London Walks Podcasts


Today (October 25) in London History – Top Moment in English Theatrical History

Date post added: 24th October 2022

“the moment the modern English drama was born”

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Today (October 24) in London History – False Beggars, 1380

Date post added: 23rd October 2022

“make sure you turn that slave girl into cash”

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Today (October 23) in London History – dinner on top of Nelson’s column

Date post added: 22nd October 2022

“that’d be a size 33 shoe – you don’t see too many of those in Jimmy Choos”

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Today (October 22) in London History – it made London the centre of the world

Date post added: 21st October 2022

the day the world said, “you’re it, Greenwich.”

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Today (October 21) in London History – Big Ben

Date post added: 20th October 2022

“it is proposed to call our king of bells, ‘Big Ben'”

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Today (October 20) in London History – the Sunday Times

Date post added: 19th October 2022

“journalism largely consists of saying ‘Lord Jones dead’ to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive”

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Today (October 19) in London History – The War of Jenkins’ Ear

Date post added: 18th October 2022

Jenkins got home, with his ear, like a pickle, in a jar…

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Today (October 18) in London History – Kingsway & the Aldwych

Date post added: 17th October 2022

“a gang of roughs charged the royal procession”

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Jack the Ripper, Part V – Slaughter in Buck’s Row

Date post added: 17th October 2022

“In his book Martin Fido describes her as ‘a drab little woman who drank her husband’s wages'”

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Today (October 17) in London History – the London Beer Flood

Date post added: 16th October 2022

The tidal wave of porter blows out the 25 foot high rear wall of the brewery

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