The Bell that Summons Power</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:11:58</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[If Big Ben measures time, the Division Bell claims it.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Division-Bell-in-Parliament-neighbourhood-pub-image-scaled.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Harrods: Come In. Just for a Look.</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/harrods-come-in-just-for-a-look/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204763</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[That's Harrods. And that's London.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Thats Harrods. And thats London.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[That's Harrods. And that's London.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204763/harrods-come-in-just-for-a-look.mp3" length="27587732" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[That's Harrods. And that's London.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/harrods-cooked-image-scaled.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/harrods-cooked-image-scaled.jpg</url>
		<title>Harrods: Come In. Just for a Look.</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:22</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[That's Harrods. And that's London.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/harrods-cooked-image-scaled.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>London&#8217;s Museum of You Cannot Be Serious</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/londons-museum-of-you-cannot-be-serious/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204742</guid>
	<description><![CDATA["This gorilla was abandoned"]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This gorilla was abandoned]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA["This gorilla was abandoned"]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204742/londons-museum-of-you-cannot-be-serious.mp3" length="28491359" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA["This gorilla was abandoned"]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/gorilla-on-the-tube-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/gorilla-on-the-tube-image.jpg</url>
		<title>London&#8217;s Museum of You Cannot Be Serious</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:51</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA["This gorilla was abandoned"]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/gorilla-on-the-tube-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Man Who Gave Us the British Museum&#8230; and Milk Chocolate</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-man-who-gave-us-the-british-museum-and-milk-chocolate/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 14:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204738</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[London would never be the same again.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[London would never be the same again.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[London would never be the same again.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204738/the-man-who-gave-us-the-british-museum-and-milk-chocolate.mp3" length="33436653" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[London would never be the same again.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/British-Museum-exterior-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/British-Museum-exterior-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Man Who Gave Us the British Museum&#8230; and Milk Chocolate</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:17:25</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[London would never be the same again.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/British-Museum-exterior-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Guide Adam, the BBC and David Bowie&#8217;s London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/guide-adam-the-bbc-and-david-bowies-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 10:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204734</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[You can hear the future forming in the songs...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[You can hear the future forming in the songs...]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[You can hear the future forming in the songs...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204734/guide-adam-the-bbc-and-david-bowies-london.mp3" length="25637534" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[You can hear the future forming in the songs...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/David-Bowie-promo-image-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/David-Bowie-promo-image-.jpg</url>
		<title>Guide Adam, the BBC and David Bowie&#8217;s London</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:20</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[You can hear the future forming in the songs...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/David-Bowie-promo-image-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>London in Your Pocket</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/london-in-your-pocket/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204716</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Here's our white glove tip of the week...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Heres our white glove tip of the week...]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here's our white glove tip of the week...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204716/london-in-your-pocket.mp3" length="27349495" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Here's our white glove tip of the week...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/TFL-GO-App-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/TFL-GO-App-image.jpg</url>
		<title>London in Your Pocket</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:15</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Here's our white glove tip of the week...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/TFL-GO-App-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Little Willie Hitler</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/little-willie-hitler/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 18:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204708</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[History doesn’t always announce itself with a roar.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[History doesn’t always announce itself with a roar.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[History doesn’t always announce itself with a roar.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204708/little-willie-hitler.mp3" length="23307829" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[History doesn’t always announce itself with a roar.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Fleet-Street-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Fleet-Street-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Little Willie Hitler</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:09</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[History doesn’t always announce itself with a roar.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Fleet-Street-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>He Made History Portable</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/he-made-history-portable/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 09:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204704</guid>
	<description><![CDATA["Earth, receive an honoured guest"]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Earth, receive an honoured guest]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA["Earth, receive an honoured guest"]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204704/he-made-history-portable.mp3" length="26590481" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA["Earth, receive an honoured guest"]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/elizabeth-miniature-portrait-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/elizabeth-miniature-portrait-image.jpg</url>
		<title>He Made History Portable</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:51</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA["Earth, receive an honoured guest"]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/elizabeth-miniature-portrait-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Orwell&#8217;s London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/orwells-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204685</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The walk that uncovers the story behind the warning label on our age.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The walk that uncovers the story behind the warning label on our age.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The walk that uncovers the story behind the warning label on our age.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204685/orwells-london.mp3" length="23174918" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The walk that uncovers the story behind the warning label on our age.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Big-brother-image-1.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Big-brother-image-1.jpg</url>
		<title>Orwell&#8217;s London</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:05</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The walk that uncovers the story behind the warning label on our age.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Big-brother-image-1.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>January 5th, 1066 – Edward the Confessor and the End of Old England</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/january-5th-1066-edward-the-confessor-and-the-end-of-old-england/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 22:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204677</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[So how English was Edward the Confessor?
]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[So how English was Edward the Confessor?]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[So how English was Edward the Confessor?
]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204677/january-5th-1066-edward-the-confessor-and-the-end-of-old-england.mp3" length="34387928" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[So how English was Edward the Confessor?]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/a137ea1c-7315-4e6d-bc03-c528891931ed.png"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/a137ea1c-7315-4e6d-bc03-c528891931ed.png</url>
		<title>January 5th, 1066 – Edward the Confessor and the End of Old England</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:17:55</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[So how English was Edward the Confessor?]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/a137ea1c-7315-4e6d-bc03-c528891931ed.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>David Attenborough</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/david-attenborough/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 18:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204674</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Classic Attenborough...finding wonder in the overlooked.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Classic Attenborough...finding wonder in the overlooked.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Classic Attenborough...finding wonder in the overlooked.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204674/david-attenborough.mp3" length="26303761" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Classic Attenborough...finding wonder in the overlooked.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/David-Attenborough-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/David-Attenborough-image.jpg</url>
		<title>David Attenborough</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:42</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Classic Attenborough...finding wonder in the overlooked.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/David-Attenborough-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Londoner Who Looked into Eternity</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-londoner-who-looked-into-eternity/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2026 08:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204670</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[What he had was an eye like a hawk...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[What he had was an eye like a hawk...]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[What he had was an eye like a hawk...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204670/the-londoner-who-looked-into-eternity.mp3" length="24931183" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[What he had was an eye like a hawk...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/king-tut-image-jpeg.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/king-tut-image-jpeg.jpg</url>
		<title>The Londoner Who Looked into Eternity</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:59</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[What he had was an eye like a hawk...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/king-tut-image-jpeg.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Sack – London in a Glass</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/sack-london-in-a-glass/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 13:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204664</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Picture a glowing amber liquid in candlelight...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Picture a glowing amber liquid in candlelight...]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Picture a glowing amber liquid in candlelight...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204664/sack-london-in-a-glass.mp3" length="32507111" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Picture a glowing amber liquid in candlelight...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/bottles-of-sack-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/bottles-of-sack-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Sack – London in a Glass</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:16:56</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Picture a glowing amber liquid in candlelight...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/bottles-of-sack-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>When London Found Its Voice</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/when-london-found-its-voice/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 23:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204661</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Thank God he picked up his pen.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Thank God he picked up his pen.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Thank God he picked up his pen.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204661/when-london-found-its-voice.mp3" length="29776166" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Thank God he picked up his pen.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>When London Found Its Voice</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:31</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Thank God he picked up his pen.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>At the Stroke of Twelve</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/at-the-stroke-of-twelve/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 17:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204658</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[and auld lang syne]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[and auld lang syne]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[and auld lang syne]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204658/at-the-stroke-of-twelve.mp3" length="37954792" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[and auld lang syne]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>At the Stroke of Twelve</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:19:46</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[and auld lang syne]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>London Walks at Home</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/london-walks-at-home/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204656</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[I’m going to do a piece on London Walks at home. Or, more precisely, a piece on my home patch, my London.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[I’m going to do a piece on London Walks at home. Or, more precisely, a piece on my home patch, my London.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[I’m going to do a piece on London Walks at home. Or, more precisely, a piece on my home patch, my London.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204656/london-walks-at-home.mp3" length="27064447" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[I’m going to do a piece on London Walks at home. Or, more precisely, a piece on my home patch, my London.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>London Walks at Home</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:06</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[I’m going to do a piece on London Walks at home. Or, more precisely, a piece on my home patch, my London.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>London&#8217;s Oldest Bookshop</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/londons-oldest-bookshop/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 20:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204654</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Possibly the most civilised retail space in Britain.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Possibly the most civilised retail space in Britain.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Possibly the most civilised retail space in Britain.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204654/londons-oldest-bookshop.mp3" length="28348417" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Possibly the most civilised retail space in Britain.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>London&#8217;s Oldest Bookshop</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:46</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Possibly the most civilised retail space in Britain.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Day Trafalgar Square Nearly Became the Acropolis</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-day-trafalgar-square-nearly-became-the-acropolis/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 15:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204650</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[And plonked right in the middle of it all: the Acropolis.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[And plonked right in the middle of it all: the Acropolis.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[And plonked right in the middle of it all: the Acropolis.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204650/the-day-trafalgar-square-nearly-became-the-acropolis.mp3" length="23355477" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[And plonked right in the middle of it all: the Acropolis.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/acropolis-image-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/acropolis-image-.jpg</url>
		<title>The Day Trafalgar Square Nearly Became the Acropolis</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:10</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[And plonked right in the middle of it all: the Acropolis.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/acropolis-image-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>London&#8217;s Colosseum Dream</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/londons-colosseum-dream/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2025 21:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204645</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[London declaring itself heir not just to empire, but to spectacle itself.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[London declaring itself heir not just to empire, but to spectacle itself.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[London declaring itself heir not just to empire, but to spectacle itself.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204645/londons-colosseum-dream.mp3" length="26827046" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[London declaring itself heir not just to empire, but to spectacle itself.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Colosseum-in-Trafalgar-Square-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Colosseum-in-Trafalgar-Square-image.jpg</url>
		<title>London&#8217;s Colosseum Dream</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:59</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[London declaring itself heir not just to empire, but to spectacle itself.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Colosseum-in-Trafalgar-Square-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Six Million Tonnes of What Were They Thinking</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/six-million-tonnes-of-what-were-they-thinking/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 14:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204633</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[What if Trafalgar Square didn’t have Nelson’s Column at all, but a full-scale Great Pyramid instead? Not a model. Not a metaphor. Six million tonnes of ancient Egyptian stone plonked right where the fountains are. This piece takes one of the most jaw-dropping, gloriously bonkers proposals in London history and lets it rip, measuring the pyramid against the National Gallery and St Martin-in-the-Fields, marvelling at its insane size and weight, and imagining Londoners calmly going about their business in the shadow of a monument built for eternity. Big, bold, cheeky and very London.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[What if Trafalgar Square didn’t have Nelson’s Column at all, but a full-scale Great Pyramid instead? Not a model. Not a metaphor. Six million tonnes of ancient Egyptian stone plonked right where the fountains are. This piece takes one of the most jaw-dro]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[What if Trafalgar Square didn’t have Nelson’s Column at all, but a full-scale Great Pyramid instead? Not a model. Not a metaphor. Six million tonnes of ancient Egyptian stone plonked right where the fountains are. This piece takes one of the most jaw-dropping, gloriously bonkers proposals in London history and lets it rip, measuring the pyramid against the National Gallery and St Martin-in-the-Fields, marvelling at its insane size and weight, and imagining Londoners calmly going about their business in the shadow of a monument built for eternity. Big, bold, cheeky and very London.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204633/six-million-tonnes-of-what-were-they-thinking.mp3" length="32105035" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[What if Trafalgar Square didn’t have Nelson’s Column at all, but a full-scale Great Pyramid instead? Not a model. Not a metaphor. Six million tonnes of ancient Egyptian stone plonked right where the fountains are. This piece takes one of the most jaw-dropping, gloriously bonkers proposals in London history and lets it rip, measuring the pyramid against the National Gallery and St Martin-in-the-Fields, marvelling at its insane size and weight, and imagining Londoners calmly going about their business in the shadow of a monument built for eternity. Big, bold, cheeky and very London.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pyramid-in-Trafalgar-Square-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pyramid-in-Trafalgar-Square-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Six Million Tonnes of What Were They Thinking</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:16:44</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[What if Trafalgar Square didn’t have Nelson’s Column at all, but a full-scale Great Pyramid instead? Not a model. Not a metaphor. Six million tonnes of ancient Egyptian stone plonked right where the fountains are. This piece takes one of the most jaw-dropping, gloriously bonkers proposals in London history and lets it rip, measuring the pyramid against the National Gallery and St Martin-in-the-Fields, marvelling at its insane size and weight, and imagining Londoners calmly going about their business in the shadow of a monument built for eternity. Big, bold, cheeky and very London.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pyramid-in-Trafalgar-Square-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Ice in Their Veins – The Serpentine Christmas Swim and London’s Wildest Tradition</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/ice-in-their-veins-the-serpentine-christmas-swim-and-londons-wildest-tradition/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 23:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204630</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Every Christmas morning since 1864 (with only one modern break), a hardy band of swimmers has plunged into the icy Serpentine in Hyde Park for a 100-yard dash that has become London’s most extraordinary yuletide tradition. Born from Victorian bravado, crowned with the Peter Pan Cup, and often surrounded by ice and applause, this event is part challenge, part spectacle and utterly festive – a cold-water ritual that defines Christmas in the capital.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Every Christmas morning since 1864 (with only one modern break), a hardy band of swimmers has plunged into the icy Serpentine in Hyde Park for a 100-yard dash that has become London’s most extraordinary yuletide tradition. Born from Victorian bravado, cr]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Every Christmas morning since 1864 (with only one modern break), a hardy band of swimmers has plunged into the icy Serpentine in Hyde Park for a 100-yard dash that has become London’s most extraordinary yuletide tradition. Born from Victorian bravado, crowned with the Peter Pan Cup, and often surrounded by ice and applause, this event is part challenge, part spectacle and utterly festive – a cold-water ritual that defines Christmas in the capital.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204630/ice-in-their-veins-the-serpentine-christmas-swim-and-londons-wildest-tradition.mp3" length="23498419" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Every Christmas morning since 1864 (with only one modern break), a hardy band of swimmers has plunged into the icy Serpentine in Hyde Park for a 100-yard dash that has become London’s most extraordinary yuletide tradition. Born from Victorian bravado, crowned with the Peter Pan Cup, and often surrounded by ice and applause, this event is part challenge, part spectacle and utterly festive – a cold-water ritual that defines Christmas in the capital.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/image-serpentine-swimmers-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/image-serpentine-swimmers-.jpg</url>
		<title>Ice in Their Veins – The Serpentine Christmas Swim and London’s Wildest Tradition</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:15</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Every Christmas morning since 1864 (with only one modern break), a hardy band of swimmers has plunged into the icy Serpentine in Hyde Park for a 100-yard dash that has become London’s most extraordinary yuletide tradition. Born from Victorian bravado, crowned with the Peter Pan Cup, and often surrounded by ice and applause, this event is part challenge, part spectacle and utterly festive – a cold-water ritual that defines Christmas in the capital.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/image-serpentine-swimmers-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>She Taught the World to Dream on Tiptoe</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/she-taught-the-world-to-dream-on-tiptoe/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 16:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204625</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Maria Taglioni changed ballet forever. In the early nineteenth century she reinvented the art form, dancing en pointe not as a trick but as poetry, creating the illusion of weightlessness and giving birth to Romantic ballet. This lively, story-rich piece traces her extraordinary rise, her London triumphs at Her Majesty’s Theatre, and her surprisingly proper London life in Connaught Square, just off Marble Arch. From Parisian hysteria to West End adoration, this is the story of the woman who taught audiences across Europe how to believe in flight.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Maria Taglioni changed ballet forever. In the early nineteenth century she reinvented the art form, dancing en pointe not as a trick but as poetry, creating the illusion of weightlessness and giving birth to Romantic ballet. This lively, story-rich piece]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Maria Taglioni changed ballet forever. In the early nineteenth century she reinvented the art form, dancing en pointe not as a trick but as poetry, creating the illusion of weightlessness and giving birth to Romantic ballet. This lively, story-rich piece traces her extraordinary rise, her London triumphs at Her Majesty’s Theatre, and her surprisingly proper London life in Connaught Square, just off Marble Arch. From Parisian hysteria to West End adoration, this is the story of the woman who taught audiences across Europe how to believe in flight.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204625/she-taught-the-world-to-dream-on-tiptoe.mp3" length="26780234" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Maria Taglioni changed ballet forever. In the early nineteenth century she reinvented the art form, dancing en pointe not as a trick but as poetry, creating the illusion of weightlessness and giving birth to Romantic ballet. This lively, story-rich piece traces her extraordinary rise, her London triumphs at Her Majesty’s Theatre, and her surprisingly proper London life in Connaught Square, just off Marble Arch. From Parisian hysteria to West End adoration, this is the story of the woman who taught audiences across Europe how to believe in flight.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/maria-tag-en-point-sq-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/maria-tag-en-point-sq-image.jpg</url>
		<title>She Taught the World to Dream on Tiptoe</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:57</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Maria Taglioni changed ballet forever. In the early nineteenth century she reinvented the art form, dancing en pointe not as a trick but as poetry, creating the illusion of weightlessness and giving birth to Romantic ballet. This lively, story-rich piece traces her extraordinary rise, her London triumphs at Her Majesty’s Theatre, and her surprisingly proper London life in Connaught Square, just off Marble Arch. From Parisian hysteria to West End adoration, this is the story of the woman who taught audiences across Europe how to believe in flight.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/maria-tag-en-point-sq-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Out of the Blue – London&#8217;s Small, Perfect Surprises</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/out-of-the-blue-londons-small-perfect-surprises/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204623</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A short walk in London is like a wine tasting. Initial impressions give way to lingering flavours, and just when you think you know the city, it surprises you again. From Shakespeare’s great line about “infinite variety” to the quiet delight of London’s blue plaques, this piece explores the city’s knack for offering small, unsolicited gifts – moments of history, genius, and wonder poured out as you walk. A reflection on why age cannot wither London, and why even a few yards on foot can feel rich, layered, and intoxicating.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A short walk in London is like a wine tasting. Initial impressions give way to lingering flavours, and just when you think you know the city, it surprises you again. From Shakespeare’s great line about “infinite variety” to the quiet delight of London’s ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A short walk in London is like a wine tasting. Initial impressions give way to lingering flavours, and just when you think you know the city, it surprises you again. From Shakespeare’s great line about “infinite variety” to the quiet delight of London’s blue plaques, this piece explores the city’s knack for offering small, unsolicited gifts – moments of history, genius, and wonder poured out as you walk. A reflection on why age cannot wither London, and why even a few yards on foot can feel rich, layered, and intoxicating.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204623/out-of-the-blue-londons-small-perfect-surprises.mp3" length="22213612" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A short walk in London is like a wine tasting. Initial impressions give way to lingering flavours, and just when you think you know the city, it surprises you again. From Shakespeare’s great line about “infinite variety” to the quiet delight of London’s blue plaques, this piece explores the city’s knack for offering small, unsolicited gifts – moments of history, genius, and wonder poured out as you walk. A reflection on why age cannot wither London, and why even a few yards on foot can feel rich, layered, and intoxicating.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Out of the Blue – London&#8217;s Small, Perfect Surprises</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:11:35</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A short walk in London is like a wine tasting. Initial impressions give way to lingering flavours, and just when you think you know the city, it surprises you again. From Shakespeare’s great line about “infinite variety” to the quiet delight of London’s blue plaques, this piece explores the city’s knack for offering small, unsolicited gifts – moments of history, genius, and wonder poured out as you walk. A reflection on why age cannot wither London, and why even a few yards on foot can feel rich, layered, and intoxicating.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Day George Eliot Left the Room</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-day-george-eliot-left-the-room/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204620</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[On December 22, 1880, George Eliot died quietly in her house on Cheyne Row in Chelsea, brought down not by drama but by a winter cold caught at a London concert. This piece revisits her final days and the life behind the name: the woman who disguised herself to be heard, wrote novels that taught generations how to think and feel, and reshaped English fiction by insisting that ordinary lives mattered. A winter tale of intellect, sympathy, and the quiet power of place.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On December 22, 1880, George Eliot died quietly in her house on Cheyne Row in Chelsea, brought down not by drama but by a winter cold caught at a London concert. This piece revisits her final days and the life behind the name: the woman who disguised her]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[On December 22, 1880, George Eliot died quietly in her house on Cheyne Row in Chelsea, brought down not by drama but by a winter cold caught at a London concert. This piece revisits her final days and the life behind the name: the woman who disguised herself to be heard, wrote novels that taught generations how to think and feel, and reshaped English fiction by insisting that ordinary lives mattered. A winter tale of intellect, sympathy, and the quiet power of place.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204620/the-day-george-eliot-left-the-room.mp3" length="23878762" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On December 22, 1880, George Eliot died quietly in her house on Cheyne Row in Chelsea, brought down not by drama but by a winter cold caught at a London concert. This piece revisits her final days and the life behind the name: the woman who disguised herself to be heard, wrote novels that taught generations how to think and feel, and reshaped English fiction by insisting that ordinary lives mattered. A winter tale of intellect, sympathy, and the quiet power of place.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/george-eliot-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/george-eliot-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Day George Eliot Left the Room</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:27</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[On December 22, 1880, George Eliot died quietly in her house on Cheyne Row in Chelsea, brought down not by drama but by a winter cold caught at a London concert. This piece revisits her final days and the life behind the name: the woman who disguised herself to be heard, wrote novels that taught generations how to think and feel, and reshaped English fiction by insisting that ordinary lives mattered. A winter tale of intellect, sympathy, and the quiet power of place.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/george-eliot-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Bloomsbury – The Day Pain Ended</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/bloomsbury-the-day-pain-ended/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 15:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204618</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[At one o’clock on a this day in 1846, a man lay on a table in Bloomsbury, a surgeon raised a knife, and pain was about to be switched off for the first time in British history.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[At one o’clock on a this day in 1846, a man lay on a table in Bloomsbury, a surgeon raised a knife, and pain was about to be switched off for the first time in British history.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[At one o’clock on a this day in 1846, a man lay on a table in Bloomsbury, a surgeon raised a knife, and pain was about to be switched off for the first time in British history.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204618/bloomsbury-the-day-pain-ended.mp3" length="23595385" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[At one o’clock on a this day in 1846, a man lay on a table in Bloomsbury, a surgeon raised a knife, and pain was about to be switched off for the first time in British history.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Bloomsbury – The Day Pain Ended</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:18</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[At one o’clock on a this day in 1846, a man lay on a table in Bloomsbury, a surgeon raised a knife, and pain was about to be switched off for the first time in British history.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>In Praise of Saturday</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/in-praise-of-saturday/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 12:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204611</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Saturday stands slightly apart from the rest of the week. It has ancient roots, a planetary name, and a modern reputation as the day when time loosens its tie. Today's podcast is a gentle (and, yes, personal) wander through its – Saturday's – meaning and magic.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Saturday stands slightly apart from the rest of the week. It has ancient roots, a planetary name, and a modern reputation as the day when time loosens its tie. Todays podcast is a gentle (and, yes, personal) wander through its – Saturdays – meaning and m]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Saturday stands slightly apart from the rest of the week. It has ancient roots, a planetary name, and a modern reputation as the day when time loosens its tie. Today's podcast is a gentle (and, yes, personal) wander through its – Saturday's – meaning and magic.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204611/in-praise-of-saturday.mp3" length="32628320" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Saturday stands slightly apart from the rest of the week. It has ancient roots, a planetary name, and a modern reputation as the day when time loosens its tie. Today's podcast is a gentle (and, yes, personal) wander through its – Saturday's – meaning and magic.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/saturn-image-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/saturn-image-.jpg</url>
		<title>In Praise of Saturday</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:17:00</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Saturday stands slightly apart from the rest of the week. It has ancient roots, a planetary name, and a modern reputation as the day when time loosens its tie. Today's podcast is a gentle (and, yes, personal) wander through its – Saturday's – meaning and magic.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/saturn-image-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Man Who Could Be Everyone</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-man-who-could-be-everyone/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 19:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204606</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Charles Mathews was Dickens’ favourite actor, a one-man phenomenon who turned London into a cast of characters. This podcast explores his world, his Adelphi triumphs, and the birth of modern performance. And a rider, London Walks is also launching a brand-new walk guided by a former MP, bringing a rare insider’s perspective to a very different strand of the London story. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Charles Mathews was Dickens’ favourite actor, a one-man phenomenon who turned London into a cast of characters. This podcast explores his world, his Adelphi triumphs, and the birth of modern performance. And a rider, London Walks is also launching a bran]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Charles Mathews was Dickens’ favourite actor, a one-man phenomenon who turned London into a cast of characters. This podcast explores his world, his Adelphi triumphs, and the birth of modern performance. And a rider, London Walks is also launching a brand-new walk guided by a former MP, bringing a rare insider’s perspective to a very different strand of the London story. ]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204606/the-man-who-could-be-everyone.mp3" length="26588809" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Charles Mathews was Dickens’ favourite actor, a one-man phenomenon who turned London into a cast of characters. This podcast explores his world, his Adelphi triumphs, and the birth of modern performance. And a rider, London Walks is also launching a brand-new walk guided by a former MP, bringing a rare insider’s perspective to a very different strand of the London story.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/charles-matthews-image-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/charles-matthews-image-.jpg</url>
