London Walks Podcasts


London’s Irish Story

Date post added: 17th March 2026

“70 million people around the world can claim Irish heritage”

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Aubrey Beardsley – Genius, Scandal, and an Early Grave

Date post added: 16th March 2026

The drawings caused a sensation.

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Broadcasting House: The BBC Comes of Age

Date post added: 15th March 2026

Radio – already powerful – suddenly acquired a cathedral.

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The Night London Went Mikado-Mad

Date post added: 14th March 2026

A Japanese town run entirely by British civil servants.

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Home to London – Alan Cobham’s Epic Flight

Date post added: 13th March 2026

aviation was still magical then.

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Rule, Britannia! – The London Story Behind the Song

Date post added: 12th March 2026

He died while talking about music.

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Don’t Panic – Douglas Adams’ London

Date post added: 11th March 2026

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.

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Slasher Mary – The Suffragette Who Attacked the Rokeby Venus

Date post added: 10th March 2026

London. The National Gallery. A suffragette. A meat cleaver. And the Rokeby Venus.

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The Mini Skirt Takes Over Swinging London – When Hemlines Suddenly Went North

Date post added: 9th March 2026

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.

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The Blind Beggar Murder – When Ronnie Kray Shot George Cornell

Date post added: 8th March 2026

The Blind Beggar shooting was too brazen.

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