London Walks Podcasts


Hampstead – David guides it (well, part of it)

Date post added: 25th June 2020

“Hampstead’s great advantage as a spa town… in the end proved to be its great disadvantage”

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Mary’s parents both had close calls during the Blitz

Date post added: 24th June 2020

“darkness visible”

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LONDON AT WAR – Russell introduces his Virtual Tour

Date post added: 23rd June 2020

One of the great things about these Virtual Tours is that we can do a lot more than we can when we’re standing on the street…we can use maps and videos and things like that…

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Hampstead Tube Stop – David gives us a little tour

Date post added: 22nd June 2020

“it’s the deepest station in the system – world-class marathon runners train by running up those 320 stairs ten to twelve times a session”

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Unexpected London & Unsung Women – Alison changes the way we see Embankment Gardens

Date post added: 21st June 2020

“it’s so unexpected”

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London is the Place for Me – my name’s Adam and this is my short celebration of Calypso

Date post added: 20th June 2020

“we can hear the influence of Calypsos on so many quintessentially London acts”

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The Dance of the 17 Veils – Isobel choreographs the chorus line of history in London street names

Date post added: 19th June 2020

“11 one-legged men on one team, 11 one-armed men on the other team”

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Hit the Street, Take a Walk on the Beguiled Side – Adam walks a storied London street

Date post added: 18th June 2020

“you

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In the Beginning – David serves up a London tour de force

Date post added: 17th June 2020

“The Mississippi drains a continent. Small beer really. The Thames drains time itself.”

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Wonderful Walworth – Award-winning guide Isobel invites you home

Date post added: 15th June 2020

“the patter and the chatter of the market migrated into the neighbourhood at large”

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