		<title>The Man Who Could Be Everyone</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:51</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Charles Mathews was Dickens’ favourite actor, a one-man phenomenon who turned London into a cast of characters. This podcast explores his world, his Adelphi triumphs, and the birth of modern performance. And a rider, London Walks is also launching a brand-new walk guided by a former MP, bringing a rare insider’s perspective to a very different strand of the London story.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/charles-matthews-image-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Night Poetry Turned Violent</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-night-poetry-turned-violent/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204594</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[On December 18, 1679, England’s leading poet, John Dryden, was attacked and beaten in a dark Covent Garden alley outside the Lamb, the area’s oldest pub. The motive was literary. Dryden was wrongly suspected of having written An Essay on Satire, a venomous anonymous poem that skewered the corruption of the Restoration court and appeared to take aim at the Earl of Rochester. The real author was an aristocrat safely protected by rank, but Dryden, a professional writer, paid the price. This piece revisits a story previously told on the London Walks podcast, but from a new angle, exploring how satire worked in Restoration London, why certain lines were dangerous enough to provoke violence, and how words once carried consequences measured in bruises and broken skin.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On December 18, 1679, England’s leading poet, John Dryden, was attacked and beaten in a dark Covent Garden alley outside the Lamb, the area’s oldest pub. The motive was literary. Dryden was wrongly suspected of having written An Essay on Satire, a venomo]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[On December 18, 1679, England’s leading poet, John Dryden, was attacked and beaten in a dark Covent Garden alley outside the Lamb, the area’s oldest pub. The motive was literary. Dryden was wrongly suspected of having written An Essay on Satire, a venomous anonymous poem that skewered the corruption of the Restoration court and appeared to take aim at the Earl of Rochester. The real author was an aristocrat safely protected by rank, but Dryden, a professional writer, paid the price. This piece revisits a story previously told on the London Walks podcast, but from a new angle, exploring how satire worked in Restoration London, why certain lines were dangerous enough to provoke violence, and how words once carried consequences measured in bruises and broken skin.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204594/the-night-poetry-turned-violent.mp3" length="29014644" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On December 18, 1679, England’s leading poet, John Dryden, was attacked and beaten in a dark Covent Garden alley outside the Lamb, the area’s oldest pub. The motive was literary. Dryden was wrongly suspected of having written An Essay on Satire, a venomous anonymous poem that skewered the corruption of the Restoration court and appeared to take aim at the Earl of Rochester. The real author was an aristocrat safely protected by rank, but Dryden, a professional writer, paid the price. This piece revisits a story previously told on the London Walks podcast, but from a new angle, exploring how satire worked in Restoration London, why certain lines were dangerous enough to provoke violence, and how words once carried consequences measured in bruises and broken skin.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Night Poetry Turned Violent</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:07</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[On December 18, 1679, England’s leading poet, John Dryden, was attacked and beaten in a dark Covent Garden alley outside the Lamb, the area’s oldest pub. The motive was literary. Dryden was wrongly suspected of having written An Essay on Satire, a venomous anonymous poem that skewered the corruption of the Restoration court and appeared to take aim at the Earl of Rochester. The real author was an aristocrat safely protected by rank, but Dryden, a professional writer, paid the price. This piece revisits a story previously told on the London Walks podcast, but from a new angle, exploring how satire worked in Restoration London, why certain lines were dangerous enough to provoke violence, and how words once carried consequences measured in bruises and broken skin.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>A Christmas Carol – the Walk &#038; the Book</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/a-christmas-carol-the-walk-the-book/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204584</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Published on December 17, 1843, A Christmas Carol emerged from Dickens’s London of fog, gaslight and inequality. This podcast is about the little book that help reinvent Christmas. And about Dickens, his London, and our Dickens's Christmas Carol & Seasonal Traditions Walk. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Published on December 17, 1843, A Christmas Carol emerged from Dickens’s London of fog, gaslight and inequality. This podcast is about the little book that help reinvent Christmas. And about Dickens, his London, and our Dickenss Christmas Carol & Seasona]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Published on December 17, 1843, A Christmas Carol emerged from Dickens’s London of fog, gaslight and inequality. This podcast is about the little book that help reinvent Christmas. And about Dickens, his London, and our Dickens's Christmas Carol & Seasonal Traditions Walk. ]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204584/a-christmas-carol-the-walk-the-book.mp3" length="26779399" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published on December 17, 1843, A Christmas Carol emerged from Dickens’s London of fog, gaslight and inequality. This podcast is about the little book that help reinvent Christmas. And about Dickens, his London, and our Dickens's Christmas Carol & Seasonal Traditions Walk.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>A Christmas Carol – the Walk &#038; the Book</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:57</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Published on December 17, 1843, A Christmas Carol emerged from Dickens’s London of fog, gaslight and inequality. This podcast is about the little book that help reinvent Christmas. And about Dickens, his London, and our Dickens's Christmas Carol & Seasonal Traditions Walk.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Sound of Music History</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-sound-of-music-history/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204579</guid>
	<description><![CDATA["sets you up nicely should that come up as a question in a pub quiz"]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[sets you up nicely should that come up as a question in a pub quiz]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA["sets you up nicely should that come up as a question in a pub quiz"]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204579/the-sound-of-music-history.mp3" length="44851118" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA["sets you up nicely should that come up as a question in a pub quiz"]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/music-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/music-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Sound of Music History</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:23:22</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA["sets you up nicely should that come up as a question in a pub quiz"]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/music-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Outsider at the Heart of London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-outsider-at-the-heart-of-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204576</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A lively, cinematic wander into the story of St Martin in the Fields, the church that began life in the fields and ended up beating at the heart of London. From plague pits to Handel, from Nell Gwyn’s funeral bells to today’s world-famous concerts and homelessness work, this is the tale of the warmest, most open-armed church in the city. Architecture. Anecdote. Music. Magic. St Martin’s has it all.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A lively, cinematic wander into the story of St Martin in the Fields, the church that began life in the fields and ended up beating at the heart of London. From plague pits to Handel, from Nell Gwyn’s funeral bells to today’s world-famous concerts and ho]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A lively, cinematic wander into the story of St Martin in the Fields, the church that began life in the fields and ended up beating at the heart of London. From plague pits to Handel, from Nell Gwyn’s funeral bells to today’s world-famous concerts and homelessness work, this is the tale of the warmest, most open-armed church in the city. Architecture. Anecdote. Music. Magic. St Martin’s has it all.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204576/the-outsider-at-the-heart-of-london.mp3" length="27975598" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A lively, cinematic wander into the story of St Martin in the Fields, the church that began life in the fields and ended up beating at the heart of London. From plague pits to Handel, from Nell Gwyn’s funeral bells to today’s world-famous concerts and homelessness work, this is the tale of the warmest, most open-armed church in the city. Architecture. Anecdote. Music. Magic. St Martin’s has it all.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/st-martin-R-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/st-martin-R-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Outsider at the Heart of London</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:35</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A lively, cinematic wander into the story of St Martin in the Fields, the church that began life in the fields and ended up beating at the heart of London. From plague pits to Handel, from Nell Gwyn’s funeral bells to today’s world-famous concerts and homelessness work, this is the tale of the warmest, most open-armed church in the city. Architecture. Anecdote. Music. Magic. St Martin’s has it all.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/st-martin-R-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Winter Solstice on the Towpath</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/winter-solstice-on-the-towpath/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 17:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204573</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Step off the roaring streets and into a Christmas whispered along the water. On the winter solstice, we explore the Regent’s Canal’s Cinderella stretch, from narrowboats and towpath tales to the transformed world of Granary Square, finishing with St Pancras’s treasure trove of history. A festive London Walk full of stories, atmosphere and discovery.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Step off the roaring streets and into a Christmas whispered along the water. On the winter solstice, we explore the Regent’s Canal’s Cinderella stretch, from narrowboats and towpath tales to the transformed world of Granary Square, finishing with St Panc]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Step off the roaring streets and into a Christmas whispered along the water. On the winter solstice, we explore the Regent’s Canal’s Cinderella stretch, from narrowboats and towpath tales to the transformed world of Granary Square, finishing with St Pancras’s treasure trove of history. A festive London Walk full of stories, atmosphere and discovery.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204573/winter-solstice-on-the-towpath.mp3" length="29965084" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Step off the roaring streets and into a Christmas whispered along the water. On the winter solstice, we explore the Regent’s Canal’s Cinderella stretch, from narrowboats and towpath tales to the transformed world of Granary Square, finishing with St Pancras’s treasure trove of history. A festive London Walk full of stories, atmosphere and discovery.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/RC-image-granary-christmas.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/RC-image-granary-christmas.jpg</url>
		<title>Winter Solstice on the Towpath</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:37</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Step off the roaring streets and into a Christmas whispered along the water. On the winter solstice, we explore the Regent’s Canal’s Cinderella stretch, from narrowboats and towpath tales to the transformed world of Granary Square, finishing with St Pancras’s treasure trove of history. A festive London Walk full of stories, atmosphere and discovery.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/RC-image-granary-christmas.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Dr Samuel Johnson – London&#8217;s Mighty Wordsmith</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/dr-samuel-johnson-londons-mighty-wordsmith/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2025 10:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204570</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[On the anniversary of Samuel Johnson’s death, we look back at the life of the man who gave the English language its first great map. From Lichfield beginnings to London triumphs, Johnson’s wit, grit and mighty dictionary reshaped literature and defined an age. A portrait of a brilliant, battered, booming voice that still echoes through London’s streets and our own daily speech.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On the anniversary of Samuel Johnson’s death, we look back at the life of the man who gave the English language its first great map. From Lichfield beginnings to London triumphs, Johnson’s wit, grit and mighty dictionary reshaped literature and defined a]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[On the anniversary of Samuel Johnson’s death, we look back at the life of the man who gave the English language its first great map. From Lichfield beginnings to London triumphs, Johnson’s wit, grit and mighty dictionary reshaped literature and defined an age. A portrait of a brilliant, battered, booming voice that still echoes through London’s streets and our own daily speech.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204570/dr-samuel-johnson-londons-mighty-wordsmith.mp3" length="26874693" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On the anniversary of Samuel Johnson’s death, we look back at the life of the man who gave the English language its first great map. From Lichfield beginnings to London triumphs, Johnson’s wit, grit and mighty dictionary reshaped literature and defined an age. A portrait of a brilliant, battered, booming voice that still echoes through London’s streets and our own daily speech.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/dr.-johnson-portrait-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/dr.-johnson-portrait-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Dr Samuel Johnson – London&#8217;s Mighty Wordsmith</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:00</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[On the anniversary of Samuel Johnson’s death, we look back at the life of the man who gave the English language its first great map. From Lichfield beginnings to London triumphs, Johnson’s wit, grit and mighty dictionary reshaped literature and defined an age. A portrait of a brilliant, battered, booming voice that still echoes through London’s streets and our own daily speech.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/dr.-johnson-portrait-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Robert Browning – Death in Venice, Born in London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/robert-browning-death-in-venice-born-in-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204566</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A vivid, fast moving, cinematic look at Robert Browning on the anniversary of his 1889 Death in Venice. A London-born poet who reinvented the dramatic monologue, eloped with Elizabeth Barrett in a Marylebone romance worthy of a thriller and returned in triumph to Maida Vale and ultimately to Poets’ Corner. Lots of juicy Victorian detail, great lines, and the irresistible contrast of a life shaped in London and a final act written on the Grand Canal.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A vivid, fast moving, cinematic look at Robert Browning on the anniversary of his 1889 Death in Venice. A London-born poet who reinvented the dramatic monologue, eloped with Elizabeth Barrett in a Marylebone romance worthy of a thriller and returned in t]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A vivid, fast moving, cinematic look at Robert Browning on the anniversary of his 1889 Death in Venice. A London-born poet who reinvented the dramatic monologue, eloped with Elizabeth Barrett in a Marylebone romance worthy of a thriller and returned in triumph to Maida Vale and ultimately to Poets’ Corner. Lots of juicy Victorian detail, great lines, and the irresistible contrast of a life shaped in London and a final act written on the Grand Canal.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204566/robert-browning-death-in-venice-born-in-london.mp3" length="24639447" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A vivid, fast moving, cinematic look at Robert Browning on the anniversary of his 1889 Death in Venice. A London-born poet who reinvented the dramatic monologue, eloped with Elizabeth Barrett in a Marylebone romance worthy of a thriller and returned in triumph to Maida Vale and ultimately to Poets’ Corner. Lots of juicy Victorian detail, great lines, and the irresistible contrast of a life shaped in London and a final act written on the Grand Canal.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Browning-image-CrCr.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Browning-image-CrCr.jpg</url>
		<title>Robert Browning – Death in Venice, Born in London</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:50</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A vivid, fast moving, cinematic look at Robert Browning on the anniversary of his 1889 Death in Venice. A London-born poet who reinvented the dramatic monologue, eloped with Elizabeth Barrett in a Marylebone romance worthy of a thriller and returned in triumph to Maida Vale and ultimately to Poets’ Corner. Lots of juicy Victorian detail, great lines, and the irresistible contrast of a life shaped in London and a final act written on the Grand Canal.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Browning-image-CrCr.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Count Smorltork Rises</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/count-smorltork-rises/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204563</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[On the second Wednesday in December, the Dickens Pickwick Club gathers at the ancient George & Vulture – an 18th-century warren of port, oak panels, and old City gossip – for its annual feast of camaraderie, Stilton, steak-and-kidney pie, and booming speeches. This year, my turn arrived: I had to deliver the Himself in the guise of Count Smorltork, Dickens’s “famous foreigner” and virtuoso mangler of the English tongue.
What followed was a night of uncommon joviality, literary lineage, personal history, and a foreign Count’s triumphant but catastrophic attempt at English.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On the second Wednesday in December, the Dickens Pickwick Club gathers at the ancient George & Vulture – an 18th-century warren of port, oak panels, and old City gossip – for its annual feast of camaraderie, Stilton, steak-and-kidney pie, and booming spe]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[On the second Wednesday in December, the Dickens Pickwick Club gathers at the ancient George & Vulture – an 18th-century warren of port, oak panels, and old City gossip – for its annual feast of camaraderie, Stilton, steak-and-kidney pie, and booming speeches. This year, my turn arrived: I had to deliver the Himself in the guise of Count Smorltork, Dickens’s “famous foreigner” and virtuoso mangler of the English tongue.
What followed was a night of uncommon joviality, literary lineage, personal history, and a foreign Count’s triumphant but catastrophic attempt at English.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204563/count-smorltork-rises.mp3" length="39380868" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On the second Wednesday in December, the Dickens Pickwick Club gathers at the ancient George & Vulture – an 18th-century warren of port, oak panels, and old City gossip – for its annual feast of camaraderie, Stilton, steak-and-kidney pie, and booming speeches. This year, my turn arrived: I had to deliver the Himself in the guise of Count Smorltork, Dickens’s “famous foreigner” and virtuoso mangler of the English tongue.
What followed was a night of uncommon joviality, literary lineage, personal history, and a foreign Count’s triumphant but catastrophic attempt at English.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/dickens-bust-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/dickens-bust-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Count Smorltork Rises</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:20:31</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[On the second Wednesday in December, the Dickens Pickwick Club gathers at the ancient George & Vulture – an 18th-century warren of port, oak panels, and old City gossip – for its annual feast of camaraderie, Stilton, steak-and-kidney pie, and booming speeches. This year, my turn arrived: I had to deliver the Himself in the guise of Count Smorltork, Dickens’s “famous foreigner” and virtuoso mangler of the English tongue.
What followed was a night of uncommon joviality, literary lineage, personal history, and a foreign Count’s triumphant but catastrophic attempt at English.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/dickens-bust-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Party like it&#8217;s 1843&#8230;</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/party-like-its-1843/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204560</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A double dose of goodness for you this evening...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A double dose of goodness for you this evening...]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A double dose of goodness for you this evening...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204560/party-like-its-1843.mp3" length="29347340" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A double dose of goodness for you this evening...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Party like it&#8217;s 1843&#8230;</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:17</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A double dose of goodness for you this evening...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>A Bite of Christmas</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/a-bite-of-christmas/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204546</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[This is a lively, fireside wander through the strange and splendid history of the mince pie. It begins in medieval kitchens where the pie was a hefty mix of meat, fruit and spice, travels through the Puritan years when it was frowned upon, and arrives in the present as the sweet little symbol of Christmas we know today. The piece explores how mince pies delight the British, baffle the Americans, and bewilder the French, especially now that Marks and Spencer has vanished from Paris. Warm, humorous and full of festive colour, it celebrates the mince pie as a tiny pastry with a very large story.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This is a lively, fireside wander through the strange and splendid history of the mince pie. It begins in medieval kitchens where the pie was a hefty mix of meat, fruit and spice, travels through the Puritan years when it was frowned upon, and arrives in]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[This is a lively, fireside wander through the strange and splendid history of the mince pie. It begins in medieval kitchens where the pie was a hefty mix of meat, fruit and spice, travels through the Puritan years when it was frowned upon, and arrives in the present as the sweet little symbol of Christmas we know today. The piece explores how mince pies delight the British, baffle the Americans, and bewilder the French, especially now that Marks and Spencer has vanished from Paris. Warm, humorous and full of festive colour, it celebrates the mince pie as a tiny pastry with a very large story.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204546/a-bite-of-christmas.mp3" length="27587732" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This is a lively, fireside wander through the strange and splendid history of the mince pie. It begins in medieval kitchens where the pie was a hefty mix of meat, fruit and spice, travels through the Puritan years when it was frowned upon, and arrives in the present as the sweet little symbol of Christmas we know today. The piece explores how mince pies delight the British, baffle the Americans, and bewilder the French, especially now that Marks and Spencer has vanished from Paris. Warm, humorous and full of festive colour, it celebrates the mince pie as a tiny pastry with a very large story.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/mince-pies-image-R.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/mince-pies-image-R.jpg</url>
		<title>A Bite of Christmas</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:36</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[This is a lively, fireside wander through the strange and splendid history of the mince pie. It begins in medieval kitchens where the pie was a hefty mix of meat, fruit and spice, travels through the Puritan years when it was frowned upon, and arrives in the present as the sweet little symbol of Christmas we know today. The piece explores how mince pies delight the British, baffle the Americans, and bewilder the French, especially now that Marks and Spencer has vanished from Paris. Warm, humorous and full of festive colour, it celebrates the mince pie as a tiny pastry with a very large story.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/mince-pies-image-R.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Thrillers on Villiers</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/thrillers-on-villiers/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204543</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Jack’s Christmas Lights Walk begins here for a reason. Villiers Street is the perfect overture: dense with history, glowing with stories, and sprinkled with festive firsts you won’t hear anywhere else. It's London in miniature: short, steep, and overflowing with stories. From dukes and Dickens to Kipling’s fog and railway thunder, this narrow chute between the Strand and the river is a backstage entrance to five centuries of drama. Let alone those Christmas Lights. And their stories. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Jack’s Christmas Lights Walk begins here for a reason. Villiers Street is the perfect overture: dense with history, glowing with stories, and sprinkled with festive firsts you won’t hear anywhere else. Its London in miniature: short, steep, and overflowi]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Jack’s Christmas Lights Walk begins here for a reason. Villiers Street is the perfect overture: dense with history, glowing with stories, and sprinkled with festive firsts you won’t hear anywhere else. It's London in miniature: short, steep, and overflowing with stories. From dukes and Dickens to Kipling’s fog and railway thunder, this narrow chute between the Strand and the river is a backstage entrance to five centuries of drama. Let alone those Christmas Lights. And their stories. ]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204543/thrillers-on-villiers.mp3" length="30167376" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jack’s Christmas Lights Walk begins here for a reason. Villiers Street is the perfect overture: dense with history, glowing with stories, and sprinkled with festive firsts you won’t hear anywhere else. It's London in miniature: short, steep, and overflowing with stories. From dukes and Dickens to Kipling’s fog and railway thunder, this narrow chute between the Strand and the river is a backstage entrance to five centuries of drama. Let alone those Christmas Lights. And their stories.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Villiers-image-jack-christmas-lights.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Villiers-image-jack-christmas-lights.jpg</url>
		<title>Thrillers on Villiers</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:47</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Jack’s Christmas Lights Walk begins here for a reason. Villiers Street is the perfect overture: dense with history, glowing with stories, and sprinkled with festive firsts you won’t hear anywhere else. It's London in miniature: short, steep, and overflowing with stories. From dukes and Dickens to Kipling’s fog and railway thunder, this narrow chute between the Strand and the river is a backstage entrance to five centuries of drama. Let alone those Christmas Lights. And their stories.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Villiers-image-jack-christmas-lights.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>When London Slept and History Changed</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/when-london-slept-and-history-changed/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204535</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[On 7 December 1941, as Japan struck Pearl Harbor, London was deep in its third winter of war: bruised, blacked out, queueing for scraps, shrugging off sirens. In this episode of London Calling we take the city’s pulse on that day. From wardens chastening Noël Coward to milk carts pulled by dogs, from Advent sermons to Fleet Street’s midnight shock, we watch London discover the attack that would change its fate. A fogbound capital learns, almost in its sleep, that it’s no longer alone.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On 7 December 1941, as Japan struck Pearl Harbor, London was deep in its third winter of war: bruised, blacked out, queueing for scraps, shrugging off sirens. In this episode of London Calling we take the city’s pulse on that day. From wardens chastening]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[On 7 December 1941, as Japan struck Pearl Harbor, London was deep in its third winter of war: bruised, blacked out, queueing for scraps, shrugging off sirens. In this episode of London Calling we take the city’s pulse on that day. From wardens chastening Noël Coward to milk carts pulled by dogs, from Advent sermons to Fleet Street’s midnight shock, we watch London discover the attack that would change its fate. A fogbound capital learns, almost in its sleep, that it’s no longer alone.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204535/when-london-slept-and-history-changed.mp3" length="25828123" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On 7 December 1941, as Japan struck Pearl Harbor, London was deep in its third winter of war: bruised, blacked out, queueing for scraps, shrugging off sirens. In this episode of London Calling we take the city’s pulse on that day. From wardens chastening Noël Coward to milk carts pulled by dogs, from Advent sermons to Fleet Street’s midnight shock, we watch London discover the attack that would change its fate. A fogbound capital learns, almost in its sleep, that it’s no longer alone.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pearl-harbor-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pearl-harbor-image.jpg</url>
		<title>When London Slept and History Changed</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:28</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[On 7 December 1941, as Japan struck Pearl Harbor, London was deep in its third winter of war: bruised, blacked out, queueing for scraps, shrugging off sirens. In this episode of London Calling we take the city’s pulse on that day. From wardens chastening Noël Coward to milk carts pulled by dogs, from Advent sermons to Fleet Street’s midnight shock, we watch London discover the attack that would change its fate. A fogbound capital learns, almost in its sleep, that it’s no longer alone.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pearl-harbor-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Conrad Hotel Confidential</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/conrad-hotel-confidential/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 10:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204533</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[It’s a hotel, a pub, an art gallery, a very special rendezvous, a backstage pass to Westminster, a living scrapbook of political London, a motherlode of history, and a film set all rolled up into one.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[It’s a hotel, a pub, an art gallery, a very special rendezvous, a backstage pass to Westminster, a living scrapbook of political London, a motherlode of history, and a film set all rolled up into one.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[It’s a hotel, a pub, an art gallery, a very special rendezvous, a backstage pass to Westminster, a living scrapbook of political London, a motherlode of history, and a film set all rolled up into one.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204533/conrad-hotel-confidential.mp3" length="30060378" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It’s a hotel, a pub, an art gallery, a very special rendezvous, a backstage pass to Westminster, a living scrapbook of political London, a motherlode of history, and a film set all rolled up into one.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Conrad Hotel Confidential</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:40</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[It’s a hotel, a pub, an art gallery, a very special rendezvous, a backstage pass to Westminster, a living scrapbook of political London, a motherlode of history, and a film set all rolled up into one.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Wishing the poet a Happy Birthday</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/wishing-the-poet-a-happy-birthday/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 09:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204529</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A birthday bash that’s yet another chapter in the Literary London Saga. 
]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A birthday bash that’s yet another chapter in the Literary London Saga.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A birthday bash that’s yet another chapter in the Literary London Saga. 
]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204529/wishing-the-poet-a-happy-birthday.mp3" length="27168101" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A birthday bash that’s yet another chapter in the Literary London Saga.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Wishing the poet a Happy Birthday</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:09</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A birthday bash that’s yet another chapter in the Literary London Saga.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Man Who Turned London Upside Down</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-man-who-turned-london-upside-down/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204525</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[On the anniversary of his death, a rollicking, street-level wander through the life of John Gay – author of The Beggar’s Opera and Trivia – who turned London’s rogues, highways, alleys, gossip, and grit into art that still sparkles nearly three centuries later.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On the anniversary of his death, a rollicking, street-level wander through the life of John Gay – author of The Beggar’s Opera and Trivia – who turned London’s rogues, highways, alleys, gossip, and grit into art that still sparkles nearly three centuries]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[On the anniversary of his death, a rollicking, street-level wander through the life of John Gay – author of The Beggar’s Opera and Trivia – who turned London’s rogues, highways, alleys, gossip, and grit into art that still sparkles nearly three centuries later.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204525/the-man-who-turned-london-upside-down.mp3" length="24693782" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On the anniversary of his death, a rollicking, street-level wander through the life of John Gay – author of The Beggar’s Opera and Trivia – who turned London’s rogues, highways, alleys, gossip, and grit into art that still sparkles nearly three centuries later.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/john-gay-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/john-gay-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Man Who Turned London Upside Down</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:52</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[On the anniversary of his death, a rollicking, street-level wander through the life of John Gay – author of The Beggar’s Opera and Trivia – who turned London’s rogues, highways, alleys, gossip, and grit into art that still sparkles nearly three centuries later.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/john-gay-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Woman Who Changed Everything</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-woman-who-changed-everything/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 11:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204520</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[She was the woman who changed everything. Before her, the English stage was a men-only club – boys playing girls, audiences roaring for comedy but never expecting a real woman to step into the light. And then she did. This podcast tells the story of the first actress on the English stage: the mystery, the daring, the scandal, the thrill of that moment when a woman, for the first time, crossed the boards and the audience gasped. It's a wander through Restoration London – the playhouses, the backrooms, the theatrical cut-and-thrust. On the way we meet the colourful characters who made that world sparkle. The managers, the rakes, the playwrights, the divas-to-be.

It’s a tale of courage, glamour, gossip and a little danger.
The night a woman walked onstage, she didn’t just perform.
She redefined the theatre.
And, in her way, she redefined England.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[She was the woman who changed everything. Before her, the English stage was a men-only club – boys playing girls, audiences roaring for comedy but never expecting a real woman to step into the light. And then she did. This podcast tells the story of the ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[She was the woman who changed everything. Before her, the English stage was a men-only club – boys playing girls, audiences roaring for comedy but never expecting a real woman to step into the light. And then she did. This podcast tells the story of the first actress on the English stage: the mystery, the daring, the scandal, the thrill of that moment when a woman, for the first time, crossed the boards and the audience gasped. It's a wander through Restoration London – the playhouses, the backrooms, the theatrical cut-and-thrust. On the way we meet the colourful characters who made that world sparkle. The managers, the rakes, the playwrights, the divas-to-be.

It’s a tale of courage, glamour, gossip and a little danger.
The night a woman walked onstage, she didn’t just perform.
She redefined the theatre.
And, in her way, she redefined England.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204520/the-woman-who-changed-everything.mp3" length="27492437" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[She was the woman who changed everything. Before her, the English stage was a men-only club – boys playing girls, audiences roaring for comedy but never expecting a real woman to step into the light. And then she did. This podcast tells the story of the first actress on the English stage: the mystery, the daring, the scandal, the thrill of that moment when a woman, for the first time, crossed the boards and the audience gasped. It's a wander through Restoration London – the playhouses, the backrooms, the theatrical cut-and-thrust. On the way we meet the colourful characters who made that world sparkle. The managers, the rakes, the playwrights, the divas-to-be.

It’s a tale of courage, glamour, gossip and a little danger.
The night a woman walked onstage, she didn’t just perform.
She redefined the theatre.
And, in her way, she redefined England.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/margaret-hughes-image-sq.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/margaret-hughes-image-sq.jpg</url>
		<title>The Woman Who Changed Everything</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:20</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[She was the woman who changed everything. Before her, the English stage was a men-only club – boys playing girls, audiences roaring for comedy but never expecting a real woman to step into the light. And then she did. This podcast tells the story of the first actress on the English stage: the mystery, the daring, the scandal, the thrill of that moment when a woman, for the first time, crossed the boards and the audience gasped. It's a wander through Restoration London – the playhouses, the backrooms, the theatrical cut-and-thrust. On the way we meet the colourful characters who made that world sparkle. The managers, the rakes, the playwrights, the divas-to-be.

It’s a tale of courage, glamour, gossip and a little danger.
The night a woman walked onstage, she didn’t just perform.
She redefined the theatre.
