London Walks Podcasts


The History of London Walks – Part I, the 1960s

Date post added: 29th June 2020

“Keith was fed up with the banality of typical London tourist fare”

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Richard invites us home – to his country house in a Suffolk village

Date post added: 28th June 2020

“the village is small, idiosyncratic and charming”

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Waterloo & ‘the Stiffs’ Express’

Date post added: 27th June 2020

“matter from decomposing bodies leaked into drinking wells and springs”

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Along the Thames

Date post added: 26th June 2020

“we’re going to take a little detour to Udaipur – in western India”

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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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