London Walks Podcasts


The April 15 Friday Special – Helena on Fragonard’s The Swing

Date post added: 16th April 2022

“thanks to the restoration we’re seeing things we couldn’t see before”

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Today (April 16) in London History – “it was something unprecedented in history”

Date post added: 15th April 2022

“the desolation around St Paul’s reminded many people of Ypres in the heart of London”

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Today (April 15) in London History – “sicklied o’er with more than the pale cast of thought”

Date post added: 15th April 2022

“the hard part’s over; now comes the easy part – raising the money”

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Today (April 14) in London History – “fixed for eternity”

Date post added: 13th April 2022

“When the British government gave it a go in 1752, they faced riots.”

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Today (April 13) in London History – “she was twelve years old”

Date post added: 12th April 2022

“6-feet tall, pouting and heavily made-up, the 13-year-old…”

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Today (April 12) in London History – “the most Anglo-phobic president of the 20th century”

Date post added: 11th April 2022

“what inexhaustible food for speculation the streets of London afford”

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Today (April 11) in London History – “Move Your Bloomin’ Arse”

Date post added: 10th April 2022

“the English are branded on the tongue”

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Today (April 10) in London History – Bombing London

Date post added: 10th April 2022

“the only way to bombproof a city is to abandon it”

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The Friday Special – Helena on Fragonard

Date post added: 9th April 2022

“Fragonard is still misunderstood and under-appreciated as an artist”

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Today (April 9) in London History – the National Gallery

Date post added: 8th April 2022

“my family, they were the idle rich”

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