And, in her way, she redefined England.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/margaret-hughes-image-sq.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Birkbeck – London&#8217;s Night-School Miracle</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/birkbeck-londons-night-school-miracle/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204506</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A vivid, anecdotal wander through the story of Birkbeck, London’s great evening college: born in the age of gaslight, dedicated to workers hungry for knowledge, and still humming with that after-hours magic today. The piece lifts the lid on the college that turned London’s night shift into a lecture theatre, celebrates the characters and breakthroughs it’s nurtured over two centuries, and shows why this unassuming Bloomsbury outpost is one of the capital’s quiet marvels.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A vivid, anecdotal wander through the story of Birkbeck, London’s great evening college: born in the age of gaslight, dedicated to workers hungry for knowledge, and still humming with that after-hours magic today. The piece lifts the lid on the college t]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A vivid, anecdotal wander through the story of Birkbeck, London’s great evening college: born in the age of gaslight, dedicated to workers hungry for knowledge, and still humming with that after-hours magic today. The piece lifts the lid on the college that turned London’s night shift into a lecture theatre, celebrates the characters and breakthroughs it’s nurtured over two centuries, and shows why this unassuming Bloomsbury outpost is one of the capital’s quiet marvels.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204506/birkbeck-londons-night-school-miracle.mp3" length="26548685" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A vivid, anecdotal wander through the story of Birkbeck, London’s great evening college: born in the age of gaslight, dedicated to workers hungry for knowledge, and still humming with that after-hours magic today. The piece lifts the lid on the college that turned London’s night shift into a lecture theatre, celebrates the characters and breakthroughs it’s nurtured over two centuries, and shows why this unassuming Bloomsbury outpost is one of the capital’s quiet marvels.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/birkbeck-image-sq.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/birkbeck-image-sq.jpg</url>
		<title>Birkbeck – London&#8217;s Night-School Miracle</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:50</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A vivid, anecdotal wander through the story of Birkbeck, London’s great evening college: born in the age of gaslight, dedicated to workers hungry for knowledge, and still humming with that after-hours magic today. The piece lifts the lid on the college that turned London’s night shift into a lecture theatre, celebrates the characters and breakthroughs it’s nurtured over two centuries, and shows why this unassuming Bloomsbury outpost is one of the capital’s quiet marvels.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/birkbeck-image-sq.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Yuletide Birdcast</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/yuletide-birdcast/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 21:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204503</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A festive flourish with extras. Nary a hint here about the extras – you'll have to listen to the piece. But the main course is a little appetiser from Ann, a trailer if you will for her upcoming series of Eating Christmas Walks. This tasty talk's mostly about turkeys and geese. It's Ann so you can expect warmth, wit, history, latest goings on. Basically a generous helping of Yuletide flavour – a perfect sprinkle of Christmas cheer for your day.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A festive flourish with extras. Nary a hint here about the extras – youll have to listen to the piece. But the main course is a little appetiser from Ann, a trailer if you will for her upcoming series of Eating Christmas Walks. This tasty talks mostly ab]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A festive flourish with extras. Nary a hint here about the extras – you'll have to listen to the piece. But the main course is a little appetiser from Ann, a trailer if you will for her upcoming series of Eating Christmas Walks. This tasty talk's mostly about turkeys and geese. It's Ann so you can expect warmth, wit, history, latest goings on. Basically a generous helping of Yuletide flavour – a perfect sprinkle of Christmas cheer for your day.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204503/yuletide-birdcast.mp3" length="35100966" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A festive flourish with extras. Nary a hint here about the extras – you'll have to listen to the piece. But the main course is a little appetiser from Ann, a trailer if you will for her upcoming series of Eating Christmas Walks. This tasty talk's mostly about turkeys and geese. It's Ann so you can expect warmth, wit, history, latest goings on. Basically a generous helping of Yuletide flavour – a perfect sprinkle of Christmas cheer for your day.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/turkey-image-for-podcast.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/turkey-image-for-podcast.jpg</url>
		<title>Yuletide Birdcast</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:18:17</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A festive flourish with extras. Nary a hint here about the extras – you'll have to listen to the piece. But the main course is a little appetiser from Ann, a trailer if you will for her upcoming series of Eating Christmas Walks. This tasty talk's mostly about turkeys and geese. It's Ann so you can expect warmth, wit, history, latest goings on. Basically a generous helping of Yuletide flavour – a perfect sprinkle of Christmas cheer for your day.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/turkey-image-for-podcast.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Hail and Farewell</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/hail-and-farewell/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 16:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204490</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A reflective, elegiac tribute to Tom Stoppard, marking his death at 88. The piece traces his journey from a childhood shaped by exile to his life as one of Britain’s most brilliant and beloved playwrights. It honours his delight in language, his dazzling intellect, his late-in-life reckoning with history, and the gentleness that infused his work. It’s a quiet, intimate meditation on a mind that illuminated the stage and a light now softly gone.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A reflective, elegiac tribute to Tom Stoppard, marking his death at 88. The piece traces his journey from a childhood shaped by exile to his life as one of Britain’s most brilliant and beloved playwrights. It honours his delight in language, his dazzling]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A reflective, elegiac tribute to Tom Stoppard, marking his death at 88. The piece traces his journey from a childhood shaped by exile to his life as one of Britain’s most brilliant and beloved playwrights. It honours his delight in language, his dazzling intellect, his late-in-life reckoning with history, and the gentleness that infused his work. It’s a quiet, intimate meditation on a mind that illuminated the stage and a light now softly gone.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204490/hail-and-farewell.mp3" length="26749305" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A reflective, elegiac tribute to Tom Stoppard, marking his death at 88. The piece traces his journey from a childhood shaped by exile to his life as one of Britain’s most brilliant and beloved playwrights. It honours his delight in language, his dazzling intellect, his late-in-life reckoning with history, and the gentleness that infused his work. It’s a quiet, intimate meditation on a mind that illuminated the stage and a light now softly gone.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/tom_stoppard_square-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/tom_stoppard_square-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Hail and Farewell</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:56</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A reflective, elegiac tribute to Tom Stoppard, marking his death at 88. The piece traces his journey from a childhood shaped by exile to his life as one of Britain’s most brilliant and beloved playwrights. It honours his delight in language, his dazzling intellect, his late-in-life reckoning with history, and the gentleness that infused his work. It’s a quiet, intimate meditation on a mind that illuminated the stage and a light now softly gone.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/tom_stoppard_square-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>London gets up a head of steam</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/london-gets-up-a-head-of-steam/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 10:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204488</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[On November 29th, 1814, in a cramped London workshop smelling of hot metal and wet ink, Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Bauer’s steam-driven printing press thundered into life – and the world quietly tipped into its modern age. The Times secretly ran its entire issue on this whirring mechanical wonder, doubling – no, quadrupling speed overnight. Londoners didn’t know it, but the very rhythms of their city – news, politics, scandal, the spread of ideas – had just been turned up a big notch. On the anniversary of that day London Calling tells the story of that breakthrough morning: clatter and clank, a hint of cloak-and-dagger secrecy, a dollop of London ingenuity, and the moment the printed word stepped onto the express train of history.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On November 29th, 1814, in a cramped London workshop smelling of hot metal and wet ink, Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Bauer’s steam-driven printing press thundered into life – and the world quietly tipped into its modern age. The Times secretly ran its en]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[On November 29th, 1814, in a cramped London workshop smelling of hot metal and wet ink, Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Bauer’s steam-driven printing press thundered into life – and the world quietly tipped into its modern age. The Times secretly ran its entire issue on this whirring mechanical wonder, doubling – no, quadrupling speed overnight. Londoners didn’t know it, but the very rhythms of their city – news, politics, scandal, the spread of ideas – had just been turned up a big notch. On the anniversary of that day London Calling tells the story of that breakthrough morning: clatter and clank, a hint of cloak-and-dagger secrecy, a dollop of London ingenuity, and the moment the printed word stepped onto the express train of history.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204488/london-gets-up-a-head-of-steam.mp3" length="29584741" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On November 29th, 1814, in a cramped London workshop smelling of hot metal and wet ink, Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Bauer’s steam-driven printing press thundered into life – and the world quietly tipped into its modern age. The Times secretly ran its entire issue on this whirring mechanical wonder, doubling – no, quadrupling speed overnight. Londoners didn’t know it, but the very rhythms of their city – news, politics, scandal, the spread of ideas – had just been turned up a big notch. On the anniversary of that day London Calling tells the story of that breakthrough morning: clatter and clank, a hint of cloak-and-dagger secrecy, a dollop of London ingenuity, and the moment the printed word stepped onto the express train of history.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>London gets up a head of steam</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:25</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[On November 29th, 1814, in a cramped London workshop smelling of hot metal and wet ink, Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Bauer’s steam-driven printing press thundered into life – and the world quietly tipped into its modern age. The Times secretly ran its entire issue on this whirring mechanical wonder, doubling – no, quadrupling speed overnight. Londoners didn’t know it, but the very rhythms of their city – news, politics, scandal, the spread of ideas – had just been turned up a big notch. On the anniversary of that day London Calling tells the story of that breakthrough morning: clatter and clank, a hint of cloak-and-dagger secrecy, a dollop of London ingenuity, and the moment the printed word stepped onto the express train of history.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Hampstead’s Wicked Little Secret</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/hampsteads-wicked-little-secret/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 22:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204483</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Fade in. Church Row, Hampstead. Late Victorian London. A perfect Georgian house, all calm exteriors and candlelit windows. Inside, one of the most explosive figures of the age paces like a caged star. Bosie: aristocratic beauty, agent of chaos, lover and undoer of Oscar Wilde. This is the widescreen version. A story of forbidden passion, furious fathers, courtroom tragedy and a golden boy on the run from the chaos he helped create. Hampstead becomes a film set, and Bosie the dazzling, dangerous protagonist whose every move begs for a close-up.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fade in. Church Row, Hampstead. Late Victorian London. A perfect Georgian house, all calm exteriors and candlelit windows. Inside, one of the most explosive figures of the age paces like a caged star. Bosie: aristocratic beauty, agent of chaos, lover and]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Fade in. Church Row, Hampstead. Late Victorian London. A perfect Georgian house, all calm exteriors and candlelit windows. Inside, one of the most explosive figures of the age paces like a caged star. Bosie: aristocratic beauty, agent of chaos, lover and undoer of Oscar Wilde. This is the widescreen version. A story of forbidden passion, furious fathers, courtroom tragedy and a golden boy on the run from the chaos he helped create. Hampstead becomes a film set, and Bosie the dazzling, dangerous protagonist whose every move begs for a close-up.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204483/hampsteads-wicked-little-secret.mp3" length="36527879" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Fade in. Church Row, Hampstead. Late Victorian London. A perfect Georgian house, all calm exteriors and candlelit windows. Inside, one of the most explosive figures of the age paces like a caged star. Bosie: aristocratic beauty, agent of chaos, lover and undoer of Oscar Wilde. This is the widescreen version. A story of forbidden passion, furious fathers, courtroom tragedy and a golden boy on the run from the chaos he helped create. Hampstead becomes a film set, and Bosie the dazzling, dangerous protagonist whose every move begs for a close-up.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/portrait-of-Bosie-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/portrait-of-Bosie-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Hampstead’s Wicked Little Secret</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:19:02</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Fade in. Church Row, Hampstead. Late Victorian London. A perfect Georgian house, all calm exteriors and candlelit windows. Inside, one of the most explosive figures of the age paces like a caged star. Bosie: aristocratic beauty, agent of chaos, lover and undoer of Oscar Wilde. This is the widescreen version. A story of forbidden passion, furious fathers, courtroom tragedy and a golden boy on the run from the chaos he helped create. Hampstead becomes a film set, and Bosie the dazzling, dangerous protagonist whose every move begs for a close-up.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/portrait-of-Bosie-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Tree-mendous London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/tree-mendous-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204471</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Step into London at its most dazzling. From designer hotel lobbies to elegant Georgian squares, from grand department stores to quiet, candle-scented churches, the city becomes a forest of firs, each one dressed to the nines in baubles, ribbons, and stories. This is the tale of how Christmas trees travelled from the hearth fires of Germany to the palaces of Hanoverian royals and finally into the hearts of Londoners. It’s a romp through centuries of tradition, invention, and good old festive showmanship. And when the history fades into the twinkle of modern lights, there’s Claire’s Christmas Tree Walk to carry it all forward. She leads you to the best of the best on December 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, and 20. Consider it London’s Christmas present to you: a guided wander through the city’s most glorious constellation of trees, each stop a story, each tree a little bit of magic.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Step into London at its most dazzling. From designer hotel lobbies to elegant Georgian squares, from grand department stores to quiet, candle-scented churches, the city becomes a forest of firs, each one dressed to the nines in baubles, ribbons, and stor]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Step into London at its most dazzling. From designer hotel lobbies to elegant Georgian squares, from grand department stores to quiet, candle-scented churches, the city becomes a forest of firs, each one dressed to the nines in baubles, ribbons, and stories. This is the tale of how Christmas trees travelled from the hearth fires of Germany to the palaces of Hanoverian royals and finally into the hearts of Londoners. It’s a romp through centuries of tradition, invention, and good old festive showmanship. And when the history fades into the twinkle of modern lights, there’s Claire’s Christmas Tree Walk to carry it all forward. She leads you to the best of the best on December 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, and 20. Consider it London’s Christmas present to you: a guided wander through the city’s most glorious constellation of trees, each stop a story, each tree a little bit of magic.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204471/tree-mendous-london.mp3" length="28396065" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Step into London at its most dazzling. From designer hotel lobbies to elegant Georgian squares, from grand department stores to quiet, candle-scented churches, the city becomes a forest of firs, each one dressed to the nines in baubles, ribbons, and stories. This is the tale of how Christmas trees travelled from the hearth fires of Germany to the palaces of Hanoverian royals and finally into the hearts of Londoners. It’s a romp through centuries of tradition, invention, and good old festive showmanship. And when the history fades into the twinkle of modern lights, there’s Claire’s Christmas Tree Walk to carry it all forward. She leads you to the best of the best on December 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, and 20. Consider it London’s Christmas present to you: a guided wander through the city’s most glorious constellation of trees, each stop a story, each tree a little bit of magic.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/victorian_christmas_tree_square-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/victorian_christmas_tree_square-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Tree-mendous London</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:48</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Step into London at its most dazzling. From designer hotel lobbies to elegant Georgian squares, from grand department stores to quiet, candle-scented churches, the city becomes a forest of firs, each one dressed to the nines in baubles, ribbons, and stories. This is the tale of how Christmas trees travelled from the hearth fires of Germany to the palaces of Hanoverian royals and finally into the hearts of Londoners. It’s a romp through centuries of tradition, invention, and good old festive showmanship. And when the history fades into the twinkle of modern lights, there’s Claire’s Christmas Tree Walk to carry it all forward. She leads you to the best of the best on December 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, and 20. Consider it London’s Christmas present to you: a guided wander through the city’s most glorious constellation of trees, each stop a story, each tree a little bit of magic.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/victorian_christmas_tree_square-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>When Christmas Came Back to London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/when-christmas-came-back-to-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204450</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The year London got its Christmas back.
]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The year London got its Christmas back.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The year London got its Christmas back.
]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204450/when-christmas-came-back-to-london.mp3" length="25495428" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The year London got its Christmas back.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>When Christmas Came Back to London</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:17</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The year London got its Christmas back.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Whodunnit, and Still Doin’ It</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/whodunnit-and-still-doin-it/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204411</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[On November 25th, 1952, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap opened in a still-sooty, post-war London — and never stopped running. London Calling strolls down West Street to tell the tale of the world’s longest-running play: its famous first night, the legends behind the “Holman performances,” the stars who got their start, the stubborn little clock that’s ticked through seven decades, and why the curtain can never quite fall. A whodunnit that became a what-on-earth-keeps-it-going.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On November 25th, 1952, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap opened in a still-sooty, post-war London — and never stopped running. London Calling strolls down West Street to tell the tale of the world’s longest-running play: its famous first night, the legend]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[On November 25th, 1952, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap opened in a still-sooty, post-war London — and never stopped running. London Calling strolls down West Street to tell the tale of the world’s longest-running play: its famous first night, the legends behind the “Holman performances,” the stars who got their start, the stubborn little clock that’s ticked through seven decades, and why the curtain can never quite fall. A whodunnit that became a what-on-earth-keeps-it-going.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204411/whodunnit-and-still-doin-it.mp3" length="27016799" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On November 25th, 1952, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap opened in a still-sooty, post-war London — and never stopped running. London Calling strolls down West Street to tell the tale of the world’s longest-running play: its famous first night, the legends behind the “Holman performances,” the stars who got their start, the stubborn little clock that’s ticked through seven decades, and why the curtain can never quite fall. A whodunnit that became a what-on-earth-keeps-it-going.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:05</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[On November 25th, 1952, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap opened in a still-sooty, post-war London — and never stopped running. London Calling strolls down West Street to tell the tale of the world’s longest-running play: its famous first night, the legends behind the “Holman performances,” the stars who got their start, the stubborn little clock that’s ticked through seven decades, and why the curtain can never quite fall. A whodunnit that became a what-on-earth-keeps-it-going.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Day the Thames Stopped</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-day-the-thames-stopped/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 11:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204408</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Twice, on the same date 281 years apart, the River Thames froze solid – first in 1434, when London’s lifeline turned to stone, and again in 1715, when it became a carnival ground. From famine fears to frost fairs, this is the story of a city brought to a standstill by winter, and how Londoners turned disaster into revelry.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Twice, on the same date 281 years apart, the River Thames froze solid – first in 1434, when London’s lifeline turned to stone, and again in 1715, when it became a carnival ground. From famine fears to frost fairs, this is the story of a city brought to a]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Twice, on the same date 281 years apart, the River Thames froze solid – first in 1434, when London’s lifeline turned to stone, and again in 1715, when it became a carnival ground. From famine fears to frost fairs, this is the story of a city brought to a standstill by winter, and how Londoners turned disaster into revelry.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204408/the-day-the-thames-stopped.mp3" length="26419118" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Twice, on the same date 281 years apart, the River Thames froze solid – first in 1434, when London’s lifeline turned to stone, and again in 1715, when it became a carnival ground. From famine fears to frost fairs, this is the story of a city brought to a standstill by winter, and how Londoners turned disaster into revelry.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Day the Thames Stopped</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:46</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Twice, on the same date 281 years apart, the River Thames froze solid – first in 1434, when London’s lifeline turned to stone, and again in 1715, when it became a carnival ground. From famine fears to frost fairs, this is the story of a city brought to a standstill by winter, and how Londoners turned disaster into revelry.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Cutty Sark – the Ship that Raced the Wind</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/cutty-sark-the-ship-that-raced-the-wind/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 23:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204404</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A high-speed voyage through the life and legend of the Cutty Sark – the world’s last surviving tea clipper and one of London’s brightest maritime icons. From her birth in 1869 on the Clyde to her record-breaking races home from China, we follow her glory days, decline, and resurrection in Greenwich. Along the way, we meet the Scots poet who named her, the witch who inspired her figurehead, and the sailors who made her the fastest thing under canvas. A story of craftsmanship, competition, and sheer beauty – the ship that refused to fade into history.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A high-speed voyage through the life and legend of the Cutty Sark – the world’s last surviving tea clipper and one of London’s brightest maritime icons. From her birth in 1869 on the Clyde to her record-breaking races home from China, we follow her glory]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A high-speed voyage through the life and legend of the Cutty Sark – the world’s last surviving tea clipper and one of London’s brightest maritime icons. From her birth in 1869 on the Clyde to her record-breaking races home from China, we follow her glory days, decline, and resurrection in Greenwich. Along the way, we meet the Scots poet who named her, the witch who inspired her figurehead, and the sailors who made her the fastest thing under canvas. A story of craftsmanship, competition, and sheer beauty – the ship that refused to fade into history.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204404/cutty-sark-the-ship-that-raced-the-wind.mp3" length="27088688" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A high-speed voyage through the life and legend of the Cutty Sark – the world’s last surviving tea clipper and one of London’s brightest maritime icons. From her birth in 1869 on the Clyde to her record-breaking races home from China, we follow her glory days, decline, and resurrection in Greenwich. Along the way, we meet the Scots poet who named her, the witch who inspired her figurehead, and the sailors who made her the fastest thing under canvas. A story of craftsmanship, competition, and sheer beauty – the ship that refused to fade into history.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cutty-sark-300-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cutty-sark-300-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Cutty Sark – the Ship that Raced the Wind</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:07</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A high-speed voyage through the life and legend of the Cutty Sark – the world’s last surviving tea clipper and one of London’s brightest maritime icons. From her birth in 1869 on the Clyde to her record-breaking races home from China, we follow her glory days, decline, and resurrection in Greenwich. Along the way, we meet the Scots poet who named her, the witch who inspired her figurehead, and the sailors who made her the fastest thing under canvas. A story of craftsmanship, competition, and sheer beauty – the ship that refused to fade into history.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cutty-sark-300-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>London on the Day the World Changed</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/london-on-the-day-the-world-changed/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 12:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204400</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A turn through London as it was on 22 November 1963. Evening crowds spilling out of offices, Christmas lights warming up the West End, the city in its ordinary hum. Then the flash: the news from Dallas, arriving like a cold wind through pubs, Tube stations and shopfront radios. A portrait of London on the day it paused, listened and felt the shock of a distant tragedy ripple through its own streets.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A turn through London as it was on 22 November 1963. Evening crowds spilling out of offices, Christmas lights warming up the West End, the city in its ordinary hum. Then the flash: the news from Dallas, arriving like a cold wind through pubs, Tube statio]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A turn through London as it was on 22 November 1963. Evening crowds spilling out of offices, Christmas lights warming up the West End, the city in its ordinary hum. Then the flash: the news from Dallas, arriving like a cold wind through pubs, Tube stations and shopfront radios. A portrait of London on the day it paused, listened and felt the shock of a distant tragedy ripple through its own streets.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A turn through London as it was on 22 November 1963. Evening crowds spilling out of offices, Christmas lights warming up the West End, the city in its ordinary hum. Then the flash: the news from Dallas, arriving like a cold wind through pubs, Tube stations and shopfront radios. A portrait of London on the day it paused, listened and felt the shock of a distant tragedy ripple through its own streets.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>London on the Day the World Changed</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:09</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A turn through London as it was on 22 November 1963. Evening crowds spilling out of offices, Christmas lights warming up the West End, the city in its ordinary hum. Then the flash: the news from Dallas, arriving like a cold wind through pubs, Tube stations and shopfront radios. A portrait of London on the day it paused, listened and felt the shock of a distant tragedy ripple through its own streets.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Empire in a Cup – How Tea Took Over Britain</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/empire-in-a-cup-how-tea-took-over-britain/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 09:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204393</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Advancer for the distinguished diplomat Lisa Honan's Upcoming Empire in a Cup – the History of Tea Walk. A lively, anecdote-soaked ramble through the surprising story of how a humble leaf conquered Britain. From locked tea caddies and clipper ships to wartime tea stockpiles and family feuds over the proper order of milk, this is the tale of a drink that shaped a nation. A warm, cinematic wander steeped in history, charm, and the sort of fun only tea can brew.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Advancer for the distinguished diplomat Lisa Honans Upcoming Empire in a Cup – the History of Tea Walk. A lively, anecdote-soaked ramble through the surprising story of how a humble leaf conquered Britain. From locked tea caddies and clipper ships to war]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Advancer for the distinguished diplomat Lisa Honan's Upcoming Empire in a Cup – the History of Tea Walk. A lively, anecdote-soaked ramble through the surprising story of how a humble leaf conquered Britain. From locked tea caddies and clipper ships to wartime tea stockpiles and family feuds over the proper order of milk, this is the tale of a drink that shaped a nation. A warm, cinematic wander steeped in history, charm, and the sort of fun only tea can brew.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204393/empire-in-a-cup-how-tea-took-over-britain.mp3" length="26731751" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Advancer for the distinguished diplomat Lisa Honan's Upcoming Empire in a Cup – the History of Tea Walk. A lively, anecdote-soaked ramble through the surprising story of how a humble leaf conquered Britain. From locked tea caddies and clipper ships to wartime tea stockpiles and family feuds over the proper order of milk, this is the tale of a drink that shaped a nation. A warm, cinematic wander steeped in history, charm, and the sort of fun only tea can brew.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cup-of-tea-image-podcast-lisa.jpg</url>
