London Walks Podcasts


Myths, Legends & the Archaeological Origins of London

Date post added: 15th July 2020

“they felt the need to slaughter the giants”

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Secret Westminster

Date post added: 14th July 2020

“the mentality, the genus loci of Westminster is insular”

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Revelation after Revelation – Margaret guiding in the National Gallery

Date post added: 13th July 2020

“the most important piece of furniture in any household was the great bed – it was like the car parked in the driveway”

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Ada, Phyllis, Andy & Crossrail

Date post added: 13th July 2020

“All drilling machines, like ships, are female”

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“I remember the poverty, the homophobia, the racism…”

Date post added: 12th July 2020

“the police called it Fagin’s Nursery” “Dickens knew the area well and it featured in his novels” “It’s changed a lot, mostly for the better” “ship building and ship breaking – the Temeraire and the Mayfloweer” “many would say they wouldn’t visit the area alone” “a mecca for foodies” Isobel introduces us to Bermondsey   […]

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Margaret guides the Great Bed of Ware at the V & A

Date post added: 10th July 2020

“there is a legend that one night during a butchers’ convention 26 butchers and their wives slept in this bed”

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From the Archive – RSC actor Nick Day guides the Painted Hall in Greenwich

Date post added: 9th July 2020

“here we have William handing the red cap of liberty to Europe…here we have the man who invented the first television aerial [joke, needless to say]”

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Executions at Tower Hill – Barrister Tom Enlivens Them

Date post added: 8th July 2020

“it took eight hits of the axe to get his head off, to put it bluntly”

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London Walks History – The Day Trips

Date post added: 7th July 2020

“Always drink upstream from the herd…we had to slip the surly bonds of the coach…fastly superior”

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“Do you ever cross paths with famous people on London Walks?”

Date post added: 6th July 2020

“Simon took an American megastar on a tour and she liked it so much she asked for a second helping – booked Simon for the next day”

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