London Walks Podcasts


Virginia Woolf – at war’s end

Date post added: 10th November 2020

“mentally, the change is marked too”

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The Cenotaph – a sense of loss that is overwhelming and inclusive

Date post added: 9th November 2020

“the king walked with the coffin of the dead soldier to Westminster Abbey…four bodies had been disinterred from the Western Front and one of them was chosen at random”

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Epitaph – Remembrance Sunday

Date post added: 8th November 2020

“And spring itself, when she woke at dawn, would scarcely know that we had gone”

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Barrister Tom’s short guide to the English legal system

Date post added: 7th November 2020

“this is the hub of legal activity in England”

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To walk and talk with the dead

Date post added: 6th November 2020

“the river was full of big silver stars”

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Sitrep – Day 1 of Lockdown 2 + Guy Fawkes

Date post added: 5th November 2020

“Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise, from time to time history does rhyme”

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Many of you will remember Katy

Date post added: 4th November 2020

“I also remember one time getting into an awful lot of trouble…”

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This is why you go on walking tours (well, it’s one reason, a helluva good reason)

Date post added: 2nd November 2020

“I was selling coffee and waffles…I make my own chocolates…it may be the healthiest drink on the planet”

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Fright Night! Russell does some profiling…

Date post added: 31st October 2020

“he sits in seat D4…he’s been seen dozens and dozens of times…”

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October 31 is a membrane “they” can pass through, get in amongst us.

Date post added: 30th October 2020

“the ancient world didn’t like its corpses. It feared them, was repelled by them. We’re different.”

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