		<title>Empire in a Cup – How Tea Took Over Britain</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:56</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Advancer for the distinguished diplomat Lisa Honan's Upcoming Empire in a Cup – the History of Tea Walk. A lively, anecdote-soaked ramble through the surprising story of how a humble leaf conquered Britain. From locked tea caddies and clipper ships to wartime tea stockpiles and family feuds over the proper order of milk, this is the tale of a drink that shaped a nation. A warm, cinematic wander steeped in history, charm, and the sort of fun only tea can brew.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cup-of-tea-image-podcast-lisa.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Night the Darkness Lost</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-night-the-darkness-lost/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204389</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[On the evening of 20 November 1944, after five long years of wartime blackout, London turned on a few of its street lights again. Londoners stepped out to see it for themselves, faces tilted up to lamplight they had almost forgotten. It was only a handful of streets, a tentative first step in a city still at war. But the glow above the pavements felt like a promise that the worst might finally be behind them.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On the evening of 20 November 1944, after five long years of wartime blackout, London turned on a few of its street lights again. Londoners stepped out to see it for themselves, faces tilted up to lamplight they had almost forgotten. It was only a handfu]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[On the evening of 20 November 1944, after five long years of wartime blackout, London turned on a few of its street lights again. Londoners stepped out to see it for themselves, faces tilted up to lamplight they had almost forgotten. It was only a handful of streets, a tentative first step in a city still at war. But the glow above the pavements felt like a promise that the worst might finally be behind them.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204389/the-night-the-darkness-lost.mp3" length="25162732" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On the evening of 20 November 1944, after five long years of wartime blackout, London turned on a few of its street lights again. Londoners stepped out to see it for themselves, faces tilted up to lamplight they had almost forgotten. It was only a handful of streets, a tentative first step in a city still at war. But the glow above the pavements felt like a promise that the worst might finally be behind them.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Night the Darkness Lost</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:02</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[On the evening of 20 November 1944, after five long years of wartime blackout, London turned on a few of its street lights again. Londoners stepped out to see it for themselves, faces tilted up to lamplight they had almost forgotten. It was only a handful of streets, a tentative first step in a city still at war. But the glow above the pavements felt like a promise that the worst might finally be behind them.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>London, Caught in a Flurry</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/london-caught-in-a-flurry/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204383</guid>
	<description><![CDATA["I’m looking out the window and what do you know, it’s snowing. Yes, snowing. In November! Ok, it's just a few flurries, but the white stuff it is..."]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[I’m looking out the window and what do you know, it’s snowing. Yes, snowing. In November! Ok, its just a few flurries, but the white stuff it is...]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA["I’m looking out the window and what do you know, it’s snowing. Yes, snowing. In November! Ok, it's just a few flurries, but the white stuff it is..."]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204383/london-caught-in-a-flurry.mp3" length="23545230" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA["I’m looking out the window and what do you know, it’s snowing. Yes, snowing. In November! Ok, it's just a few flurries, but the white stuff it is..."]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/snow-flurry-image-jpeg.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/snow-flurry-image-jpeg.jpg</url>
		<title>London, Caught in a Flurry</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:16</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA["I’m looking out the window and what do you know, it’s snowing. Yes, snowing. In November! Ok, it's just a few flurries, but the white stuff it is..."]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/snow-flurry-image-jpeg.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Day London Stood Still – Wellington&#8217;s Last March</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-day-london-stood-still-wellingtons-last-march/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204369</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A brisk, atmospheric wander through the day the Duke of Wellington’s funeral stopped London in its tracks. The piece sweeps the listener into the crush of half a million Londoners lining the streets, the clatter of the colossal funeral carriage, and the peculiar mix of awe and disorder that only a Victorian spectacle could summon. It’s a story of a nation saying goodbye to its greatest hero, but also a peek at the London of 1852: smoky, chaotic, sentimental, and gloriously itself.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A brisk, atmospheric wander through the day the Duke of Wellington’s funeral stopped London in its tracks. The piece sweeps the listener into the crush of half a million Londoners lining the streets, the clatter of the colossal funeral carriage, and the ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A brisk, atmospheric wander through the day the Duke of Wellington’s funeral stopped London in its tracks. The piece sweeps the listener into the crush of half a million Londoners lining the streets, the clatter of the colossal funeral carriage, and the peculiar mix of awe and disorder that only a Victorian spectacle could summon. It’s a story of a nation saying goodbye to its greatest hero, but also a peek at the London of 1852: smoky, chaotic, sentimental, and gloriously itself.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204369/the-day-london-stood-still-wellingtons-last-march.mp3" length="25209544" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A brisk, atmospheric wander through the day the Duke of Wellington’s funeral stopped London in its tracks. The piece sweeps the listener into the crush of half a million Londoners lining the streets, the clatter of the colossal funeral carriage, and the peculiar mix of awe and disorder that only a Victorian spectacle could summon. It’s a story of a nation saying goodbye to its greatest hero, but also a peek at the London of 1852: smoky, chaotic, sentimental, and gloriously itself.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Day London Stood Still – Wellington&#8217;s Last March</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:08</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A brisk, atmospheric wander through the day the Duke of Wellington’s funeral stopped London in its tracks. The piece sweeps the listener into the crush of half a million Londoners lining the streets, the clatter of the colossal funeral carriage, and the peculiar mix of awe and disorder that only a Victorian spectacle could summon. It’s a story of a nation saying goodbye to its greatest hero, but also a peek at the London of 1852: smoky, chaotic, sentimental, and gloriously itself.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Islington &#8211; London&#8217;s Sparkling Mischief Maker</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/islington-londons-sparkling-mischief-maker/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 13:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204366</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A lively, anecdotal wander through the London Borough of Islington – from its Saxon beginnings as Giseldone, “the hill of Gisla,” to its current status as London’s most eclectic, outspoken patch of ground. Once rural pastureland where Londoners came for milk and fresh air, Islington grew into a hotbed of politics, art, and attitude. The piece takes readers down Upper Street and along the Regent’s Canal, past Bunhill Fields and the Emirates Stadium, pausing to salute the borough’s famous sons and daughters – from John Wilkes to Johnny Rotten. It’s part history, part love letter, full of wit, colour, and contradiction, capturing a place that has always refused to sit quietly while London goes about its business.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A lively, anecdotal wander through the London Borough of Islington – from its Saxon beginnings as Giseldone, “the hill of Gisla,” to its current status as London’s most eclectic, outspoken patch of ground. Once rural pastureland where Londoners came for ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A lively, anecdotal wander through the London Borough of Islington – from its Saxon beginnings as Giseldone, “the hill of Gisla,” to its current status as London’s most eclectic, outspoken patch of ground. Once rural pastureland where Londoners came for milk and fresh air, Islington grew into a hotbed of politics, art, and attitude. The piece takes readers down Upper Street and along the Regent’s Canal, past Bunhill Fields and the Emirates Stadium, pausing to salute the borough’s famous sons and daughters – from John Wilkes to Johnny Rotten. It’s part history, part love letter, full of wit, colour, and contradiction, capturing a place that has always refused to sit quietly while London goes about its business.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204366/islington-londons-sparkling-mischief-maker.mp3" length="35576604" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A lively, anecdotal wander through the London Borough of Islington – from its Saxon beginnings as Giseldone, “the hill of Gisla,” to its current status as London’s most eclectic, outspoken patch of ground. Once rural pastureland where Londoners came for milk and fresh air, Islington grew into a hotbed of politics, art, and attitude. The piece takes readers down Upper Street and along the Regent’s Canal, past Bunhill Fields and the Emirates Stadium, pausing to salute the borough’s famous sons and daughters – from John Wilkes to Johnny Rotten. It’s part history, part love letter, full of wit, colour, and contradiction, capturing a place that has always refused to sit quietly while London goes about its business.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Islington &#8211; London&#8217;s Sparkling Mischief Maker</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:18:32</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A lively, anecdotal wander through the London Borough of Islington – from its Saxon beginnings as Giseldone, “the hill of Gisla,” to its current status as London’s most eclectic, outspoken patch of ground. Once rural pastureland where Londoners came for milk and fresh air, Islington grew into a hotbed of politics, art, and attitude. The piece takes readers down Upper Street and along the Regent’s Canal, past Bunhill Fields and the Emirates Stadium, pausing to salute the borough’s famous sons and daughters – from John Wilkes to Johnny Rotten. It’s part history, part love letter, full of wit, colour, and contradiction, capturing a place that has always refused to sit quietly while London goes about its business.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Size Matters – the Rise and Fall of the Codpiece</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/size-matters-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-codpiece/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 22:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204361</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A lively, irreverent romp through the history of the codpiece – that flamboyant flap of cloth that began as a modesty patch and ended up as the Renaissance’s most outrageous brag. From its humble medieval origins to its glorious, padded, jewel-encrusted heyday under Henry VIII, the piece traces how the codpiece became both fashion and farce, weapon and wink. Stuffed with anecdotes, double entendres, and a dash of scandal, it explores how this unlikely garment strutted its way through art, politics, and amour before quietly retreating from the stage. A story of swagger, status, and sheer nerve – proof that in Tudor England, size really did matter.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A lively, irreverent romp through the history of the codpiece – that flamboyant flap of cloth that began as a modesty patch and ended up as the Renaissance’s most outrageous brag. From its humble medieval origins to its glorious, padded, jewel-encrusted ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A lively, irreverent romp through the history of the codpiece – that flamboyant flap of cloth that began as a modesty patch and ended up as the Renaissance’s most outrageous brag. From its humble medieval origins to its glorious, padded, jewel-encrusted heyday under Henry VIII, the piece traces how the codpiece became both fashion and farce, weapon and wink. Stuffed with anecdotes, double entendres, and a dash of scandal, it explores how this unlikely garment strutted its way through art, politics, and amour before quietly retreating from the stage. A story of swagger, status, and sheer nerve – proof that in Tudor England, size really did matter.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204361/size-matters-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-codpiece.mp3" length="25637534" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A lively, irreverent romp through the history of the codpiece – that flamboyant flap of cloth that began as a modesty patch and ended up as the Renaissance’s most outrageous brag. From its humble medieval origins to its glorious, padded, jewel-encrusted heyday under Henry VIII, the piece traces how the codpiece became both fashion and farce, weapon and wink. Stuffed with anecdotes, double entendres, and a dash of scandal, it explores how this unlikely garment strutted its way through art, politics, and amour before quietly retreating from the stage. A story of swagger, status, and sheer nerve – proof that in Tudor England, size really did matter.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:22</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A lively, irreverent romp through the history of the codpiece – that flamboyant flap of cloth that began as a modesty patch and ended up as the Renaissance’s most outrageous brag. From its humble medieval origins to its glorious, padded, jewel-encrusted heyday under Henry VIII, the piece traces how the codpiece became both fashion and farce, weapon and wink. Stuffed with anecdotes, double entendres, and a dash of scandal, it explores how this unlikely garment strutted its way through art, politics, and amour before quietly retreating from the stage. A story of swagger, status, and sheer nerve – proof that in Tudor England, size really did matter.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Fortnum&#8217;s – The Unexpected Second Helping</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/fortnums-the-unexpected-second-helping/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 10:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204359</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Just when you thought the Fortnum’s Christmas tale was complete, the shop quietly unveiled its most spectacular secret in centuries. Hidden for two years behind a cheerful Zebedee Helm collage, a brand-new Double Helix Staircase has now risen at the heart of 181 Piccadilly. Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci and hand-built by master craftspeople in Sussex, it is part architectural marvel, part swirling artwork, and entirely Fortnum’s. This unexpected addendum returns us to Piccadilly for a second helping, celebrating a staircase that is already becoming a landmark in its own right.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Just when you thought the Fortnum’s Christmas tale was complete, the shop quietly unveiled its most spectacular secret in centuries. Hidden for two years behind a cheerful Zebedee Helm collage, a brand-new Double Helix Staircase has now risen at the hear]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Just when you thought the Fortnum’s Christmas tale was complete, the shop quietly unveiled its most spectacular secret in centuries. Hidden for two years behind a cheerful Zebedee Helm collage, a brand-new Double Helix Staircase has now risen at the heart of 181 Piccadilly. Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci and hand-built by master craftspeople in Sussex, it is part architectural marvel, part swirling artwork, and entirely Fortnum’s. This unexpected addendum returns us to Piccadilly for a second helping, celebrating a staircase that is already becoming a landmark in its own right.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204359/fortnums-the-unexpected-second-helping.mp3" length="23117240" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Just when you thought the Fortnum’s Christmas tale was complete, the shop quietly unveiled its most spectacular secret in centuries. Hidden for two years behind a cheerful Zebedee Helm collage, a brand-new Double Helix Staircase has now risen at the heart of 181 Piccadilly. Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci and hand-built by master craftspeople in Sussex, it is part architectural marvel, part swirling artwork, and entirely Fortnum’s. This unexpected addendum returns us to Piccadilly for a second helping, celebrating a staircase that is already becoming a landmark in its own right.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Fortnum&#8217;s – The Unexpected Second Helping</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:03</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Just when you thought the Fortnum’s Christmas tale was complete, the shop quietly unveiled its most spectacular secret in centuries. Hidden for two years behind a cheerful Zebedee Helm collage, a brand-new Double Helix Staircase has now risen at the heart of 181 Piccadilly. Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci and hand-built by master craftspeople in Sussex, it is part architectural marvel, part swirling artwork, and entirely Fortnum’s. This unexpected addendum returns us to Piccadilly for a second helping, celebrating a staircase that is already becoming a landmark in its own right.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Fortnum &#038; Mason – Where London’s Christmas Begins</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/fortnum-mason-where-londons-christmas-begins/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 22:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204354</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[This London Calling podcast opens with Fortnum & Mason glowing across Piccadilly like London’s Christmas signal flare. It introduces the store as the elegant grand duchess of Piccadilly, tracing its history from 1707 when William Fortnum and Hugh Mason turned candle stubs and ingenuity into a legendary shop. It goes on to sketch Fortnum’s reputation for refinement and playful luxury, from its royal associations to its famous hampers and teas. The Scotch egg origin story makes an appearance, along with a quick portrait of what makes the perfect one. The heart of the podcast is the store at Christmas, especially this year’s spectacular displays. The windows are described as miniature theatrical worlds with whirling teacups, musical tins and a giant hamper that seems to open itself. The façade becomes a glowing advent calendar, and inside you step into a swirl of scent, sparkle and festive indulgence. For good measure the listener gets a suggested two-hour Fortnum’s experience. First, slow, ceremonial browsing through the ground floor food hall and Christmas room. Then ascending for refined calm in the Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon for tea, cakes and a view over Piccadilly. Finally, a gentle wander back through the upper floors and out into the winter street. Podcast ends by declaring Fortnum & Mason the perfect opening chapter for a series on London’s great Christmas shops.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This London Calling podcast opens with Fortnum & Mason glowing across Piccadilly like London’s Christmas signal flare. It introduces the store as the elegant grand duchess of Piccadilly, tracing its history from 1707 when William Fortnum and Hugh Mason t]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[This London Calling podcast opens with Fortnum & Mason glowing across Piccadilly like London’s Christmas signal flare. It introduces the store as the elegant grand duchess of Piccadilly, tracing its history from 1707 when William Fortnum and Hugh Mason turned candle stubs and ingenuity into a legendary shop. It goes on to sketch Fortnum’s reputation for refinement and playful luxury, from its royal associations to its famous hampers and teas. The Scotch egg origin story makes an appearance, along with a quick portrait of what makes the perfect one. The heart of the podcast is the store at Christmas, especially this year’s spectacular displays. The windows are described as miniature theatrical worlds with whirling teacups, musical tins and a giant hamper that seems to open itself. The façade becomes a glowing advent calendar, and inside you step into a swirl of scent, sparkle and festive indulgence. For good measure the listener gets a suggested two-hour Fortnum’s experience. First, slow, ceremonial browsing through the ground floor food hall and Christmas room. Then ascending for refined calm in the Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon for tea, cakes and a view over Piccadilly. Finally, a gentle wander back through the upper floors and out into the winter street. Podcast ends by declaring Fortnum & Mason the perfect opening chapter for a series on London’s great Christmas shops.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This London Calling podcast opens with Fortnum & Mason glowing across Piccadilly like London’s Christmas signal flare. It introduces the store as the elegant grand duchess of Piccadilly, tracing its history from 1707 when William Fortnum and Hugh Mason turned candle stubs and ingenuity into a legendary shop. It goes on to sketch Fortnum’s reputation for refinement and playful luxury, from its royal associations to its famous hampers and teas. The Scotch egg origin story makes an appearance, along with a quick portrait of what makes the perfect one. The heart of the podcast is the store at Christmas, especially this year’s spectacular displays. The windows are described as miniature theatrical worlds with whirling teacups, musical tins and a giant hamper that seems to open itself. The façade becomes a glowing advent calendar, and inside you step into a swirl of scent, sparkle and festive indulgence. For good measure the listener gets a suggested two-hour Fortnum’s experience. First, slow, ceremonial browsing through the ground floor food hall and Christmas room. Then ascending for refined calm in the Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon for tea, cakes and a view over Piccadilly. Finally, a gentle wander back through the upper floors and out into the winter street. Podcast ends by declaring Fortnum & Mason the perfect opening chapter for a series on London’s great Christmas shops.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Fortnum &#038; Mason – Where London’s Christmas Begins</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:32</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[This London Calling podcast opens with Fortnum & Mason glowing across Piccadilly like London’s Christmas signal flare. It introduces the store as the elegant grand duchess of Piccadilly, tracing its history from 1707 when William Fortnum and Hugh Mason turned candle stubs and ingenuity into a legendary shop. It goes on to sketch Fortnum’s reputation for refinement and playful luxury, from its royal associations to its famous hampers and teas. The Scotch egg origin story makes an appearance, along with a quick portrait of what makes the perfect one. The heart of the podcast is the store at Christmas, especially this year’s spectacular displays. The windows are described as miniature theatrical worlds with whirling teacups, musical tins and a giant hamper that seems to open itself. The façade becomes a glowing advent calendar, and inside you step into a swirl of scent, sparkle and festive indulgence. For good measure the listener gets a suggested two-hour Fortnum’s experience. First, sl]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The King, the Booze-up and the Birth of Clapham</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-king-the-booze-up-and-the-birth-of-clapham/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204351</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Clapham begins as a riverside outpost on the Archbishop’s side of the Thames, a little upstream from the City’s bustle. Its story kicks off with the memorable wedding feast of Osgod Clapa’s daughter, a moment of Anglo-Saxon high life set against reed thatch, woodsmoke and river mud. From there, the place grows by accretion and accident: manor lands, market gardens, pious foundations, and in time a Georgian dreamworld of airy squares where the great and the good came to polish their consciences. The Clapham Sect take the stage, plotting abolition and reform over prayer meetings and polite tea. Then comes the nineteenth century, the railways, the villas, the commuters, the whole swirling transformation of London pushing south. By the time we reach the present day, Clapham is a patchwork of leafy commons, handsome terraces, lively high streets and echoes of the visionaries who once made it a moral powerhouse.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Clapham begins as a riverside outpost on the Archbishop’s side of the Thames, a little upstream from the City’s bustle. Its story kicks off with the memorable wedding feast of Osgod Clapa’s daughter, a moment of Anglo-Saxon high life set against reed tha]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Clapham begins as a riverside outpost on the Archbishop’s side of the Thames, a little upstream from the City’s bustle. Its story kicks off with the memorable wedding feast of Osgod Clapa’s daughter, a moment of Anglo-Saxon high life set against reed thatch, woodsmoke and river mud. From there, the place grows by accretion and accident: manor lands, market gardens, pious foundations, and in time a Georgian dreamworld of airy squares where the great and the good came to polish their consciences. The Clapham Sect take the stage, plotting abolition and reform over prayer meetings and polite tea. Then comes the nineteenth century, the railways, the villas, the commuters, the whole swirling transformation of London pushing south. By the time we reach the present day, Clapham is a patchwork of leafy commons, handsome terraces, lively high streets and echoes of the visionaries who once made it a moral powerhouse.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204351/the-king-the-booze-up-and-the-birth-of-clapham.mp3" length="19942631" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Clapham begins as a riverside outpost on the Archbishop’s side of the Thames, a little upstream from the City’s bustle. Its story kicks off with the memorable wedding feast of Osgod Clapa’s daughter, a moment of Anglo-Saxon high life set against reed thatch, woodsmoke and river mud. From there, the place grows by accretion and accident: manor lands, market gardens, pious foundations, and in time a Georgian dreamworld of airy squares where the great and the good came to polish their consciences. The Clapham Sect take the stage, plotting abolition and reform over prayer meetings and polite tea. Then comes the nineteenth century, the railways, the villas, the commuters, the whole swirling transformation of London pushing south. By the time we reach the present day, Clapham is a patchwork of leafy commons, handsome terraces, lively high streets and echoes of the visionaries who once made it a moral powerhouse.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The King, the Booze-up and the Birth of Clapham</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:51</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Clapham begins as a riverside outpost on the Archbishop’s side of the Thames, a little upstream from the City’s bustle. Its story kicks off with the memorable wedding feast of Osgod Clapa’s daughter, a moment of Anglo-Saxon high life set against reed thatch, woodsmoke and river mud. From there, the place grows by accretion and accident: manor lands, market gardens, pious foundations, and in time a Georgian dreamworld of airy squares where the great and the good came to polish their consciences. The Clapham Sect take the stage, plotting abolition and reform over prayer meetings and polite tea. Then comes the nineteenth century, the railways, the villas, the commuters, the whole swirling transformation of London pushing south. By the time we reach the present day, Clapham is a patchwork of leafy commons, handsome terraces, lively high streets and echoes of the visionaries who once made it a moral powerhouse.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>From Chaos to Elegance – The Story of Art Deco</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/from-chaos-to-elegance-the-story-of-art-deco/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 09:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204345</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[We begin on High Street Kensington, where two grand department stores – Barkers and Derry & Toms – stand as gleaming monuments to the Art Deco age. From there, it’s off on a journey through one of the most elegant design revolutions of the twentieth century. Art Deco: what it is, where it came from, what to look for. The clean lines, the geometry, the glamour – a “return to order” after the chaos of the Great War. Paris leads the dance, London joins in, and the world never looks quite the same again. There’s a stop in Paris for a feast of Deco at the Louvre – and a little feast of another kind at Le Hangar, my favourite Paris restaurant – before we return home with news of new London Walks, new guides, and Christmas just beginning to sparkle]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[We begin on High Street Kensington, where two grand department stores – Barkers and Derry & Toms – stand as gleaming monuments to the Art Deco age. From there, it’s off on a journey through one of the most elegant design revolutions of the twentieth cent]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[We begin on High Street Kensington, where two grand department stores – Barkers and Derry & Toms – stand as gleaming monuments to the Art Deco age. From there, it’s off on a journey through one of the most elegant design revolutions of the twentieth century. Art Deco: what it is, where it came from, what to look for. The clean lines, the geometry, the glamour – a “return to order” after the chaos of the Great War. Paris leads the dance, London joins in, and the world never looks quite the same again. There’s a stop in Paris for a feast of Deco at the Louvre – and a little feast of another kind at Le Hangar, my favourite Paris restaurant – before we return home with news of new London Walks, new guides, and Christmas just beginning to sparkle]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204345/from-chaos-to-elegance-the-story-of-art-deco.mp3" length="22474836" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[We begin on High Street Kensington, where two grand department stores – Barkers and Derry & Toms – stand as gleaming monuments to the Art Deco age. From there, it’s off on a journey through one of the most elegant design revolutions of the twentieth century. Art Deco: what it is, where it came from, what to look for. The clean lines, the geometry, the glamour – a “return to order” after the chaos of the Great War. Paris leads the dance, London joins in, and the world never looks quite the same again. There’s a stop in Paris for a feast of Deco at the Louvre – and a little feast of another kind at Le Hangar, my favourite Paris restaurant – before we return home with news of new London Walks, new guides, and Christmas just beginning to sparkle]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/art-deco-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/art-deco-image.jpg</url>
		<title>From Chaos to Elegance – The Story of Art Deco</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:37</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[We begin on High Street Kensington, where two grand department stores – Barkers and Derry & Toms – stand as gleaming monuments to the Art Deco age. From there, it’s off on a journey through one of the most elegant design revolutions of the twentieth century. Art Deco: what it is, where it came from, what to look for. The clean lines, the geometry, the glamour – a “return to order” after the chaos of the Great War. Paris leads the dance, London joins in, and the world never looks quite the same again. There’s a stop in Paris for a feast of Deco at the Louvre – and a little feast of another kind at Le Hangar, my favourite Paris restaurant – before we return home with news of new London Walks, new guides, and Christmas just beginning to sparkle]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/art-deco-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Dickens’ London – The Real Thing, Not the Replica</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/dickens-london-the-real-thing-not-the-replica/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 22:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204340</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[There's a lot to be said for a journey into the real Dickens’ London – not the sanitised, stage-managed version you find in theme parks or TV reconstructions, but the city itself. The stones, the mist, the narrow courts where the man himself walked. It’s about how much of Dickens’ world is still here, hidden in plain sight – if you know where to look. The alleys that inspired him, the workhouses that haunted him, the law courts that fed his satire. We separate myth from memory and see how London shaped Dickens, and how Dickens, in turn, helped shape London’s image of itself.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Theres a lot to be said for a journey into the real Dickens’ London – not the sanitised, stage-managed version you find in theme parks or TV reconstructions, but the city itself. The stones, the mist, the narrow courts where the man himself walked. It’s ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[There's a lot to be said for a journey into the real Dickens’ London – not the sanitised, stage-managed version you find in theme parks or TV reconstructions, but the city itself. The stones, the mist, the narrow courts where the man himself walked. It’s about how much of Dickens’ world is still here, hidden in plain sight – if you know where to look. The alleys that inspired him, the workhouses that haunted him, the law courts that fed his satire. We separate myth from memory and see how London shaped Dickens, and how Dickens, in turn, helped shape London’s image of itself.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204340/dickens-london-the-real-thing-not-the-replica.mp3" length="15315195" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[There's a lot to be said for a journey into the real Dickens’ London – not the sanitised, stage-managed version you find in theme parks or TV reconstructions, but the city itself. The stones, the mist, the narrow courts where the man himself walked. It’s about how much of Dickens’ world is still here, hidden in plain sight – if you know where to look. The alleys that inspired him, the workhouses that haunted him, the law courts that fed his satire. We separate myth from memory and see how London shaped Dickens, and how Dickens, in turn, helped shape London’s image of itself.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Dickens-in-London-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Dickens-in-London-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Dickens’ London – The Real Thing, Not the Replica</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:10:38</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[There's a lot to be said for a journey into the real Dickens’ London – not the sanitised, stage-managed version you find in theme parks or TV reconstructions, but the city itself. The stones, the mist, the narrow courts where the man himself walked. It’s about how much of Dickens’ world is still here, hidden in plain sight – if you know where to look. The alleys that inspired him, the workhouses that haunted him, the law courts that fed his satire. We separate myth from memory and see how London shaped Dickens, and how Dickens, in turn, helped shape London’s image of itself.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Dickens-in-London-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>William Hogarth – the Man Who Drew London Naked</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/william-hogarth-the-man-who-drew-london-naked/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204325</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[It’s London, 1697 – the city bawling, bustling, brawling its way into the 18th century – and out of Smithfield mud and mischief comes William Hogarth, the man who drew London naked. This episode of London Calling follows the boy from Bartholomew Close who grew up to be the city’s mirror, moralist, and mischief-maker. From A Harlot’s Progress to Gin Lane, Hogarth painted a London of drunks, dreamers, rakes, and rogues – and in doing so, invented the modern comic strip, fought for artists’ rights, and showed us ourselves, warts and all. It’s the story of London’s first true visual journalist: sharp-eyed, streetwise, full of bite and wit. The man who proved a picture really can be worth a thousand sins.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[It’s London, 1697 – the city bawling, bustling, brawling its way into the 18th century – and out of Smithfield mud and mischief comes William Hogarth, the man who drew London naked. This episode of London Calling follows the boy from Bartholomew Close wh]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[It’s London, 1697 – the city bawling, bustling, brawling its way into the 18th century – and out of Smithfield mud and mischief comes William Hogarth, the man who drew London naked. This episode of London Calling follows the boy from Bartholomew Close who grew up to be the city’s mirror, moralist, and mischief-maker. From A Harlot’s Progress to Gin Lane, Hogarth painted a London of drunks, dreamers, rakes, and rogues – and in doing so, invented the modern comic strip, fought for artists’ rights, and showed us ourselves, warts and all. It’s the story of London’s first true visual journalist: sharp-eyed, streetwise, full of bite and wit. The man who proved a picture really can be worth a thousand sins.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204325/william-hogarth-the-man-who-drew-london-naked.mp3" length="28355941" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It’s London, 1697 – the city bawling, bustling, brawling its way into the 18th century – and out of Smithfield mud and mischief comes William Hogarth, the man who drew London naked. This episode of London Calling follows the boy from Bartholomew Close who grew up to be the city’s mirror, moralist, and mischief-maker. From A Harlot’s Progress to Gin Lane, Hogarth painted a London of drunks, dreamers, rakes, and rogues – and in doing so, invented the modern comic strip, fought for artists’ rights, and showed us ourselves, warts and all. It’s the story of London’s first true visual journalist: sharp-eyed, streetwise, full of bite and wit. The man who proved a picture really can be worth a thousand sins.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/William-Hogarth-in-Georgian-London-image.jpg</url>
		<title>William Hogarth – the Man Who Drew London Naked</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:46</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[It’s London, 1697 – the city bawling, bustling, brawling its way into the 18th century – and out of Smithfield mud and mischief comes William Hogarth, the man who drew London naked. This episode of London Calling follows the boy from Bartholomew Close who grew up to be the city’s mirror, moralist, and mischief-maker. From A Harlot’s Progress to Gin Lane, Hogarth painted a London of drunks, dreamers, rakes, and rogues – and in doing so, invented the modern comic strip, fought for artists’ rights, and showed us ourselves, warts and all. It’s the story of London’s first true visual journalist: sharp-eyed, streetwise, full of bite and wit. The man who proved a picture really can be worth a thousand sins.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/William-Hogarth-in-Georgian-London-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>The Cat’s Whiskers – London History with Claws</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-cats-whiskers-london-history-with-claws/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 20:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204323</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Ann’s at it again – prowling through London’s backstreets, history purring at her heels. Her walk, A Cat Tails – A Feline Take on London History, is just what the city ordered: playful, surprising, and full of sharp little claws of insight. Expect stories of moggies and monarchs, ship’s cats and literary felines, from alleyways to palaces. She’ll be teasing out London’s long, tangled relationship with the creatures who’ve ruled our hearths – and sometimes our hearts – for centuries. This is the advancer: a sneak peek before the cat’s out of the bag.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Ann’s at it again – prowling through London’s backstreets, history purring at her heels. Her walk, A Cat Tails – A Feline Take on London History, is just what the city ordered: playful, surprising, and full of sharp little claws of insight. Expect storie]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Ann’s at it again – prowling through London’s backstreets, history purring at her heels. Her walk, A Cat Tails – A Feline Take on London History, is just what the city ordered: playful, surprising, and full of sharp little claws of insight. Expect stories of moggies and monarchs, ship’s cats and literary felines, from alleyways to palaces. She’ll be teasing out London’s long, tangled relationship with the creatures who’ve ruled our hearths – and sometimes our hearts – for centuries. This is the advancer: a sneak peek before the cat’s out of the bag.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204323/the-cats-whiskers-london-history-with-claws.mp3" length="25495428" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Ann’s at it again – prowling through London’s backstreets, history purring at her heels. Her walk, A Cat Tails – A Feline Take on London History, is just what the city ordered: playful, surprising, and full of sharp little claws of insight. Expect stories of moggies and monarchs, ship’s cats and literary felines, from alleyways to palaces. She’ll be teasing out London’s long, tangled relationship with the creatures who’ve ruled our hearths – and sometimes our hearts – for centuries. This is the advancer: a sneak peek before the cat’s out of the bag.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Cat’s Whiskers – London History with Claws</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:17</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Ann’s at it again – prowling through London’s backstreets, history purring at her heels. Her walk, A Cat Tails – A Feline Take on London History, is just what the city ordered: playful, surprising, and full of sharp little claws of insight. Expect stories of moggies and monarchs, ship’s cats and literary felines, from alleyways to palaces. She’ll be teasing out London’s long, tangled relationship with the creatures who’ve ruled our hearths – and sometimes our hearts – for centuries. This is the advancer: a sneak peek before the cat’s out of the bag.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Day Brought Back My Night –The Death of John Milton</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/day-brought-back-my-night-the-death-of-john-milton/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 22:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204311</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[It’s November 8th, 1674. The rain drifts softly over London as the light fades early and a blind old poet slips away in Bunhill Fields. This London Calling podcast follows John Milton – born in Bread Street, schooled under St Paul’s, hunted near St Bartholomew-the-Great, dictating Paradise Lost in Petty France – through the London of his life and death. We meet “the Lady of Christ’s,” the young scholar who became the thunderous voice of English verse; the blind visionary who saw eternity more clearly than most. From the alleys of the City to the stained-glass glow of the Milton Window in St Margaret’s, Westminster, it’s a portrait of the Londoner who gave the world its most magnificent lines.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[It’s November 8th, 1674. The rain drifts softly over London as the light fades early and a blind old poet slips away in Bunhill Fields. This London Calling podcast follows John Milton – born in Bread Street, schooled under St Paul’s, hunted near St Barth]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[It’s November 8th, 1674. The rain drifts softly over London as the light fades early and a blind old poet slips away in Bunhill Fields. This London Calling podcast follows John Milton – born in Bread Street, schooled under St Paul’s, hunted near St Bartholomew-the-Great, dictating Paradise Lost in Petty France – through the London of his life and death. We meet “the Lady of Christ’s,” the young scholar who became the thunderous voice of English verse; the blind visionary who saw eternity more clearly than most. From the alleys of the City to the stained-glass glow of the Milton Window in St Margaret’s, Westminster, it’s a portrait of the Londoner who gave the world its most magnificent lines.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204311/day-brought-back-my-night-the-death-of-john-milton.mp3" length="29109103" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It’s November 8th, 1674. The rain drifts softly over London as the light fades early and a blind old poet slips away in Bunhill Fields. This London Calling podcast follows John Milton – born in Bread Street, schooled under St Paul’s, hunted near St Bartholomew-the-Great, dictating Paradise Lost in Petty France – through the London of his life and death. We meet “the Lady of Christ’s,” the young scholar who became the thunderous voice of English verse; the blind visionary who saw eternity more clearly than most. From the alleys of the City to the stained-glass glow of the Milton Window in St Margaret’s, Westminster, it’s a portrait of the Londoner who gave the world its most magnificent lines.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/milton-image-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/milton-image-.jpg</url>
		<title>Day Brought Back My Night –The Death of John Milton</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:10</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[It’s November 8th, 1674. The rain drifts softly over London as the light fades early and a blind old poet slips away in Bunhill Fields. This London Calling podcast follows John Milton – born in Bread Street, schooled under St Paul’s, hunted near St Bartholomew-the-Great, dictating Paradise Lost in Petty France – through the London of his life and death. We meet “the Lady of Christ’s,” the young scholar who became the thunderous voice of English verse; the blind visionary who saw eternity more clearly than most. From the alleys of the City to the stained-glass glow of the Milton Window in St Margaret’s, Westminster, it’s a portrait of the Londoner who gave the world its most magnificent lines.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/milton-image-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>A Hampstead Doorway that Opens All the Way to South Africa</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/a-hampstead-doorway-that-opens-all-the-way-to-south-africa/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 09:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204309</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[On Helen Suzman’s birthday, David takes us from apartheid-era South Africa to Hampstead’s Vale of Health – to the very house where Suzman’s actress niece Janet Suzman lived with director Trevor Nunn. It’s a story of courage, art, and a family of difference-makers who refused to take the easy script.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On Helen Suzman’s birthday, David takes us from apartheid-era South Africa to Hampstead’s Vale of Health – to the very house where Suzman’s actress niece Janet Suzman lived with director Trevor Nunn. It’s a story of courage, art, and a family of differen]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Helen Suzman’s birthday, David takes us from apartheid-era South Africa to Hampstead’s Vale of Health – to the very house where Suzman’s actress niece Janet Suzman lived with director Trevor Nunn. It’s a story of courage, art, and a family of difference-makers who refused to take the easy script.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204309/a-hampstead-doorway-that-opens-all-the-way-to-south-africa.mp3" length="23497583" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Helen Suzman’s birthday, David takes us from apartheid-era South Africa to Hampstead’s Vale of Health – to the very house where Suzman’s actress niece Janet Suzman lived with director Trevor Nunn. It’s a story of courage, art, and a family of difference-makers who refused to take the easy script.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>A Hampstead Doorway that Opens All the Way to South Africa</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:15</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[On Helen Suzman’s birthday, David takes us from apartheid-era South Africa to Hampstead’s Vale of Health – to the very house where Suzman’s actress niece Janet Suzman lived with director Trevor Nunn. It’s a story of courage, art, and a family of difference-makers who refused to take the easy script.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>St Leonard of the Workaday – The Saint Who Looked After London’s Grafters</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/st-leonard-of-the-workaday-the-saint-who-looked-after-londons-grafters/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 11:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204300</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Meet the saint who looked after London’s grafters – from blacksmiths to Shakespeare’s mates.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Meet the saint who looked after London’s grafters – from blacksmiths to Shakespeare’s mates.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Meet the saint who looked after London’s grafters – from blacksmiths to Shakespeare’s mates.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204300/st-leonard-of-the-workaday-the-saint-who-looked-after-londons-grafters.mp3" length="23783467" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Meet the saint who looked after London’s grafters – from blacksmiths to Shakespeare’s mates.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:24</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Meet the saint who looked after London’s grafters – from blacksmiths to Shakespeare’s mates.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Church That Defines London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-church-that-defines-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204298</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[From Saxon arches to Wren’s soaring spire, from the rebel hanged at its doors to the golden dragon that’s ruled the skyline for three centuries, St Mary-le-Bow has witnessed a thousand years of London life. Its bells gave birth to the Cockneys, its court judged the clergy, and its crypt hides a mystery stretching all the way to Wall Street. Fire, faith, riots and rebirth – this is the story of the church that quite literally defines London.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[From Saxon arches to Wren’s soaring spire, from the rebel hanged at its doors to the golden dragon that’s ruled the skyline for three centuries, St Mary-le-Bow has witnessed a thousand years of London life. Its bells gave birth to the Cockneys, its court]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[From Saxon arches to Wren’s soaring spire, from the rebel hanged at its doors to the golden dragon that’s ruled the skyline for three centuries, St Mary-le-Bow has witnessed a thousand years of London life. Its bells gave birth to the Cockneys, its court judged the clergy, and its crypt hides a mystery stretching all the way to Wall Street. Fire, faith, riots and rebirth – this is the story of the church that quite literally defines London.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204298/the-church-that-defines-london.mp3" length="36432584" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[From Saxon arches to Wren’s soaring spire, from the rebel hanged at its doors to the golden dragon that’s ruled the skyline for three centuries, St Mary-le-Bow has witnessed a thousand years of London life. Its bells gave birth to the Cockneys, its court judged the clergy, and its crypt hides a mystery stretching all the way to Wall Street. Fire, faith, riots and rebirth – this is the story of the church that quite literally defines London.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Church That Defines London</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:18:59</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[From Saxon arches to Wren’s soaring spire, from the rebel hanged at its doors to the golden dragon that’s ruled the skyline for three centuries, St Mary-le-Bow has witnessed a thousand years of London life. Its bells gave birth to the Cockneys, its court judged the clergy, and its crypt hides a mystery stretching all the way to Wall Street. Fire, faith, riots and rebirth – this is the story of the church that quite literally defines London.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>&#8220;Events, dear boy, events&#8221;</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/events-dear-boy-events/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 23:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204294</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[London Calling gets ambushed by events – from Dick Cheney’s death to a hawk called Breeze patrolling Lincoln’s Inn. A day of coincidences, literary echoes and London surprises, wrapped up with Francis Beaumont’s poem On the Tombs in Westminster Abbey. Proof, if ever you needed it, that London never stops writing the script.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[London Calling gets ambushed by events – from Dick Cheney’s death to a hawk called Breeze patrolling Lincoln’s Inn. A day of coincidences, literary echoes and London surprises, wrapped up with Francis Beaumont’s poem On the Tombs in Westminster Abbey. Pr]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[London Calling gets ambushed by events – from Dick Cheney’s death to a hawk called Breeze patrolling Lincoln’s Inn. A day of coincidences, literary echoes and London surprises, wrapped up with Francis Beaumont’s poem On the Tombs in Westminster Abbey. Proof, if ever you needed it, that London never stops writing the script.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204294/events-dear-boy-events.mp3" length="26588809" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[London Calling gets ambushed by events – from Dick Cheney’s death to a hawk called Breeze patrolling Lincoln’s Inn. A day of coincidences, literary echoes and London surprises, wrapped up with Francis Beaumont’s poem On the Tombs in Westminster Abbey. Proof, if ever you needed it, that London never stops writing the script.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>&#8220;Events, dear boy, events&#8221;</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:51</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[London Calling gets ambushed by events – from Dick Cheney’s death to a hawk called Breeze patrolling Lincoln’s Inn. A day of coincidences, literary echoes and London surprises, wrapped up with Francis Beaumont’s poem On the Tombs in Westminster Abbey. Proof, if ever you needed it, that London never stops writing the script.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Bells That Made London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-bells-that-made-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 21:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204292</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[From couvre feu to Cockney – how St Mary-le-Bow’s bells became the sound that shaped London’s identity. Once they told Londoners to bank their fires; centuries later, they told Dick Whittington to turn again. These were the curfew bells, the comeback bells, the heartbeat of a city that never stops ringing.
]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[From couvre feu to Cockney – how St Mary-le-Bow’s bells became the sound that shaped London’s identity. Once they told Londoners to bank their fires; centuries later, they told Dick Whittington to turn again. These were the curfew bells, the comeback bel]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[From couvre feu to Cockney – how St Mary-le-Bow’s bells became the sound that shaped London’s identity. Once they told Londoners to bank their fires; centuries later, they told Dick Whittington to turn again. These were the curfew bells, the comeback bells, the heartbeat of a city that never stops ringing.
]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204292/the-bells-that-made-london.mp3" length="24734742" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[From couvre feu to Cockney – how St Mary-le-Bow’s bells became the sound that shaped London’s identity. Once they told Londoners to bank their fires; centuries later, they told Dick Whittington to turn again. These were the curfew bells, the comeback bells, the heartbeat of a city that never stops ringing.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Bells That Made London</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:53</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[From couvre feu to Cockney – how St Mary-le-Bow’s bells became the sound that shaped London’s identity. Once they told Londoners to bank their fires; centuries later, they told Dick Whittington to turn again. These were the curfew bells, the comeback bells, the heartbeat of a city that never stops ringing.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Britain on Ice – The Lyons Maid Story</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/britain-on-ice-the-lyons-maid-story/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 22:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204289</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Ann's Foodies London – The West End walk is coming up By way of an appetiser, she's whipped a little dish of culinary history (and nostalgia) for us. About Lyons' ice creams (this is their centenary, after all). And make not mistake, Lyons’ ice creams were more than desserts – they were time capsules. From the Zoom rocket to the Fab lolly, each one tells a tale of pop culture, post-war hope, and good old British fun in the sun.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Anns Foodies London – The West End walk is coming up By way of an appetiser, shes whipped a little dish of culinary history (and nostalgia) for us. About Lyons ice creams (this is their centenary, after all). And make not mistake, Lyons’ ice creams were ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Ann's Foodies London – The West End walk is coming up By way of an appetiser, she's whipped a little dish of culinary history (and nostalgia) for us. About Lyons' ice creams (this is their centenary, after all). And make not mistake, Lyons’ ice creams were more than desserts – they were time capsules. From the Zoom rocket to the Fab lolly, each one tells a tale of pop culture, post-war hope, and good old British fun in the sun.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204289/britain-on-ice-the-lyons-maid-story.mp3" length="21120231" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Ann's Foodies London – The West End walk is coming up By way of an appetiser, she's whipped a little dish of culinary history (and nostalgia) for us. About Lyons' ice creams (this is their centenary, after all). And make not mistake, Lyons’ ice creams were more than desserts – they were time capsules. From the Zoom rocket to the Fab lolly, each one tells a tale of pop culture, post-war hope, and good old British fun in the sun.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Britain on Ice – The Lyons Maid Story</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:11:00</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Ann's Foodies London – The West End walk is coming up By way of an appetiser, she's whipped a little dish of culinary history (and nostalgia) for us. About Lyons' ice creams (this is their centenary, after all). And make not mistake, Lyons’ ice creams were more than desserts – they were time capsules. From the Zoom rocket to the Fab lolly, each one tells a tale of pop culture, post-war hope, and good old British fun in the sun.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Remember, Remember&#8230;</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/remember-remember/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 09:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204283</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Every November, London flares with fireworks and half-forgotten history. London Walks Capo David traces the story behind the rhyme – Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot, and the strange endurance of a failed revolution. From the haunted cellars beneath Parliament to the Tower’s shadowed ramparts, the ghosts of 1605 still stir. The gunpowder never exploded, but its charge is still humming under London’s stones.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Every November, London flares with fireworks and half-forgotten history. London Walks Capo David traces the story behind the rhyme – Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot, and the strange endurance of a failed revolution. From the haunted cellars beneath Parlia]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Every November, London flares with fireworks and half-forgotten history. London Walks Capo David traces the story behind the rhyme – Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot, and the strange endurance of a failed revolution. From the haunted cellars beneath Parliament to the Tower’s shadowed ramparts, the ghosts of 1605 still stir. The gunpowder never exploded, but its charge is still humming under London’s stones.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204283/remember-remember.mp3" length="29632388" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Every November, London flares with fireworks and half-forgotten history. London Walks Capo David traces the story behind the rhyme – Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot, and the strange endurance of a failed revolution. From the haunted cellars beneath Parliament to the Tower’s shadowed ramparts, the ghosts of 1605 still stir. The gunpowder never exploded, but its charge is still humming under London’s stones.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Remember, Remember&#8230;</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:26</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Every November, London flares with fireworks and half-forgotten history. London Walks Capo David traces the story behind the rhyme – Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot, and the strange endurance of a failed revolution. From the haunted cellars beneath Parliament to the Tower’s shadowed ramparts, the ghosts of 1605 still stir. The gunpowder never exploded, but its charge is still humming under London’s stones.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>What is it about this date?</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/what-is-it-about-this-date/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204278</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[What is it about October 31st?
This piece roams from Luther’s hammer on a church door to the end of the Battle of Britain, from Houdini’s final curtain to the Celtic bonfires of Samhain. It traces how Halloween began as an ancient threshold between worlds and became the world’s biggest fancy-dress party. Along the way we glimpse Mexican marigolds, Austrian bread for ghosts, Japanese lanterns, and a universal truth: that once a year, humans everywhere like to dance with the dark and laugh at their fears.
It’s funny, atmospheric, and full of surprises – a story of thresholds, history, and a date that refuses to stay quiet.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[What is it about October 31st?
This piece roams from Luther’s hammer on a church door to the end of the Battle of Britain, from Houdini’s final curtain to the Celtic bonfires of Samhain. It traces how Halloween began as an ancient threshold between worl]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[What is it about October 31st?
This piece roams from Luther’s hammer on a church door to the end of the Battle of Britain, from Houdini’s final curtain to the Celtic bonfires of Samhain. It traces how Halloween began as an ancient threshold between worlds and became the world’s biggest fancy-dress party. Along the way we glimpse Mexican marigolds, Austrian bread for ghosts, Japanese lanterns, and a universal truth: that once a year, humans everywhere like to dance with the dark and laugh at their fears.
It’s funny, atmospheric, and full of surprises – a story of thresholds, history, and a date that refuses to stay quiet.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204278/what-is-it-about-this-date.mp3" length="25732829" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[What is it about October 31st?
This piece roams from Luther’s hammer on a church door to the end of the Battle of Britain, from Houdini’s final curtain to the Celtic bonfires of Samhain. It traces how Halloween began as an ancient threshold between worlds and became the world’s biggest fancy-dress party. Along the way we glimpse Mexican marigolds, Austrian bread for ghosts, Japanese lanterns, and a universal truth: that once a year, humans everywhere like to dance with the dark and laugh at their fears.
It’s funny, atmospheric, and full of surprises – a story of thresholds, history, and a date that refuses to stay quiet.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>What is it about this date?</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:25</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[What is it about October 31st?
This piece roams from Luther’s hammer on a church door to the end of the Battle of Britain, from Houdini’s final curtain to the Celtic bonfires of Samhain. It traces how Halloween began as an ancient threshold between worlds and became the world’s biggest fancy-dress party. Along the way we glimpse Mexican marigolds, Austrian bread for ghosts, Japanese lanterns, and a universal truth: that once a year, humans everywhere like to dance with the dark and laugh at their fears.
It’s funny, atmospheric, and full of surprises – a story of thresholds, history, and a date that refuses to stay quiet.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>After Hours at the British Museum &#038; A Tail in Hyde Park</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/after-hours-at-the-british-museum-a-tail-in-hyde-park/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 21:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204276</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Two parter today. Forget the fake cobwebs and the pumpkin punch – this is the real Halloween experience: history, mystery, and magic in the world’s greatest treasure house. Guided by Marc – host of the award-nominated Extraordinary Stories of Britain podcast – you’ll explore the British Museum after dark, when the crowds are gone and the marble whispers. From the Rosetta Stone to the Elgin Marbles, five thousand years of civilisation glow under the glass dome of the Great Court. Spine-tingling, civilised, unforgettable – it’s Halloween the London Walks way.
Followed by: Tucked behind Victoria Gate Lodge lies one of London’s tiniest and most tender secrets – the Hyde Park Pet Cemetery. Born of a little girl’s grief in 1881, it grew into a miniature city of marble headstones for beloved dogs, cats, parrots and rabbits. It’s the Victorians at their most human – sentimental, heartfelt, and quietly profound. Join us among the mossy stones and whispering trees for a story of love, loss, and loyalty – a forgotten corner of London where even the ghosts have wagging tails.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Two parter today. Forget the fake cobwebs and the pumpkin punch – this is the real Halloween experience: history, mystery, and magic in the world’s greatest treasure house. Guided by Marc – host of the award-nominated Extraordinary Stories of Britain pod]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Two parter today. Forget the fake cobwebs and the pumpkin punch – this is the real Halloween experience: history, mystery, and magic in the world’s greatest treasure house. Guided by Marc – host of the award-nominated Extraordinary Stories of Britain podcast – you’ll explore the British Museum after dark, when the crowds are gone and the marble whispers. From the Rosetta Stone to the Elgin Marbles, five thousand years of civilisation glow under the glass dome of the Great Court. Spine-tingling, civilised, unforgettable – it’s Halloween the London Walks way.
Followed by: Tucked behind Victoria Gate Lodge lies one of London’s tiniest and most tender secrets – the Hyde Park Pet Cemetery. Born of a little girl’s grief in 1881, it grew into a miniature city of marble headstones for beloved dogs, cats, parrots and rabbits. It’s the Victorians at their most human – sentimental, heartfelt, and quietly profound. Join us among the mossy stones and whispering trees for a story of love, loss, and loyalty – a forgotten corner of London where even the ghosts have wagging tails.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204276/after-hours-at-the-british-museum-a-tail-in-hyde-park.mp3" length="32533025" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Two parter today. Forget the fake cobwebs and the pumpkin punch – this is the real Halloween experience: history, mystery, and magic in the world’s greatest treasure house. Guided by Marc – host of the award-nominated Extraordinary Stories of Britain podcast – you’ll explore the British Museum after dark, when the crowds are gone and the marble whispers. From the Rosetta Stone to the Elgin Marbles, five thousand years of civilisation glow under the glass dome of the Great Court. Spine-tingling, civilised, unforgettable – it’s Halloween the London Walks way.
Followed by: Tucked behind Victoria Gate Lodge lies one of London’s tiniest and most tender secrets – the Hyde Park Pet Cemetery. Born of a little girl’s grief in 1881, it grew into a miniature city of marble headstones for beloved dogs, cats, parrots and rabbits. It’s the Victorians at their most human – sentimental, heartfelt, and quietly profound. Join us among the mossy stones and whispering trees for a story of love, loss, and loyalty – a forgotten corner of London where even the ghosts have wagging tails.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>After Hours at the British Museum &#038; A Tail in Hyde Park</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:16:57</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Two parter today. Forget the fake cobwebs and the pumpkin punch – this is the real Halloween experience: history, mystery, and magic in the world’s greatest treasure house. Guided by Marc – host of the award-nominated Extraordinary Stories of Britain podcast – you’ll explore the British Museum after dark, when the crowds are gone and the marble whispers. From the Rosetta Stone to the Elgin Marbles, five thousand years of civilisation glow under the glass dome of the Great Court. Spine-tingling, civilised, unforgettable – it’s Halloween the London Walks way.
Followed by: Tucked behind Victoria Gate Lodge lies one of London’s tiniest and most tender secrets – the Hyde Park Pet Cemetery. Born of a little girl’s grief in 1881, it grew into a miniature city of marble headstones for beloved dogs, cats, parrots and rabbits. It’s the Victorians at their most human – sentimental, heartfelt, and quietly profound. Join us among the mossy stones and whispering trees for a story of love, loss, an]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>A Jewel in a Velvet Box – The Wallace Collection</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/a-jewel-in-a-velvet-box-the-wallace-collection/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204270</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Slip off Oxford Street and into another world – chandeliers, Rembrandts, and the best cakes in Marylebone. Housed in a stately mansion on Manchester Square, the Wallace Collection is London’s most beautiful secret: an 18th-century treasure chest of art, armour, and elegance. A museum that still feels like a home – and, thanks to Rick Mather’s sunlit café, the sweetest spot in the city for tea.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Slip off Oxford Street and into another world – chandeliers, Rembrandts, and the best cakes in Marylebone. Housed in a stately mansion on Manchester Square, the Wallace Collection is London’s most beautiful secret: an 18th-century treasure chest of art, ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Slip off Oxford Street and into another world – chandeliers, Rembrandts, and the best cakes in Marylebone. Housed in a stately mansion on Manchester Square, the Wallace Collection is London’s most beautiful secret: an 18th-century treasure chest of art, armour, and elegance. A museum that still feels like a home – and, thanks to Rick Mather’s sunlit café, the sweetest spot in the city for tea.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204270/a-jewel-in-a-velvet-box-the-wallace-collection.mp3" length="26874693" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Slip off Oxford Street and into another world – chandeliers, Rembrandts, and the best cakes in Marylebone. Housed in a stately mansion on Manchester Square, the Wallace Collection is London’s most beautiful secret: an 18th-century treasure chest of art, armour, and elegance. A museum that still feels like a home – and, thanks to Rick Mather’s sunlit café, the sweetest spot in the city for tea.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>A Jewel in a Velvet Box – The Wallace Collection</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:00</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Slip off Oxford Street and into another world – chandeliers, Rembrandts, and the best cakes in Marylebone. Housed in a stately mansion on Manchester Square, the Wallace Collection is London’s most beautiful secret: an 18th-century treasure chest of art, armour, and elegance. A museum that still feels like a home – and, thanks to Rick Mather’s sunlit café, the sweetest spot in the city for tea.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Man Made of Gold</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-man-made-of-gold/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 08:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204266</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[He gleams through the London fog – a man made of gold. The Albert Memorial isn’t just a monument; it’s a love story cast in marble and gold leaf. This episode of London Calling tells the tale of Queen Victoria and her beloved Albert – the earnest, intelligent prince who believed civilisation could be improved by plumbing and hard work – and how his death broke her heart so completely she built a temple to him in Kensington Gardens. It’s absurd, magnificent, and completely sincere: London’s grandest love letter.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[He gleams through the London fog – a man made of gold. The Albert Memorial isn’t just a monument; it’s a love story cast in marble and gold leaf. This episode of London Calling tells the tale of Queen Victoria and her beloved Albert – the earnest, intell]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[He gleams through the London fog – a man made of gold. The Albert Memorial isn’t just a monument; it’s a love story cast in marble and gold leaf. This episode of London Calling tells the tale of Queen Victoria and her beloved Albert – the earnest, intelligent prince who believed civilisation could be improved by plumbing and hard work – and how his death broke her heart so completely she built a temple to him in Kensington Gardens. It’s absurd, magnificent, and completely sincere: London’s grandest love letter.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204266/the-man-made-of-gold.mp3" length="23545230" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[He gleams through the London fog – a man made of gold. The Albert Memorial isn’t just a monument; it’s a love story cast in marble and gold leaf. This episode of London Calling tells the tale of Queen Victoria and her beloved Albert – the earnest, intelligent prince who believed civilisation could be improved by plumbing and hard work – and how his death broke her heart so completely she built a temple to him in Kensington Gardens. It’s absurd, magnificent, and completely sincere: London’s grandest love letter.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Man Made of Gold</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:16</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[He gleams through the London fog – a man made of gold. The Albert Memorial isn’t just a monument; it’s a love story cast in marble and gold leaf. This episode of London Calling tells the tale of Queen Victoria and her beloved Albert – the earnest, intelligent prince who believed civilisation could be improved by plumbing and hard work – and how his death broke her heart so completely she built a temple to him in Kensington Gardens. It’s absurd, magnificent, and completely sincere: London’s grandest love letter.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Sotheby&#8217;s – What&#8217;s In It for the Rich?</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/sothebys-whats-in-it-for-the-rich/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 12:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204258</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[They’ve already got the money, the houses, the jets – so why the fever when the bidding starts? Why the thrill of the gavel? In this Daily London Fix, we step inside Sotheby’s, where wealth turns to theatre and possession becomes performance. From a Strand bookseller’s auction in 1744 to today’s multimillion-pound spectacles, it’s part ritual, part sport, part confession. And – grace notes before the curtain falls – we discover why it’s called Sotheby’s, and why the man bringing down the hammer is, delightfully, named Barker.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[They’ve already got the money, the houses, the jets – so why the fever when the bidding starts? Why the thrill of the gavel? In this Daily London Fix, we step inside Sotheby’s, where wealth turns to theatre and possession becomes performance. From a Stra]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[They’ve already got the money, the houses, the jets – so why the fever when the bidding starts? Why the thrill of the gavel? In this Daily London Fix, we step inside Sotheby’s, where wealth turns to theatre and possession becomes performance. From a Strand bookseller’s auction in 1744 to today’s multimillion-pound spectacles, it’s part ritual, part sport, part confession. And – grace notes before the curtain falls – we discover why it’s called Sotheby’s, and why the man bringing down the hammer is, delightfully, named Barker.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204258/sothebys-whats-in-it-for-the-rich.mp3" length="24876848" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[They’ve already got the money, the houses, the jets – so why the fever when the bidding starts? Why the thrill of the gavel? In this Daily London Fix, we step inside Sotheby’s, where wealth turns to theatre and possession becomes performance. From a Strand bookseller’s auction in 1744 to today’s multimillion-pound spectacles, it’s part ritual, part sport, part confession. And – grace notes before the curtain falls – we discover why it’s called Sotheby’s, and why the man bringing down the hammer is, delightfully, named Barker.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Sotheby&#8217;s – What&#8217;s In It for the Rich?</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:58</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[They’ve already got the money, the houses, the jets – so why the fever when the bidding starts? Why the thrill of the gavel? In this Daily London Fix, we step inside Sotheby’s, where wealth turns to theatre and possession becomes performance. From a Strand bookseller’s auction in 1744 to today’s multimillion-pound spectacles, it’s part ritual, part sport, part confession. And – grace notes before the curtain falls – we discover why it’s called Sotheby’s, and why the man bringing down the hammer is, delightfully, named Barker.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Under the Hammer – A London Story</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/under-the-hammer-a-london-story/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204244</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The world’s most famous auction house was born on a quiet London street. From polite Georgian book sales to multi-million-pound bidding wars, Sotheby’s has mirrored the city’s rise from mercantile capital to cultural powerhouse.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The world’s most famous auction house was born on a quiet London street. From polite Georgian book sales to multi-million-pound bidding wars, Sotheby’s has mirrored the city’s rise from mercantile capital to cultural powerhouse.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The world’s most famous auction house was born on a quiet London street. From polite Georgian book sales to multi-million-pound bidding wars, Sotheby’s has mirrored the city’s rise from mercantile capital to cultural powerhouse.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204244/under-the-hammer-a-london-story.mp3" length="28063369" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The world’s most famous auction house was born on a quiet London street. From polite Georgian book sales to multi-million-pound bidding wars, Sotheby’s has mirrored the city’s rise from mercantile capital to cultural powerhouse.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Under the Hammer – A London Story</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:37</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The world’s most famous auction house was born on a quiet London street. From polite Georgian book sales to multi-million-pound bidding wars, Sotheby’s has mirrored the city’s rise from mercantile capital to cultural powerhouse.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>St Crispin&#8217;s Day – Two Writers, One Glory</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/st-crispins-day-two-writers-one-glory/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 08:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204242</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[October 25th — St Crispin’s Day. On this date in 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, London’s first great poet, breathed his last. Fifteen years later, on another St Crispin’s Day, Henry V’s tiny army triumphed at Agincourt. Two centuries after that, Shakespeare turned that muddy field into legend with “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...” This episode of London Calling links those moments – Chaucer’s passing and his London voice, Shakespeare’s stage thunder, and the date that binds them. A tale of bells, battles, and words: how the vintner’s son and the glover’s son together made English – London English – the language of poetry and power.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[October 25th — St Crispin’s Day. On this date in 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, London’s first great poet, breathed his last. Fifteen years later, on another St Crispin’s Day, Henry V’s tiny army triumphed at Agincourt. Two centuries after that, Shakespeare tur]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[October 25th — St Crispin’s Day. On this date in 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, London’s first great poet, breathed his last. Fifteen years later, on another St Crispin’s Day, Henry V’s tiny army triumphed at Agincourt. Two centuries after that, Shakespeare turned that muddy field into legend with “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...” This episode of London Calling links those moments – Chaucer’s passing and his London voice, Shakespeare’s stage thunder, and the date that binds them. A tale of bells, battles, and words: how the vintner’s son and the glover’s son together made English – London English – the language of poetry and power.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204242/st-crispins-day-two-writers-one-glory.mp3" length="27635379" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[October 25th — St Crispin’s Day. On this date in 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, London’s first great poet, breathed his last. Fifteen years later, on another St Crispin’s Day, Henry V’s tiny army triumphed at Agincourt. Two centuries after that, Shakespeare turned that muddy field into legend with “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...” This episode of London Calling links those moments – Chaucer’s passing and his London voice, Shakespeare’s stage thunder, and the date that binds them. A tale of bells, battles, and words: how the vintner’s son and the glover’s son together made English – London English – the language of poetry and power.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>St Crispin&#8217;s Day – Two Writers, One Glory</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:24</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[October 25th — St Crispin’s Day. On this date in 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, London’s first great poet, breathed his last. Fifteen years later, on another St Crispin’s Day, Henry V’s tiny army triumphed at Agincourt. Two centuries after that, Shakespeare turned that muddy field into legend with “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...” This episode of London Calling links those moments – Chaucer’s passing and his London voice, Shakespeare’s stage thunder, and the date that binds them. A tale of bells, battles, and words: how the vintner’s son and the glover’s son together made English – London English – the language of poetry and power.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Hall Where Hope Began</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-hall-where-hope-began/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 10:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204239</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[United Nations Day, a Westminster hall… and a secret Roman flogging and beheading kit. Only in London.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[United Nations Day, a Westminster hall… and a secret Roman flogging and beheading kit. Only in London.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[United Nations Day, a Westminster hall… and a secret Roman flogging and beheading kit. Only in London.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204239/the-hall-where-hope-began.mp3" length="26684104" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[United Nations Day, a Westminster hall… and a secret Roman flogging and beheading kit. Only in London.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Hall Where Hope Began</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:54</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[United Nations Day, a Westminster hall… and a secret Roman flogging and beheading kit. Only in London.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Jonathan Guides Smithfield – and David Unpicks the Age of Un</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/jonathan-guides-smithfield-and-david-unpicks-the-age-of-un/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 23:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204236</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Tapas time on today’s London fix – a double act. We begin in Smithfield with the redoubtable Jonathan, guiding us through London’s old killing ground, where the condemned met gruesome ends. Then David takes up the thread – from the execution ground to the digital gallows. The former Duke of York has been “unduked”; online the dead are “unalived”; the countryside is “UnLondon.” Welcome to the Age of Un – a wry look at our binary, reversible century, where everything can be done, undone, and done again.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Tapas time on today’s London fix – a double act. We begin in Smithfield with the redoubtable Jonathan, guiding us through London’s old killing ground, where the condemned met gruesome ends. Then David takes up the thread – from the execution ground to th]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Tapas time on today’s London fix – a double act. We begin in Smithfield with the redoubtable Jonathan, guiding us through London’s old killing ground, where the condemned met gruesome ends. Then David takes up the thread – from the execution ground to the digital gallows. The former Duke of York has been “unduked”; online the dead are “unalived”; the countryside is “UnLondon.” Welcome to the Age of Un – a wry look at our binary, reversible century, where everything can be done, undone, and done again.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204236/jonathan-guides-smithfield-and-david-unpicks-the-age-of-un.mp3" length="27683026" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Tapas time on today’s London fix – a double act. We begin in Smithfield with the redoubtable Jonathan, guiding us through London’s old killing ground, where the condemned met gruesome ends. Then David takes up the thread – from the execution ground to the digital gallows. The former Duke of York has been “unduked”; online the dead are “unalived”; the countryside is “UnLondon.” Welcome to the Age of Un – a wry look at our binary, reversible century, where everything can be done, undone, and done again.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Jonathan Guides Smithfield – and David Unpicks the Age of Un</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:25</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Tapas time on today’s London fix – a double act. We begin in Smithfield with the redoubtable Jonathan, guiding us through London’s old killing ground, where the condemned met gruesome ends. Then David takes up the thread – from the execution ground to the digital gallows. The former Duke of York has been “unduked”; online the dead are “unalived”; the countryside is “UnLondon.” Welcome to the Age of Un – a wry look at our binary, reversible century, where everything can be done, undone, and done again.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Man Who Made History Fun (And Wrong)</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-man-who-made-history-fun-and-wrong/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 07:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204234</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Three “newly discovered” chapters of 1066 and All That – on the railways, the internet, and the French – lead to the story of W. C. Sellar, the quiet Scottish schoolmaster who co-wrote one of the funniest books in the English language. From a Gladstone joke in Brent to a trail that runs all the way to Edinburgh, it’s a very London tale of humour, history, and happy accidents.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Three “newly discovered” chapters of 1066 and All That – on the railways, the internet, and the French – lead to the story of W. C. Sellar, the quiet Scottish schoolmaster who co-wrote one of the funniest books in the English language. From a Gladstone j]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Three “newly discovered” chapters of 1066 and All That – on the railways, the internet, and the French – lead to the story of W. C. Sellar, the quiet Scottish schoolmaster who co-wrote one of the funniest books in the English language. From a Gladstone joke in Brent to a trail that runs all the way to Edinburgh, it’s a very London tale of humour, history, and happy accidents.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204234/the-man-who-made-history-fun-and-wrong.mp3" length="27016799" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Three “newly discovered” chapters of 1066 and All That – on the railways, the internet, and the French – lead to the story of W. C. Sellar, the quiet Scottish schoolmaster who co-wrote one of the funniest books in the English language. From a Gladstone joke in Brent to a trail that runs all the way to Edinburgh, it’s a very London tale of humour, history, and happy accidents.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Man Who Made History Fun (And Wrong)</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:05</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Three “newly discovered” chapters of 1066 and All That – on the railways, the internet, and the French – lead to the story of W. C. Sellar, the quiet Scottish schoolmaster who co-wrote one of the funniest books in the English language. From a Gladstone joke in Brent to a trail that runs all the way to Edinburgh, it’s a very London tale of humour, history, and happy accidents.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Brent – Oldest Name, Newest Beat</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/brent-oldest-name-newest-beat/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204232</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Brent – the Borough with the oldest name and the youngest spirit. Named for the ancient River Brent – a Celtic word meaning “holy” or “high” – this is a borough where history hums beneath the pavements. From the roar of Wembley to the quiet grace of St Andrew’s Church, from the marble splendour of the Neasden Temple to the laughter spilling out of Kilburn’s Irish pubs, Brent is London in miniature: diverse, layered, endlessly alive. It’s where A. A. Milne met Winnie-the-Pooh, where Gladstone debated the Irish Question, where the Golden Retriever was born, and where the world still comes to play. Short name, long story, big heart.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Brent – the Borough with the oldest name and the youngest spirit. Named for the ancient River Brent – a Celtic word meaning “holy” or “high” – this is a borough where history hums beneath the pavements. From the roar of Wembley to the quiet grace of St A]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Brent – the Borough with the oldest name and the youngest spirit. Named for the ancient River Brent – a Celtic word meaning “holy” or “high” – this is a borough where history hums beneath the pavements. From the roar of Wembley to the quiet grace of St Andrew’s Church, from the marble splendour of the Neasden Temple to the laughter spilling out of Kilburn’s Irish pubs, Brent is London in miniature: diverse, layered, endlessly alive. It’s where A. A. Milne met Winnie-the-Pooh, where Gladstone debated the Irish Question, where the Golden Retriever was born, and where the world still comes to play. Short name, long story, big heart.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204232/brent-oldest-name-newest-beat.mp3" length="37383859" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Brent – the Borough with the oldest name and the youngest spirit. Named for the ancient River Brent – a Celtic word meaning “holy” or “high” – this is a borough where history hums beneath the pavements. From the roar of Wembley to the quiet grace of St Andrew’s Church, from the marble splendour of the Neasden Temple to the laughter spilling out of Kilburn’s Irish pubs, Brent is London in miniature: diverse, layered, endlessly alive. It’s where A. A. Milne met Winnie-the-Pooh, where Gladstone debated the Irish Question, where the Golden Retriever was born, and where the world still comes to play. Short name, long story, big heart.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Brent – Oldest Name, Newest Beat</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:19:29</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Brent – the Borough with the oldest name and the youngest spirit. Named for the ancient River Brent – a Celtic word meaning “holy” or “high” – this is a borough where history hums beneath the pavements. From the roar of Wembley to the quiet grace of St Andrew’s Church, from the marble splendour of the Neasden Temple to the laughter spilling out of Kilburn’s Irish pubs, Brent is London in miniature: diverse, layered, endlessly alive. It’s where A. A. Milne met Winnie-the-Pooh, where Gladstone debated the Irish Question, where the Golden Retriever was born, and where the world still comes to play. Short name, long story, big heart.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Secret History of London&#8217;s Railway Stations</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-secret-history-of-londons-railway-stations/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204230</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[London runs on rails – and we've got a new tour that explores London's railway stations. Distinguished railway historian Christian Wolmar and elite London guide Sam Jacobs take us on an all-day journey through the city’s iron arteries: from Shoreditch to Paddington, from Victorian grandeur to modern revival. Part history, part adventure, it’s London seen through its railway termini – the people, the power, the ambition, and the steam that made the city move.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[London runs on rails – and weve got a new tour that explores Londons railway stations. Distinguished railway historian Christian Wolmar and elite London guide Sam Jacobs take us on an all-day journey through the city’s iron arteries: from Shoreditch to P]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[London runs on rails – and we've got a new tour that explores London's railway stations. Distinguished railway historian Christian Wolmar and elite London guide Sam Jacobs take us on an all-day journey through the city’s iron arteries: from Shoreditch to Paddington, from Victorian grandeur to modern revival. Part history, part adventure, it’s London seen through its railway termini – the people, the power, the ambition, and the steam that made the city move.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204230/the-secret-history-of-londons-railway-stations.mp3" length="26636457" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[London runs on rails – and we've got a new tour that explores London's railway stations. Distinguished railway historian Christian Wolmar and elite London guide Sam Jacobs take us on an all-day journey through the city’s iron arteries: from Shoreditch to Paddington, from Victorian grandeur to modern revival. Part history, part adventure, it’s London seen through its railway termini – the people, the power, the ambition, and the steam that made the city move.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Secret History of London&#8217;s Railway Stations</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:53</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[London runs on rails – and we've got a new tour that explores London's railway stations. Distinguished railway historian Christian Wolmar and elite London guide Sam Jacobs take us on an all-day journey through the city’s iron arteries: from Shoreditch to Paddington, from Victorian grandeur to modern revival. Part history, part adventure, it’s London seen through its railway termini – the people, the power, the ambition, and the steam that made the city move.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Meet Your London Walks Guide – Here&#8217;s Jonathan</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/meet-your-london-walks-guide-heres-jonathan/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 08:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204222</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Story time, history time – and this one’s about the storytellers themselves. In this episode of Londerful, London Walks introduces Jonathan, the so-called “new boy” who’s been guiding for four years and already won hearts. Warm, witty, and passionate, he’s the kind of guide who turns facts into discoveries. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Story time, history time – and this one’s about the storytellers themselves. In this episode of Londerful, London Walks introduces Jonathan, the so-called “new boy” who’s been guiding for four years and already won hearts. Warm, witty, and passionate, he]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Story time, history time – and this one’s about the storytellers themselves. In this episode of Londerful, London Walks introduces Jonathan, the so-called “new boy” who’s been guiding for four years and already won hearts. Warm, witty, and passionate, he’s the kind of guide who turns facts into discoveries. ]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204222/meet-your-london-walks-guide-heres-jonathan.mp3" length="30926390" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Story time, history time – and this one’s about the storytellers themselves. In this episode of Londerful, London Walks introduces Jonathan, the so-called “new boy” who’s been guiding for four years and already won hearts. Warm, witty, and passionate, he’s the kind of guide who turns facts into discoveries.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Meet Your London Walks Guide – Here&#8217;s Jonathan</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:16:07</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Story time, history time – and this one’s about the storytellers themselves. In this episode of Londerful, London Walks introduces Jonathan, the so-called “new boy” who’s been guiding for four years and already won hearts. Warm, witty, and passionate, he’s the kind of guide who turns facts into discoveries.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Cat, the Curse &#038; the Savoy</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-cat-the-curse-the-savoy/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2025 08:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204221</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[At the Savoy Hotel, superstition and style sit side by side – and the proof’s in the cat. Meet Kaspar, the sleek black feline carved to save diners from the curse of thirteen at table. Born of tragedy in 1898 and still dining in style more than a century later, Kaspar has shared a table with Churchill, survived a wartime kidnapping, and become the Savoy’s most charming guest. This is London at its best: polished, peculiar, and purring with stories.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[At the Savoy Hotel, superstition and style sit side by side – and the proof’s in the cat. Meet Kaspar, the sleek black feline carved to save diners from the curse of thirteen at table. Born of tragedy in 1898 and still dining in style more than a century]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[At the Savoy Hotel, superstition and style sit side by side – and the proof’s in the cat. Meet Kaspar, the sleek black feline carved to save diners from the curse of thirteen at table. Born of tragedy in 1898 and still dining in style more than a century later, Kaspar has shared a table with Churchill, survived a wartime kidnapping, and become the Savoy’s most charming guest. This is London at its best: polished, peculiar, and purring with stories.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204221/the-cat-the-curse-the-savoy.mp3" length="30440721" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[At the Savoy Hotel, superstition and style sit side by side – and the proof’s in the cat. Meet Kaspar, the sleek black feline carved to save diners from the curse of thirteen at table. Born of tragedy in 1898 and still dining in style more than a century later, Kaspar has shared a table with Churchill, survived a wartime kidnapping, and become the Savoy’s most charming guest. This is London at its best: polished, peculiar, and purring with stories.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Cat, the Curse &#038; the Savoy</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:52</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[At the Savoy Hotel, superstition and style sit side by side – and the proof’s in the cat. Meet Kaspar, the sleek black feline carved to save diners from the curse of thirteen at table. Born of tragedy in 1898 and still dining in style more than a century later, Kaspar has shared a table with Churchill, survived a wartime kidnapping, and become the Savoy’s most charming guest. This is London at its best: polished, peculiar, and purring with stories.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Londerful – The Saint, the Strawberries &#038; the Word</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/londerful-the-saint-the-strawberries-the-word/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204217</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Seventh-century saint meets secret London. This episode follows St Etheldreda – or St Audrey – from her royal beginnings in the Fens of Ely to her hidden London church in Ely Place, Holborn. We explore the legend of her incorrupt body, the feast that became tawdry, and the medieval enclave that once stood beyond the City’s law. Shakespeare’s bishops, bombings, beadles, and even a relic of her hand all make an appearance in this vivid talk through holiness, history, and hidden London.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Seventh-century saint meets secret London. This episode follows St Etheldreda – or St Audrey – from her royal beginnings in the Fens of Ely to her hidden London church in Ely Place, Holborn. We explore the legend of her incorrupt body, the feast that bec]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Seventh-century saint meets secret London. This episode follows St Etheldreda – or St Audrey – from her royal beginnings in the Fens of Ely to her hidden London church in Ely Place, Holborn. We explore the legend of her incorrupt body, the feast that became tawdry, and the medieval enclave that once stood beyond the City’s law. Shakespeare’s bishops, bombings, beadles, and even a relic of her hand all make an appearance in this vivid talk through holiness, history, and hidden London.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204217/londerful-the-saint-the-strawberries-the-word.mp3" length="30393074" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Seventh-century saint meets secret London. This episode follows St Etheldreda – or St Audrey – from her royal beginnings in the Fens of Ely to her hidden London church in Ely Place, Holborn. We explore the legend of her incorrupt body, the feast that became tawdry, and the medieval enclave that once stood beyond the City’s law. Shakespeare’s bishops, bombings, beadles, and even a relic of her hand all make an appearance in this vivid talk through holiness, history, and hidden London.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Londerful – The Saint, the Strawberries &#038; the Word</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:50</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Seventh-century saint meets secret London. This episode follows St Etheldreda – or St Audrey – from her royal beginnings in the Fens of Ely to her hidden London church in Ely Place, Holborn. We explore the legend of her incorrupt body, the feast that became tawdry, and the medieval enclave that once stood beyond the City’s law. Shakespeare’s bishops, bombings, beadles, and even a relic of her hand all make an appearance in this vivid talk through holiness, history, and hidden London.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/streets-ahead-400-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>A Night to Remember</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/a-night-to-remember/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 10:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204207</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[One night. One storm. Winds near a hundred miles an hour. London wrecked, trees flattened, Britain humbled. The Great Storm of ’87 – the night we all remember.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[One night. One storm. Winds near a hundred miles an hour. London wrecked, trees flattened, Britain humbled. The Great Storm of ’87 – the night we all remember.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[One night. One storm. Winds near a hundred miles an hour. London wrecked, trees flattened, Britain humbled. The Great Storm of ’87 – the night we all remember.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204207/a-night-to-remember.mp3" length="22752780" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[One night. One storm. Winds near a hundred miles an hour. London wrecked, trees flattened, Britain humbled. The Great Storm of ’87 – the night we all remember.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/storm-image-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/storm-image-.jpg</url>
		<title>A Night to Remember</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:11:51</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[One night. One storm. Winds near a hundred miles an hour. London wrecked, trees flattened, Britain humbled. The Great Storm of ’87 – the night we all remember.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/storm-image-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Camden Unfolded</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/camden-unfolded/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 19:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204202</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Camden’s not just a postcode – it’s a state of mind. From the quiet grace of Bloomsbury’s squares to the glorious bedlam of Camden Market; from the high wildness of Hampstead Heath to the learned hush of Museum Mile – this is the borough that can keep you busy for a lifetime. In this episode, we go exploring: parks, markets, music, museums, canals, cafés, and everything in between.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Camden’s not just a postcode – it’s a state of mind. From the quiet grace of Bloomsbury’s squares to the glorious bedlam of Camden Market; from the high wildness of Hampstead Heath to the learned hush of Museum Mile – this is the borough that can keep yo]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Camden’s not just a postcode – it’s a state of mind. From the quiet grace of Bloomsbury’s squares to the glorious bedlam of Camden Market; from the high wildness of Hampstead Heath to the learned hush of Museum Mile – this is the borough that can keep you busy for a lifetime. In this episode, we go exploring: parks, markets, music, museums, canals, cafés, and everything in between.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204202/camden-unfolded.mp3" length="21698059" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Camden’s not just a postcode – it’s a state of mind. From the quiet grace of Bloomsbury’s squares to the glorious bedlam of Camden Market; from the high wildness of Hampstead Heath to the learned hush of Museum Mile – this is the borough that can keep you busy for a lifetime. In this episode, we go exploring: parks, markets, music, museums, canals, cafés, and everything in between.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/books-British-Museum-image-1.jpeg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/books-British-Museum-image-1.jpeg</url>
		<title>Camden Unfolded</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:04</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Camden’s not just a postcode – it’s a state of mind. From the quiet grace of Bloomsbury’s squares to the glorious bedlam of Camden Market; from the high wildness of Hampstead Heath to the learned hush of Museum Mile – this is the borough that can keep you busy for a lifetime. In this episode, we go exploring: parks, markets, music, museums, canals, cafés, and everything in between.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/books-British-Museum-image-1.jpeg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>From Holborn to the Heath</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/204181/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204181</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[From the barristers of Holborn to the buskers of Camden Lock and the poets of Hampstead, this episode climbs right through London’s social landscape. Along the way we meet the borough that built better homes for its people, raised its rates for beauty’s sake, and made “progressive” a point of civic pride. Radical politics, visionary housing, the ghosts of railways and revolution – Camden’s story is London’s story, all packed into eight and a half square miles.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[From the barristers of Holborn to the buskers of Camden Lock and the poets of Hampstead, this episode climbs right through London’s social landscape. Along the way we meet the borough that built better homes for its people, raised its rates for beauty’s ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[From the barristers of Holborn to the buskers of Camden Lock and the poets of Hampstead, this episode climbs right through London’s social landscape. Along the way we meet the borough that built better homes for its people, raised its rates for beauty’s sake, and made “progressive” a point of civic pride. Radical politics, visionary housing, the ghosts of railways and revolution – Camden’s story is London’s story, all packed into eight and a half square miles.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204181/204181.mp3" length="22974506" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[From the barristers of Holborn to the buskers of Camden Lock and the poets of Hampstead, this episode climbs right through London’s social landscape. Along the way we meet the borough that built better homes for its people, raised its rates for beauty’s sake, and made “progressive” a point of civic pride. Radical politics, visionary housing, the ghosts of railways and revolution – Camden’s story is London’s story, all packed into eight and a half square miles.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/camden-image-sq-pirate-castle.jpeg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/camden-image-sq-pirate-castle.jpeg</url>
		<title>From Holborn to the Heath</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:58</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[From the barristers of Holborn to the buskers of Camden Lock and the poets of Hampstead, this episode climbs right through London’s social landscape. Along the way we meet the borough that built better homes for its people, raised its rates for beauty’s sake, and made “progressive” a point of civic pride. Radical politics, visionary housing, the ghosts of railways and revolution – Camden’s story is London’s story, all packed into eight and a half square miles.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/camden-image-sq-pirate-castle.jpeg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Hands Across Camden</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/hands-across-camden/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 17:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204176</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[In the inaugural Get to Know Your London episode, we land in Camden – and David takes us on a visual decoding of the borough’s logo. You’ve seen it a hundred times on street signs – that little green circular symbol above the word Camden. Most people assume it’s a recycling logo. It isn’t. Look closer. It’s actually four pairs of hands, thumbs almost touching, arranged in a circle. They’re meant to symbolise connection – the borough and its community linked hand in hand. The official line says they stand for unity, giving, receiving, and voting. But of course, there’s the droll, alternative reading – that it looks like a green elephant’s foot. Or perhaps the footprint of the Abominable Snowman. A bit of wry humour tagged onto a municipal design – classic London.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In the inaugural Get to Know Your London episode, we land in Camden – and David takes us on a visual decoding of the borough’s logo. You’ve seen it a hundred times on street signs – that little green circular symbol above the word Camden. Most people ass]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[In the inaugural Get to Know Your London episode, we land in Camden – and David takes us on a visual decoding of the borough’s logo. You’ve seen it a hundred times on street signs – that little green circular symbol above the word Camden. Most people assume it’s a recycling logo. It isn’t. Look closer. It’s actually four pairs of hands, thumbs almost touching, arranged in a circle. They’re meant to symbolise connection – the borough and its community linked hand in hand. The official line says they stand for unity, giving, receiving, and voting. But of course, there’s the droll, alternative reading – that it looks like a green elephant’s foot. Or perhaps the footprint of the Abominable Snowman. A bit of wry humour tagged onto a municipal design – classic London.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204176/hands-across-camden.mp3" length="20310017" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the inaugural Get to Know Your London episode, we land in Camden – and David takes us on a visual decoding of the borough’s logo. You’ve seen it a hundred times on street signs – that little green circular symbol above the word Camden. Most people assume it’s a recycling logo. It isn’t. Look closer. It’s actually four pairs of hands, thumbs almost touching, arranged in a circle. They’re meant to symbolise connection – the borough and its community linked hand in hand. The official line says they stand for unity, giving, receiving, and voting. But of course, there’s the droll, alternative reading – that it looks like a green elephant’s foot. Or perhaps the footprint of the Abominable Snowman. A bit of wry humour tagged onto a municipal design – classic London.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:07</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[In the inaugural Get to Know Your London episode, we land in Camden – and David takes us on a visual decoding of the borough’s logo. You’ve seen it a hundred times on street signs – that little green circular symbol above the word Camden. Most people assume it’s a recycling logo. It isn’t. Look closer. It’s actually four pairs of hands, thumbs almost touching, arranged in a circle. They’re meant to symbolise connection – the borough and its community linked hand in hand. The official line says they stand for unity, giving, receiving, and voting. But of course, there’s the droll, alternative reading – that it looks like a green elephant’s foot. Or perhaps the footprint of the Abominable Snowman. A bit of wry humour tagged onto a municipal design – classic London.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>A Sunday in London, 1975</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/a-sunday-in-london-1975/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 15:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204174</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A Sunday snapshot of London in 1975 – Harold Wilson in Downing Street, inflation roaring, Bowie on the airwaves, and a bomb that failed to explode in Westminster. From the smell of petrol and vinegar on the streets to Routemasters, Reliant Robins, and 25p fish-and-chips, this is the city as it really was: battered, brave, and brilliantly alive.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A Sunday snapshot of London in 1975 – Harold Wilson in Downing Street, inflation roaring, Bowie on the airwaves, and a bomb that failed to explode in Westminster. From the smell of petrol and vinegar on the streets to Routemasters, Reliant Robins, and 25]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A Sunday snapshot of London in 1975 – Harold Wilson in Downing Street, inflation roaring, Bowie on the airwaves, and a bomb that failed to explode in Westminster. From the smell of petrol and vinegar on the streets to Routemasters, Reliant Robins, and 25p fish-and-chips, this is the city as it really was: battered, brave, and brilliantly alive.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204174/a-sunday-in-london-1975.mp3" length="34625329" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A Sunday snapshot of London in 1975 – Harold Wilson in Downing Street, inflation roaring, Bowie on the airwaves, and a bomb that failed to explode in Westminster. From the smell of petrol and vinegar on the streets to Routemasters, Reliant Robins, and 25p fish-and-chips, this is the city as it really was: battered, brave, and brilliantly alive.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:18:02</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A Sunday snapshot of London in 1975 – Harold Wilson in Downing Street, inflation roaring, Bowie on the airwaves, and a bomb that failed to explode in Westminster. From the smell of petrol and vinegar on the streets to Routemasters, Reliant Robins, and 25p fish-and-chips, this is the city as it really was: battered, brave, and brilliantly alive.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Meeting Gandhi – Dr Ann&#8217;s Big Idea</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/meeting-gandhi-dr-anns-big-idea/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2025 22:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204170</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[In this episode, Dr Ann Gandhi introduces us to Mahatma Gandhi as we’ve never met him before – in Tavistock Square, in words that bring him vividly to life. David steps in with his reflections, Adam stirs things up with a seasonal tipple, and together they serve a heady mix of history, humanity, and the best eggnog recipe in London.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In this episode, Dr Ann Gandhi introduces us to Mahatma Gandhi as we’ve never met him before – in Tavistock Square, in words that bring him vividly to life. David steps in with his reflections, Adam stirs things up with a seasonal tipple, and together th]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[In this episode, Dr Ann Gandhi introduces us to Mahatma Gandhi as we’ve never met him before – in Tavistock Square, in words that bring him vividly to life. David steps in with his reflections, Adam stirs things up with a seasonal tipple, and together they serve a heady mix of history, humanity, and the best eggnog recipe in London.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204170/meeting-gandhi-dr-anns-big-idea.mp3" length="23988266" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Dr Ann Gandhi introduces us to Mahatma Gandhi as we’ve never met him before – in Tavistock Square, in words that bring him vividly to life. David steps in with his reflections, Adam stirs things up with a seasonal tipple, and together they serve a heady mix of history, humanity, and the best eggnog recipe in London.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/lighthouse-image-.jpeg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/lighthouse-image-.jpeg</url>
		<title>Meeting Gandhi – Dr Ann&#8217;s Big Idea</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:16:40</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[In this episode, Dr Ann Gandhi introduces us to Mahatma Gandhi as we’ve never met him before – in Tavistock Square, in words that bring him vividly to life. David steps in with his reflections, Adam stirs things up with a seasonal tipple, and together they serve a heady mix of history, humanity, and the best eggnog recipe in London.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/lighthouse-image-.jpeg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Monstrously Good Read &#038; Covent Garden Teaser</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/a-monstrously-good-read-a-covent-garden-teaser/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204165</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Today’s London Calling is a double treat. First up, Adam tears into the London Calling Book Club Corner with a book so gripping you’ll be ordering it before he’s finished talking. Then Dr Ann takes the baton for a taster from her brand-new walk, Nooks & Crannies – Unseen Covent Garden. Books, ghosts, hidden corners – London doesn’t get better than this.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Today’s London Calling is a double treat. First up, Adam tears into the London Calling Book Club Corner with a book so gripping you’ll be ordering it before he’s finished talking. Then Dr Ann takes the baton for a taster from her brand-new walk, Nooks & ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Today’s London Calling is a double treat. First up, Adam tears into the London Calling Book Club Corner with a book so gripping you’ll be ordering it before he’s finished talking. Then Dr Ann takes the baton for a taster from her brand-new walk, Nooks & Crannies – Unseen Covent Garden. Books, ghosts, hidden corners – London doesn’t get better than this.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204165/a-monstrously-good-read-a-covent-garden-teaser.mp3" length="30060378" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Today’s London Calling is a double treat. First up, Adam tears into the London Calling Book Club Corner with a book so gripping you’ll be ordering it before he’s finished talking. Then Dr Ann takes the baton for a taster from her brand-new walk, Nooks & Crannies – Unseen Covent Garden. Books, ghosts, hidden corners – London doesn’t get better than this.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ann-image-green-space-rotated-1.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ann-image-green-space-rotated-1.jpg</url>
		<title>Monstrously Good Read &#038; Covent Garden Teaser</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:40</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Today’s London Calling is a double treat. First up, Adam tears into the London Calling Book Club Corner with a book so gripping you’ll be ordering it before he’s finished talking. Then Dr Ann takes the baton for a taster from her brand-new walk, Nooks & Crannies – Unseen Covent Garden. Books, ghosts, hidden corners – London doesn’t get better than this.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ann-image-green-space-rotated-1.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Big Ideas in Bloomsbury – Dr Ann&#8217;s Thought-Provoking New Walk</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/big-ideas-in-bloomsbury-dr-anns-thought-provoking-new-walk/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 22:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204161</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Dr Ann's What's the Big Idea Walk takes you through Bloomsbury's squares – the cradle of modern thought. Where ideas were born, challenged, took shape, and still reverberate. A walk as stimulating as the minds that inspired it. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Dr Anns Whats the Big Idea Walk takes you through Bloomsburys squares – the cradle of modern thought. Where ideas were born, challenged, took shape, and still reverberate. A walk as stimulating as the minds that inspired it.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Dr Ann's What's the Big Idea Walk takes you through Bloomsbury's squares – the cradle of modern thought. Where ideas were born, challenged, took shape, and still reverberate. A walk as stimulating as the minds that inspired it. ]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204161/big-ideas-in-bloomsbury-dr-anns-thought-provoking-new-walk.m4a" length="43224844" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dr Ann's What's the Big Idea Walk takes you through Bloomsbury's squares – the cradle of modern thought. Where ideas were born, challenged, took shape, and still reverberate. A walk as stimulating as the minds that inspired it.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/bloomsbury-square-image-400.jpeg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/bloomsbury-square-image-400.jpeg</url>
		<title>Big Ideas in Bloomsbury – Dr Ann&#8217;s Thought-Provoking New Walk</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:29:46</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Dr Ann's What's the Big Idea Walk takes you through Bloomsbury's squares – the cradle of modern thought. Where ideas were born, challenged, took shape, and still reverberate. A walk as stimulating as the minds that inspired it.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/bloomsbury-square-image-400.jpeg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Tiny Mice to Towering Views</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/tiny-mice-to-towering-views/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 09:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204144</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[An October evening City of London excursion that begins at the 17th-century Monument and winds through Philpot Lane (where it takes in London's tiniest sculptures) and then on to Leadenhall Market’s Victorian splendour before arriving at the modern marvel of the Leadenhall Building – the “Cheesegrater.” The piece tells the story of the building’s design, nickname, height, and views, blending history and anecdote with the experience of going up to its soaring upper floors. It’s a love-letter to London’s layers – from Wren’s column to Rogers’ skyscraper – all encountered in one golden City evening.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[An October evening City of London excursion that begins at the 17th-century Monument and winds through Philpot Lane (where it takes in Londons tiniest sculptures) and then on to Leadenhall Market’s Victorian splendour before arriving at the modern marvel]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[An October evening City of London excursion that begins at the 17th-century Monument and winds through Philpot Lane (where it takes in London's tiniest sculptures) and then on to Leadenhall Market’s Victorian splendour before arriving at the modern marvel of the Leadenhall Building – the “Cheesegrater.” The piece tells the story of the building’s design, nickname, height, and views, blending history and anecdote with the experience of going up to its soaring upper floors. It’s a love-letter to London’s layers – from Wren’s column to Rogers’ skyscraper – all encountered in one golden City evening.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204144/tiny-mice-to-towering-views.mp3" length="27256708" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[An October evening City of London excursion that begins at the 17th-century Monument and winds through Philpot Lane (where it takes in London's tiniest sculptures) and then on to Leadenhall Market’s Victorian splendour before arriving at the modern marvel of the Leadenhall Building – the “Cheesegrater.” The piece tells the story of the building’s design, nickname, height, and views, blending history and anecdote with the experience of going up to its soaring upper floors. It’s a love-letter to London’s layers – from Wren’s column to Rogers’ skyscraper – all encountered in one golden City evening.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/image-from-the-cheese-grater-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/image-from-the-cheese-grater-.jpg</url>
		<title>Tiny Mice to Towering Views</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:12</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[An October evening City of London excursion that begins at the 17th-century Monument and winds through Philpot Lane (where it takes in London's tiniest sculptures) and then on to Leadenhall Market’s Victorian splendour before arriving at the modern marvel of the Leadenhall Building – the “Cheesegrater.” The piece tells the story of the building’s design, nickname, height, and views, blending history and anecdote with the experience of going up to its soaring upper floors. It’s a love-letter to London’s layers – from Wren’s column to Rogers’ skyscraper – all encountered in one golden City evening.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/image-from-the-cheese-grater-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>A Love Letter to Stucco</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/a-love-letter-to-stucco/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204130</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A lively, anecdotal wander through the creamy world of stucco — the material that gave London’s grand western terraces their smooth Italianate glamour. From its humble mix of lime and sand to its starring role in John Nash’s Regent’s Park and Little Venice, this is the story of how plaster and paint pulled off one of the greatest visual conjuring tricks in urban history: turning brick into marble, speculation into splendour, and Paddington into “Venice.”]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A lively, anecdotal wander through the creamy world of stucco — the material that gave London’s grand western terraces their smooth Italianate glamour. From its humble mix of lime and sand to its starring role in John Nash’s Regent’s Park and Little Veni]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A lively, anecdotal wander through the creamy world of stucco — the material that gave London’s grand western terraces their smooth Italianate glamour. From its humble mix of lime and sand to its starring role in John Nash’s Regent’s Park and Little Venice, this is the story of how plaster and paint pulled off one of the greatest visual conjuring tricks in urban history: turning brick into marble, speculation into splendour, and Paddington into “Venice.”]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204130/a-love-letter-to-stucco.mp3" length="26779399" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A lively, anecdotal wander through the creamy world of stucco — the material that gave London’s grand western terraces their smooth Italianate glamour. From its humble mix of lime and sand to its starring role in John Nash’s Regent’s Park and Little Venice, this is the story of how plaster and paint pulled off one of the greatest visual conjuring tricks in urban history: turning brick into marble, speculation into splendour, and Paddington into “Venice.”]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/squared-stucco-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/squared-stucco-image.jpg</url>
		<title>A Love Letter to Stucco</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:57</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A lively, anecdotal wander through the creamy world of stucco — the material that gave London’s grand western terraces their smooth Italianate glamour. From its humble mix of lime and sand to its starring role in John Nash’s Regent’s Park and Little Venice, this is the story of how plaster and paint pulled off one of the greatest visual conjuring tricks in urban history: turning brick into marble, speculation into splendour, and Paddington into “Venice.”]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/squared-stucco-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>How London Got Gazumped</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/how-london-got-gazumped/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 16:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204127</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Gazumped. London Calling's on the case. Sniffs out one of the great London words – gazump! From its East End Yiddish roots to its 1970s rebirth in the city’s cut-throat property market, this is the story of how a market-stall cry for “don’t get swindled!” became the headline-grabbing curse of London homebuyers.
It’s a word that sounds like what it means – half comedy, half cruelty – and it could only have been born in London. Pointer David’s on the scent again, and he’s tracked down a linguistic gem that’s equal parts etymology, history, and sheer London mischief.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Gazumped. London Callings on the case. Sniffs out one of the great London words – gazump! From its East End Yiddish roots to its 1970s rebirth in the city’s cut-throat property market, this is the story of how a market-stall cry for “don’t get swindled!”]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Gazumped. London Calling's on the case. Sniffs out one of the great London words – gazump! From its East End Yiddish roots to its 1970s rebirth in the city’s cut-throat property market, this is the story of how a market-stall cry for “don’t get swindled!” became the headline-grabbing curse of London homebuyers.
It’s a word that sounds like what it means – half comedy, half cruelty – and it could only have been born in London. Pointer David’s on the scent again, and he’s tracked down a linguistic gem that’s equal parts etymology, history, and sheer London mischief.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204127/how-london-got-gazumped.mp3" length="74455168" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Gazumped. London Calling's on the case. Sniffs out one of the great London words – gazump! From its East End Yiddish roots to its 1970s rebirth in the city’s cut-throat property market, this is the story of how a market-stall cry for “don’t get swindled!” became the headline-grabbing curse of London homebuyers.
It’s a word that sounds like what it means – half comedy, half cruelty – and it could only have been born in London. Pointer David’s on the scent again, and he’s tracked down a linguistic gem that’s equal parts etymology, history, and sheer London mischief.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/squared-metro-gazumper-image-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/squared-metro-gazumper-image-.jpg</url>
		<title>How London Got Gazumped</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:38:47</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Gazumped. London Calling's on the case. Sniffs out one of the great London words – gazump! From its East End Yiddish roots to its 1970s rebirth in the city’s cut-throat property market, this is the story of how a market-stall cry for “don’t get swindled!” became the headline-grabbing curse of London homebuyers.
It’s a word that sounds like what it means – half comedy, half cruelty – and it could only have been born in London. Pointer David’s on the scent again, and he’s tracked down a linguistic gem that’s equal parts etymology, history, and sheer London mischief.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/squared-metro-gazumper-image-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Tails of the City</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/tails-of-the-city/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 22:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204123</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[London told through the creatures that know it best: the rat in the tunnel and the dog on the lead. From the sewers to the parks, from Herbert’s scuttling hordes to Ann’s faithful pack, this is the secret animal history of the capital – cheeky, vivid, and unmistakably alive.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[London told through the creatures that know it best: the rat in the tunnel and the dog on the lead. From the sewers to the parks, from Herbert’s scuttling hordes to Ann’s faithful pack, this is the secret animal history of the capital – cheeky, vivid, an]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[London told through the creatures that know it best: the rat in the tunnel and the dog on the lead. From the sewers to the parks, from Herbert’s scuttling hordes to Ann’s faithful pack, this is the secret animal history of the capital – cheeky, vivid, and unmistakably alive.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204123/tails-of-the-city.mp3" length="29219444" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[London told through the creatures that know it best: the rat in the tunnel and the dog on the lead. From the sewers to the parks, from Herbert’s scuttling hordes to Ann’s faithful pack, this is the secret animal history of the capital – cheeky, vivid, and unmistakably alive.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dog-image-400.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dog-image-400.jpg</url>
		<title>Tails of the City</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:13</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[London told through the creatures that know it best: the rat in the tunnel and the dog on the lead. From the sewers to the parks, from Herbert’s scuttling hordes to Ann’s faithful pack, this is the secret animal history of the capital – cheeky, vivid, and unmistakably alive.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dog-image-400.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>London by Gaslight</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/london-by-gaslight/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2025 09:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204119</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[When Alison leads her Old Palace Quarter Walk into Pickering Place – that exquisite little centuries-old courtyard off St James’s Street – a sharp-eyed walker spots a mysterious oval plaque numbered 8100. What is it? Not a relic, not a door number, but a clue to one of London’s best-kept secrets: the city’s living network of gas lamps.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[When Alison leads her Old Palace Quarter Walk into Pickering Place – that exquisite little centuries-old courtyard off St James’s Street – a sharp-eyed walker spots a mysterious oval plaque numbered 8100. What is it? Not a relic, not a door number, but a]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[When Alison leads her Old Palace Quarter Walk into Pickering Place – that exquisite little centuries-old courtyard off St James’s Street – a sharp-eyed walker spots a mysterious oval plaque numbered 8100. What is it? Not a relic, not a door number, but a clue to one of London’s best-kept secrets: the city’s living network of gas lamps.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204119/london-by-gaslight.m4a" length="19580049" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[When Alison leads her Old Palace Quarter Walk into Pickering Place – that exquisite little centuries-old courtyard off St James’s Street – a sharp-eyed walker spots a mysterious oval plaque numbered 8100. What is it? Not a relic, not a door number, but a clue to one of London’s best-kept secrets: the city’s living network of gas lamps.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/pickering_place_8100_squared-image.jpeg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/pickering_place_8100_squared-image.jpeg</url>
		<title>London by Gaslight</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:28</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[When Alison leads her Old Palace Quarter Walk into Pickering Place – that exquisite little centuries-old courtyard off St James’s Street – a sharp-eyed walker spots a mysterious oval plaque numbered 8100. What is it? Not a relic, not a door number, but a clue to one of London’s best-kept secrets: the city’s living network of gas lamps.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/pickering_place_8100_squared-image.jpeg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Bolshoi Storms London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-bolshoi-storms-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 22:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204116</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[October 1956: the Bolshoi Ballet lands in London with 80 tons of scenery, KGB minders in tow, and a troupe led by Galina Ulanova and Maya Plisetskaya. Covent Garden reels at their scale and power – 45 minutes of applause, queues in the rain, a stage too small for their vast sets. Meanwhile, across Europe, the Hungarian Uprising explodes. Ballet, politics, glamour, tanks — three weeks that shook London and rewrote the story of British ballet.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[October 1956: the Bolshoi Ballet lands in London with 80 tons of scenery, KGB minders in tow, and a troupe led by Galina Ulanova and Maya Plisetskaya. Covent Garden reels at their scale and power – 45 minutes of applause, queues in the rain, a stage too ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[October 1956: the Bolshoi Ballet lands in London with 80 tons of scenery, KGB minders in tow, and a troupe led by Galina Ulanova and Maya Plisetskaya. Covent Garden reels at their scale and power – 45 minutes of applause, queues in the rain, a stage too small for their vast sets. Meanwhile, across Europe, the Hungarian Uprising explodes. Ballet, politics, glamour, tanks — three weeks that shook London and rewrote the story of British ballet.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204116/the-bolshoi-storms-london.m4a" length="21341914" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[October 1956: the Bolshoi Ballet lands in London with 80 tons of scenery, KGB minders in tow, and a troupe led by Galina Ulanova and Maya Plisetskaya. Covent Garden reels at their scale and power – 45 minutes of applause, queues in the rain, a stage too small for their vast sets. Meanwhile, across Europe, the Hungarian Uprising explodes. Ballet, politics, glamour, tanks — three weeks that shook London and rewrote the story of British ballet.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ballet-image-.jpeg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ballet-image-.jpeg</url>
		<title>The Bolshoi Storms London</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:41</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[October 1956: the Bolshoi Ballet lands in London with 80 tons of scenery, KGB minders in tow, and a troupe led by Galina Ulanova and Maya Plisetskaya. Covent Garden reels at their scale and power – 45 minutes of applause, queues in the rain, a stage too small for their vast sets. Meanwhile, across Europe, the Hungarian Uprising explodes. Ballet, politics, glamour, tanks — three weeks that shook London and rewrote the story of British ballet.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ballet-image-.jpeg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>London&#8217;s Double-deckers at 100</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/londons-double-deckers-at-100/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 22:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204113</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[October 2nd, 1925: four covered-top double-deckers debut on the Elephant to Epping route, drawing queues of curious Londoners. A century later, their descendants — 8,800 buses, 6,000 of them double-deckers — knit the capital together with 5 million journeys a day and 300 million miles a year. From four pioneers at the Elephant to a red fleet that could lap the Earth 12,000 times or reach the Sun in four months — London’s buses aren’t just transport. They’re a solar-system-sized lifeline, a cosmic commute.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[October 2nd, 1925: four covered-top double-deckers debut on the Elephant to Epping route, drawing queues of curious Londoners. A century later, their descendants — 8,800 buses, 6,000 of them double-deckers — knit the capital together with 5 million journ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[October 2nd, 1925: four covered-top double-deckers debut on the Elephant to Epping route, drawing queues of curious Londoners. A century later, their descendants — 8,800 buses, 6,000 of them double-deckers — knit the capital together with 5 million journeys a day and 300 million miles a year. From four pioneers at the Elephant to a red fleet that could lap the Earth 12,000 times or reach the Sun in four months — London’s buses aren’t just transport. They’re a solar-system-sized lifeline, a cosmic commute.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204113/londons-double-deckers-at-100.m4a" length="22020143" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[October 2nd, 1925: four covered-top double-deckers debut on the Elephant to Epping route, drawing queues of curious Londoners. A century later, their descendants — 8,800 buses, 6,000 of them double-deckers — knit the capital together with 5 million journeys a day and 300 million miles a year. From four pioneers at the Elephant to a red fleet that could lap the Earth 12,000 times or reach the Sun in four months — London’s buses aren’t just transport. They’re a solar-system-sized lifeline, a cosmic commute.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/double-deckers_square_400.jpeg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/double-deckers_square_400.jpeg</url>
		<title>London&#8217;s Double-deckers at 100</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:09</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[October 2nd, 1925: four covered-top double-deckers debut on the Elephant to Epping route, drawing queues of curious Londoners. A century later, their descendants — 8,800 buses, 6,000 of them double-deckers — knit the capital together with 5 million journeys a day and 300 million miles a year. From four pioneers at the Elephant to a red fleet that could lap the Earth 12,000 times or reach the Sun in four months — London’s buses aren’t just transport. They’re a solar-system-sized lifeline, a cosmic commute.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/double-deckers_square_400.jpeg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>October 1st Update – The Ultimate London Walk</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/october-1st-update-the-ultimate-london-walk/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 23:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204109</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[On section 13 you get the best view in London from here on earth...it's unrivalled, it's very high, it's an amazing view]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On section 13 you get the best view in London from here on earth...its unrivalled, its very high, its an amazing view]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[On section 13 you get the best view in London from here on earth...it's unrivalled, it's very high, it's an amazing view]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204109/october-1st-update-the-ultimate-london-walk.mp3" length="60846417" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On section 13 you get the best view in London from here on earth...it's unrivalled, it's very high, it's an amazing view]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/london_square_400.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/london_square_400.jpg</url>
		<title>October 1st Update – The Ultimate London Walk</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:31:42</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[On section 13 you get the best view in London from here on earth...it's unrivalled, it's very high, it's an amazing view]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/london_square_400.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>September 30 – Peace for Our Time, Judgement for All Time</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/september-30-peace-for-our-time-judgement-for-all-time/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 10:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204106</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[September 30 twice marked history. In 1938, Chamberlain promised “peace for our time.” Eight years later, in 1946, the Nuremberg judges delivered guilty verdicts on Nazi leaders. Hope and reckoning – two dates, one day, history’s cruel symmetry.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[September 30 twice marked history. In 1938, Chamberlain promised “peace for our time.” Eight years later, in 1946, the Nuremberg judges delivered guilty verdicts on Nazi leaders. Hope and reckoning – two dates, one day, history’s cruel symmetry.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[September 30 twice marked history. In 1938, Chamberlain promised “peace for our time.” Eight years later, in 1946, the Nuremberg judges delivered guilty verdicts on Nazi leaders. Hope and reckoning – two dates, one day, history’s cruel symmetry.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204106/september-30-peace-for-our-time-judgement-for-all-time.mp3" length="28539007" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[September 30 twice marked history. In 1938, Chamberlain promised “peace for our time.” Eight years later, in 1946, the Nuremberg judges delivered guilty verdicts on Nazi leaders. Hope and reckoning – two dates, one day, history’s cruel symmetry.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dove-scales-of-justtice-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dove-scales-of-justtice-image.jpg</url>
		<title>September 30 – Peace for Our Time, Judgement for All Time</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:52</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[September 30 twice marked history. In 1938, Chamberlain promised “peace for our time.” Eight years later, in 1946, the Nuremberg judges delivered guilty verdicts on Nazi leaders. Hope and reckoning – two dates, one day, history’s cruel symmetry.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dove-scales-of-justtice-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Georgian 101</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/georgian-101/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 21:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204100</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[An exploration of what “Georgian” really means — the look, the feel, and the deeper story behind London’s calm, symmetrical 18th-century architecture.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[An exploration of what “Georgian” really means — the look, the feel, and the deeper story behind London’s calm, symmetrical 18th-century architecture.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[An exploration of what “Georgian” really means — the look, the feel, and the deeper story behind London’s calm, symmetrical 18th-century architecture.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204100/georgian-101.m4a" length="24925156" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[An exploration of what “Georgian” really means — the look, the feel, and the deeper story behind London’s calm, symmetrical 18th-century architecture.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-georgian-house.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-georgian-house.jpg</url>
		<title>Georgian 101</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:17:09</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[An exploration of what “Georgian” really means — the look, the feel, and the deeper story behind London’s calm, symmetrical 18th-century architecture.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-georgian-house.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Hinge of the Year</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-hinge-of-the-year/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2025 15:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204097</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Michaelmas Eve – when the year tips into the dark. The last geese sizzle, the last debts get squared, and the devil, they say, is out spitting on the blackberries. It’s a night for charms, for peering into bowls of water to see who you’ll marry – or if you’ll die – and for hoping St. Michael, sword flashing, is on duty. Because after tonight, the dark takes over.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Michaelmas Eve – when the year tips into the dark. The last geese sizzle, the last debts get squared, and the devil, they say, is out spitting on the blackberries. It’s a night for charms, for peering into bowls of water to see who you’ll marry – or if y]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Michaelmas Eve – when the year tips into the dark. The last geese sizzle, the last debts get squared, and the devil, they say, is out spitting on the blackberries. It’s a night for charms, for peering into bowls of water to see who you’ll marry – or if you’ll die – and for hoping St. Michael, sword flashing, is on duty. Because after tonight, the dark takes over.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204097/the-hinge-of-the-year.mp3" length="27234974" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Michaelmas Eve – when the year tips into the dark. The last geese sizzle, the last debts get squared, and the devil, they say, is out spitting on the blackberries. It’s a night for charms, for peering into bowls of water to see who you’ll marry – or if you’ll die – and for hoping St. Michael, sword flashing, is on duty. Because after tonight, the dark takes over.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Michaelmas-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Michaelmas-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Hinge of the Year</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:11</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Michaelmas Eve – when the year tips into the dark. The last geese sizzle, the last debts get squared, and the devil, they say, is out spitting on the blackberries. It’s a night for charms, for peering into bowls of water to see who you’ll marry – or if you’ll die – and for hoping St. Michael, sword flashing, is on duty. Because after tonight, the dark takes over.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Michaelmas-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Sneak Preview of Dan Parry&#8217;s London&#8217;s Spymasters Walk</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/sneak-preview-of-dan-parrys-londons-spymasters-walk/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 19:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204092</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Dan’s taking London’s Spymasters out for a spin this afternoon – so we couldn’t resist giving you a sneak preview. Picture him in Horse Guards Parade, spinning the yarn of Operation Mincemeat, weaving in the James Bond connection, and – just for good measure – putting us tantalisingly close to unmasking the real 007.

Pull up a chair, lean in. Here’s Dan.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Dan’s taking London’s Spymasters out for a spin this afternoon – so we couldn’t resist giving you a sneak preview. Picture him in Horse Guards Parade, spinning the yarn of Operation Mincemeat, weaving in the James Bond connection, and – just for good mea]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Dan’s taking London’s Spymasters out for a spin this afternoon – so we couldn’t resist giving you a sneak preview. Picture him in Horse Guards Parade, spinning the yarn of Operation Mincemeat, weaving in the James Bond connection, and – just for good measure – putting us tantalisingly close to unmasking the real 007.

Pull up a chair, lean in. Here’s Dan.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204092/sneak-preview-of-dan-parrys-londons-spymasters-walk.mp3" length="27255036" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dan’s taking London’s Spymasters out for a spin this afternoon – so we couldn’t resist giving you a sneak preview. Picture him in Horse Guards Parade, spinning the yarn of Operation Mincemeat, weaving in the James Bond connection, and – just for good measure – putting us tantalisingly close to unmasking the real 007.

Pull up a chair, lean in. Here’s Dan.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dan-poster-squared-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dan-poster-squared-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Sneak Preview of Dan Parry&#8217;s London&#8217;s Spymasters Walk</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:12</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Dan’s taking London’s Spymasters out for a spin this afternoon – so we couldn’t resist giving you a sneak preview. Picture him in Horse Guards Parade, spinning the yarn of Operation Mincemeat, weaving in the James Bond connection, and – just for good measure – putting us tantalisingly close to unmasking the real 007.

Pull up a chair, lean in. Here’s Dan.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dan-poster-squared-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Books, Bombs &#038; British Backbone</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/books-bombs-british-backbone/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 11:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204086</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A night of fire. A very grand historic old house in ruins. And an image that came to define the Blitz]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A night of fire. A very grand historic old house in ruins. And an image that came to define the Blitz]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A night of fire. A very grand historic old house in ruins. And an image that came to define the Blitz]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204086/books-bombs-british-backbone.mp3" length="29451830" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A night of fire. A very grand historic old house in ruins. And an image that came to define the Blitz]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/library-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/library-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Books, Bombs &#038; British Backbone</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:21</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A night of fire. A very grand historic old house in ruins. And an image that came to define the Blitz]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/library-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>London Makes Medical History</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/london-makes-medical-history/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204083</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[September 25, 1818 – the day London made medical history. Guy’s Hospital. A patient is bleeding out. London surgeon James Blundell rolls the dice on an untested idea: take blood from one person, inject it into another. No blood typing, no antiseptic, just urgency, ingenuity, and a syringe. Against the odds, the patient lives. We’ll meet Dr. Blundell, part mad-scientist, part visionary, who turned a desperate gamble into the first successful human-to-human blood transfusion. It’s a story of risk, luck, science, and the moment London learned life could be borrowed.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[September 25, 1818 – the day London made medical history. Guy’s Hospital. A patient is bleeding out. London surgeon James Blundell rolls the dice on an untested idea: take blood from one person, inject it into another. No blood typing, no antiseptic, jus]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[September 25, 1818 – the day London made medical history. Guy’s Hospital. A patient is bleeding out. London surgeon James Blundell rolls the dice on an untested idea: take blood from one person, inject it into another. No blood typing, no antiseptic, just urgency, ingenuity, and a syringe. Against the odds, the patient lives. We’ll meet Dr. Blundell, part mad-scientist, part visionary, who turned a desperate gamble into the first successful human-to-human blood transfusion. It’s a story of risk, luck, science, and the moment London learned life could be borrowed.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204083/london-makes-medical-history.mp3" length="31345185" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[September 25, 1818 – the day London made medical history. Guy’s Hospital. A patient is bleeding out. London surgeon James Blundell rolls the dice on an untested idea: take blood from one person, inject it into another. No blood typing, no antiseptic, just urgency, ingenuity, and a syringe. Against the odds, the patient lives. We’ll meet Dr. Blundell, part mad-scientist, part visionary, who turned a desperate gamble into the first successful human-to-human blood transfusion. It’s a story of risk, luck, science, and the moment London learned life could be borrowed.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/transfusion-image-sq.-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/transfusion-image-sq.-.jpg</url>
		<title>London Makes Medical History</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:16:20</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[September 25, 1818 – the day London made medical history. Guy’s Hospital. A patient is bleeding out. London surgeon James Blundell rolls the dice on an untested idea: take blood from one person, inject it into another. No blood typing, no antiseptic, just urgency, ingenuity, and a syringe. Against the odds, the patient lives. We’ll meet Dr. Blundell, part mad-scientist, part visionary, who turned a desperate gamble into the first successful human-to-human blood transfusion. It’s a story of risk, luck, science, and the moment London learned life could be borrowed.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/transfusion-image-sq.-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Man Who Invented Gothic &#038; Gossip</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-man-who-invented-gothic-gossip/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 02:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204080</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The wind howls, the candles gutter… London, 1717: a child is born beneath a sky that seems to know it’s witnessing trouble. He will grow up to conjure castles full of ghosts, corridors thick with secrets, and gossip sharp enough to draw blood.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The wind howls, the candles gutter… London, 1717: a child is born beneath a sky that seems to know it’s witnessing trouble. He will grow up to conjure castles full of ghosts, corridors thick with secrets, and gossip sharp enough to draw blood.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The wind howls, the candles gutter… London, 1717: a child is born beneath a sky that seems to know it’s witnessing trouble. He will grow up to conjure castles full of ghosts, corridors thick with secrets, and gossip sharp enough to draw blood.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204080/the-man-who-invented-gothic-gossip.m4a" length="19142673" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The wind howls, the candles gutter… London, 1717: a child is born beneath a sky that seems to know it’s witnessing trouble. He will grow up to conjure castles full of ghosts, corridors thick with secrets, and gossip sharp enough to draw blood.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/gothic-castle-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/gothic-castle-image.jpg</url>
		<title>The Man Who Invented Gothic &#038; Gossip</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:10</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The wind howls, the candles gutter… London, 1717: a child is born beneath a sky that seems to know it’s witnessing trouble. He will grow up to conjure castles full of ghosts, corridors thick with secrets, and gossip sharp enough to draw blood.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/gothic-castle-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Day the Room Went Still</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-day-the-room-went-still/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204073</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[On a hushed September morning in 1939, as war loomed over London, Sigmund Freud drew his last breath in Hampstead. This is the story of that extraordinary passing.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On a hushed September morning in 1939, as war loomed over London, Sigmund Freud drew his last breath in Hampstead. This is the story of that extraordinary passing.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[On a hushed September morning in 1939, as war loomed over London, Sigmund Freud drew his last breath in Hampstead. This is the story of that extraordinary passing.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204073/the-day-the-room-went-still.m4a" length="20653562" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On a hushed September morning in 1939, as war loomed over London, Sigmund Freud drew his last breath in Hampstead. This is the story of that extraordinary passing.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-of-freud.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-of-freud.jpg</url>
		<title>The Day the Room Went Still</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:12</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[On a hushed September morning in 1939, as war loomed over London, Sigmund Freud drew his last breath in Hampstead. This is the story of that extraordinary passing.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-of-freud.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Cable Laying, Garden Strolling &#038; Foodie Rolling</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/cable-laying-garden-strolling-foodie-rolling/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 04:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204066</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Right, gather round — this one’s a bit of a lucky dip. Here’s what’s rattling about in the bag:
📚 A cracking book recommendation from one of our celebrity guides — proper page-turner stuff.
🚶 A London Walk so good it’s gone — yep, Sold Out (but all is not lost).
🍜 A delicious little amuse-bouche from a Chef’s Tour in Kuala Lumpur — have a sniff, have a taste.
🇮🇹 An Italian guest’s rave review — bellissimo!
🌊 And to top it off, a message in a bottle — chucked into the sea and washing up here, on your earbuds.
It’s a short one, a tasty one, perfect for holiday listening. Go on, have a listen — see what you fish out.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Right, gather round — this one’s a bit of a lucky dip. Here’s what’s rattling about in the bag:
📚 A cracking book recommendation from one of our celebrity guides — proper page-turner stuff.
🚶 A London Walk so good it’s gone — yep, Sold Out (but all is ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Right, gather round — this one’s a bit of a lucky dip. Here’s what’s rattling about in the bag:
📚 A cracking book recommendation from one of our celebrity guides — proper page-turner stuff.
🚶 A London Walk so good it’s gone — yep, Sold Out (but all is not lost).
🍜 A delicious little amuse-bouche from a Chef’s Tour in Kuala Lumpur — have a sniff, have a taste.
🇮🇹 An Italian guest’s rave review — bellissimo!
🌊 And to top it off, a message in a bottle — chucked into the sea and washing up here, on your earbuds.
It’s a short one, a tasty one, perfect for holiday listening. Go on, have a listen — see what you fish out.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204066/cable-laying-garden-strolling-foodie-rolling.m4a" length="29889592" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Right, gather round — this one’s a bit of a lucky dip. Here’s what’s rattling about in the bag:
📚 A cracking book recommendation from one of our celebrity guides — proper page-turner stuff.
🚶 A London Walk so good it’s gone — yep, Sold Out (but all is not lost).
🍜 A delicious little amuse-bouche from a Chef’s Tour in Kuala Lumpur — have a sniff, have a taste.
🇮🇹 An Italian guest’s rave review — bellissimo!
🌊 And to top it off, a message in a bottle — chucked into the sea and washing up here, on your earbuds.
It’s a short one, a tasty one, perfect for holiday listening. Go on, have a listen — see what you fish out.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/zen_pool_square_300.jpeg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/zen_pool_square_300.jpeg</url>
		<title>Cable Laying, Garden Strolling &#038; Foodie Rolling</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:58</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Right, gather round — this one’s a bit of a lucky dip. Here’s what’s rattling about in the bag:
📚 A cracking book recommendation from one of our celebrity guides — proper page-turner stuff.
🚶 A London Walk so good it’s gone — yep, Sold Out (but all is not lost).
🍜 A delicious little amuse-bouche from a Chef’s Tour in Kuala Lumpur — have a sniff, have a taste.
🇮🇹 An Italian guest’s rave review — bellissimo!
🌊 And to top it off, a message in a bottle — chucked into the sea and washing up here, on your earbuds.
It’s a short one, a tasty one, perfect for holiday listening. Go on, have a listen — see what you fish out.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/zen_pool_square_300.jpeg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>London&#8217;s Shimmering Royals</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/londons-shimmering-royals/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2025 04:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204061</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[it’s London with its heart on its sleeve... 
]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[it’s London with its heart on its sleeve...]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[it’s London with its heart on its sleeve... 
]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204061/londons-shimmering-royals.m4a" length="23205399" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[it’s London with its heart on its sleeve...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Pearly-King-and-Queen-Portrait.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Pearly-King-and-Queen-Portrait.jpg</url>
		<title>London&#8217;s Shimmering Royals</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:58</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[it’s London with its heart on its sleeve...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Pearly-King-and-Queen-Portrait.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Candle That Never Went Out</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-candle-that-never-went-out/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2025 02:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204052</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Put a candle in the window...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Put a candle in the window...]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Put a candle in the window...]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204052/the-candle-that-never-went-out.m4a" length="23093107" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Put a candle in the window...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dr-johnson-squared.jpeg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dr-johnson-squared.jpeg</url>
		<title>The Candle That Never Went Out</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:53</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Put a candle in the window...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dr-johnson-squared.jpeg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>London in Shining Armour</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/london-in-shining-armour/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204049</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[London calling. London Walks connecting. This… is London. This is London Walks. Streets ahead. Story time. History time. Top of the morning to you London Walkers. Wherever you are. It’s Friday, September 19th,  2025. Our warm up act, as always, the London Calling Book Club Corner. In the Chair today, London Walks’ Knight errant, Richard [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[London calling. London Walks connecting. This… is London. This is London Walks. Streets ahead. Story time. History time. Top of the morning to you London Walkers. Wherever you are. It’s Friday, September 19th,  2025. Our warm up act, as always, the Londo]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[London calling. London Walks connecting. This… is London. This is London Walks. Streets ahead. Story time. History time. Top of the morning to you London Walkers. Wherever you are. It’s Friday, September 19th,  2025. Our warm up act, as always, the London Calling Book Club Corner. In the Chair today, London Walks’ Knight errant, Richard [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204049/london-in-shining-armour.m4a" length="24974003" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[London calling. London Walks connecting. This… is London. This is London Walks. Streets ahead. Story time. History time. Top of the morning to you London Walkers. Wherever you are. It’s Friday, September 19th,  2025. Our warm up act, as always, the London Calling Book Club Corner. In the Chair today, London Walks’ Knight errant, Richard [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/armour-helmet-image.jpeg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/armour-helmet-image.jpeg</url>
		<title>London in Shining Armour</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:17:11</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[London calling. London Walks connecting. This… is London. This is London Walks. Streets ahead. Story time. History time. Top of the morning to you London Walkers. Wherever you are. It’s Friday, September 19th,  2025. Our warm up act, as always, the London Calling Book Club Corner. In the Chair today, London Walks’ Knight errant, Richard [&#8230;]]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/armour-helmet-image.jpeg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>London&#8217;s Secret Stages</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/londons-secret-stages/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 07:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204043</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[the square is to London what canals are to Venice]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[the square is to London what canals are to Venice]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[the square is to London what canals are to Venice]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204043/londons-secret-stages.m4a" length="28446638" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[the square is to London what canals are to Venice]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Bloomsbury-Russell-Square-image-scaled.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Bloomsbury-Russell-Square-image-scaled.jpg</url>
		<title>London&#8217;s Secret Stages</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:19:35</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[the square is to London what canals are to Venice]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Bloomsbury-Russell-Square-image-scaled.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>A Foggy Day in London&#8217;s Memory</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/a-foggy-day-in-londons-memory/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 04:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204037</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The gas lamps throwing halos]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The gas lamps throwing halos]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The gas lamps throwing halos]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204037/a-foggy-day-in-londons-memory.mp3" length="29489446" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The gas lamps throwing halos]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/gas-lamp-in-fog-image.png"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/gas-lamp-in-fog-image.png</url>
		<title>A Foggy Day in London&#8217;s Memory</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:22</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The gas lamps throwing halos]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/gas-lamp-in-fog-image.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Malaysia on Thames</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/malaysia-on-thames/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 04:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204034</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[London doesn’t just import, it cross-pollinates.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[London doesn’t just import, it cross-pollinates.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[London doesn’t just import, it cross-pollinates.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204034/malaysia-on-thames.mp3" length="34488238" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[London doesn’t just import, it cross-pollinates.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/malaysia-day-image--scaled.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/malaysia-day-image--scaled.jpg</url>
		<title>Malaysia on Thames</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:17:58</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[London doesn’t just import, it cross-pollinates.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/malaysia-day-image--scaled.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Ripper Masterclass – Dan Parry</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/ripper-masterclass-dan-parry/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 07:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204032</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[he's a leading authority on espionage]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[hes a leading authority on espionage]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[he's a leading authority on espionage]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204032/ripper-masterclass-dan-parry.mp3" length="29965084" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[he's a leading authority on espionage]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/benjamin-goutte-received-418468868625792-e1572282140229.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/benjamin-goutte-received-418468868625792-e1572282140229.jpg</url>
		<title>Ripper Masterclass – Dan Parry</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:37</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[he's a leading authority on espionage]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/benjamin-goutte-received-418468868625792-e1572282140229.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Short Jaunt, Long History</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/short-jaunt-long-history/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2025 05:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204029</guid>
	<description><![CDATA['oldest pub in England']]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[oldest pub in England]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA['oldest pub in England']]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204029/short-jaunt-long-history.mp3" length="38816623" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA['oldest pub in England']]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/St-Albans-Alleyway-768x1024-1.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/St-Albans-Alleyway-768x1024-1.jpg</url>
		<title>Short Jaunt, Long History</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:20:13</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA['oldest pub in England']]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/St-Albans-Alleyway-768x1024-1.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The London-Paris Party Trick</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-london-paris-party-trick/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 07:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204026</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Eurostar is basically a moving living room.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Eurostar is basically a moving living room.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Eurostar is basically a moving living room.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204026/the-london-paris-party-trick.mp3" length="30496728" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Eurostar is basically a moving living room.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/south-china-sea-image--scaled.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/south-china-sea-image--scaled.jpg</url>
		<title>The London-Paris Party Trick</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:53</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Eurostar is basically a moving living room.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/south-china-sea-image--scaled.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Cinderella City</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/204019/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204019</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Maximum history, minimum hassle.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Maximum history, minimum hassle.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Maximum history, minimum hassle.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204019/204019.mp3" length="25257191" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Maximum history, minimum hassle.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/st-albans-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/st-albans-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Cinderella City</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:10</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Maximum history, minimum hassle.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/st-albans-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Breathing London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/breathing-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 09:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=204008</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Hyde Park – London’s open-air parliament.
]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Hyde Park – London’s open-air parliament.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hyde Park – London’s open-air parliament.
]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/204008/breathing-london.mp3" length="30178243" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Hyde Park – London’s open-air parliament.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-st-James-Park-.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-st-James-Park-.jpg</url>
		<title>Breathing London</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:43</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Hyde Park – London’s open-air parliament.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-st-James-Park-.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Decoding London – Sentinels of the City</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/sentinels-of-the-city/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=203994</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Hooked, deadly, ready to rip]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Hooked, deadly, ready to rip]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hooked, deadly, ready to rip]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/203994/sentinels-of-the-city.mp3" length="31943702" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Hooked, deadly, ready to rip]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/griffin-image.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/griffin-image.jpg</url>
		<title>Decoding London – Sentinels of the City</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:16:39</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Hooked, deadly, ready to rip]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/griffin-image.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Cutlasses on the Tide</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/cutlasses-on-the-tide/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 06:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=203990</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The Thames Police, like it or not, became London’s undertakers.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Thames Police, like it or not, became London’s undertakers.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Thames Police, like it or not, became London’s undertakers.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/203990/cutlasses-on-the-tide.mp3" length="30404777" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Thames Police, like it or not, became London’s undertakers.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:15:51</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The Thames Police, like it or not, became London’s undertakers.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>This is London&#8230; and Kuala Lumpur</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/this-is-london-and-kuala-lumpur/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 17:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=203988</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[London calling. London Walks connecting. This… is London. This is London Walks. Streets ahead. Story time. History time. A very good day to you London Walkers. Wherever you are. It’s Monday, September 8th,  2025. London Calling Book Club Corner first. Recovering lawyer Tom Hooper’s second day in the Chair. If this were Ascot Tom would [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[London calling. London Walks connecting. This… is London. This is London Walks. Streets ahead. Story time. History time. A very good day to you London Walkers. Wherever you are. It’s Monday, September 8th,  2025. London Calling Book Club Corner first. Re]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[London calling. London Walks connecting. This… is London. This is London Walks. Streets ahead. Story time. History time. A very good day to you London Walkers. Wherever you are. It’s Monday, September 8th,  2025. London Calling Book Club Corner first. Recovering lawyer Tom Hooper’s second day in the Chair. If this were Ascot Tom would [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/203988/this-is-london-and-kuala-lumpur.mp3" length="26470109" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[London calling. London Walks connecting. This… is London. This is London Walks. Streets ahead. Story time. History time. A very good day to you London Walkers. Wherever you are. It’s Monday, September 8th,  2025. London Calling Book Club Corner first. Recovering lawyer Tom Hooper’s second day in the Chair. If this were Ascot Tom would [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:13:48</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[London calling. London Walks connecting. This… is London. This is London Walks. Streets ahead. Story time. History time. A very good day to you London Walkers. Wherever you are. It’s Monday, September 8th,  2025. London Calling Book Club Corner first. Recovering lawyer Tom Hooper’s second day in the Chair. If this were Ascot Tom would [&#8230;]]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Trailblazers – the first ever Ultimate London Walkers</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-trailblazers-the-first-ever-ultimate-london-walkers/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 13:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=203981</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[What it was about this hugely different cup of tea – The Ultimate London Walk – that caught their eye]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[What it was about this hugely different cup of tea – The Ultimate London Walk – that caught their eye]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[What it was about this hugely different cup of tea – The Ultimate London Walk – that caught their eye]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/203981/the-trailblazers-the-first-ever-ultimate-london-walkers.mp3" length="66225552" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[What it was about this hugely different cup of tea – The Ultimate London Walk – that caught their eye]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-ultimate-london-walk-no.-1-scaled.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-ultimate-london-walk-no.-1-scaled.jpg</url>
		<title>The Trailblazers – the first ever Ultimate London Walkers</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:34:30</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[What it was about this hugely different cup of tea – The Ultimate London Walk – that caught their eye]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-ultimate-london-walk-no.-1-scaled.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Curtain Rises at Hadley Wood</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-curtain-rises-at-hadley-wood/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 06:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=203977</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[That's the curtain raiser. Now, shall we walk?]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Thats the curtain raiser. Now, shall we walk?]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[That's the curtain raiser. Now, shall we walk?]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/203977/the-curtain-rises-at-hadley-wood.mp3" length="34082818" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[That's the curtain raiser. Now, shall we walk?]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Limes-hadley-wood-image-scaled.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Limes-hadley-wood-image-scaled.jpg</url>
		<title>The Curtain Rises at Hadley Wood</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:17:45</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[That's the curtain raiser. Now, shall we walk?]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Limes-hadley-wood-image-scaled.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Dr Livingstone I presume – in North London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/203973/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2025 19:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=203973</guid>
	<description><![CDATA["there are more things in London than are dreamt of in your philosophy Horatio"]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[there are more things in London than are dreamt of in your philosophy Horatio]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA["there are more things in London than are dreamt of in your philosophy Horatio"]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/203973/203973.mp3" length="24609354" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA["there are more things in London than are dreamt of in your philosophy Horatio"]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/livingstone-cottage-1857-scaled.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/livingstone-cottage-1857-scaled.jpg</url>
		<title>Dr Livingstone I presume – in North London</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:49</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA["there are more things in London than are dreamt of in your philosophy Horatio"]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/livingstone-cottage-1857-scaled.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Barnet Rising: Where London’s Story Marches South</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/barnet-rising-where-londons-story-marches-south/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 18:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=203967</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[High Barnet is the trumpet call.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[High Barnet is the trumpet call.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[High Barnet is the trumpet call.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/203967/barnet-rising-where-londons-story-marches-south.mp3" length="24609354" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[High Barnet is the trumpet call.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ultimate-image-river-house.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ultimate-image-river-house.jpg</url>
		<title>Barnet Rising: Where London’s Story Marches South</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:49</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[High Barnet is the trumpet call.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ultimate-image-river-house.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>One foot in Hertfordshire, one foot in London</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/one-foot-in-hertfordshire-one-foot-in-london/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 21:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=203961</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[This is border country – London nudging into Hertfordshire]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This is border country – London nudging into Hertfordshire]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[This is border country – London nudging into Hertfordshire]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/203961/one-foot-in-hertfordshire-one-foot-in-london.mp3" length="26937387" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This is border country – London nudging into Hertfordshire]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/hertfordshire.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/hertfordshire.jpg</url>
		<title>One foot in Hertfordshire, one foot in London</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:14:02</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[This is border country – London nudging into Hertfordshire]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/hertfordshire.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Secret Alphabet of London Postcodes</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/the-secret-alphabet-of-london-postcodes/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 23:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=203954</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Postcodes are the city in miniature: eccentric, irregular, a little chaotic — but if you know how to read them, they reveal patterns, layers, history.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Postcodes are the city in miniature: eccentric, irregular, a little chaotic — but if you know how to read them, they reveal patterns, layers, history.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Postcodes are the city in miniature: eccentric, irregular, a little chaotic — but if you know how to read them, they reveal patterns, layers, history.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/203954/the-secret-alphabet-of-london-postcodes.mp3" length="24639447" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Postcodes are the city in miniature: eccentric, irregular, a little chaotic — but if you know how to read them, they reveal patterns, layers, history.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/post-code-street-sign-image-NW3-scaled.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/post-code-street-sign-image-NW3-scaled.jpg</url>
		<title>The Secret Alphabet of London Postcodes</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:12:50</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Postcodes are the city in miniature: eccentric, irregular, a little chaotic — but if you know how to read them, they reveal patterns, layers, history.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/post-code-street-sign-image-NW3-scaled.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>London&#8217;s Secret Artery</title>
	<link>https://www.walks.com/podcast/londons-secret-artery/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 08:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[London Walks]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.walks.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=203951</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[the canal itself is London's secret artery]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[the canal itself is Londons secret artery]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[the canal itself is London's secret artery]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://www.walks.com/podcast-download/203951/londons-secret-artery.mp3" length="30821064" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[the canal itself is London's secret artery]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/viking-longboat-image-scaled.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/viking-longboat-image-scaled.jpg</url>
		<title>London&#8217;s Secret Artery</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:16:04</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[London Walks]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[the canal itself is London's secret artery]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://www.walks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/viking-longboat-image-scaled.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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