London Walks Podcasts


The Friday Special – “the protean, evanescent, indefinable essence of London”

Date post added: 22nd April 2022

“foreigners may not like us but they like the place”

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Today (April 22) in London History – A Royal Grand Finale

Date post added: 21st April 2022

“Wigs and fur-lined gowns and capes and swords and halberds and buckled shoes and stockings and flaring garters of lace”

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Today (April 21) in London History – Happy Birthday Your Royal Highness

Date post added: 21st April 2022

“an examination of the Duchess’s anatomy”

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Today (April 20) in London History – “the biggest story of the century”

Date post added: 19th April 2022

“the medium is the message”

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Today (April 19) in London History – the crime of the year

Date post added: 19th April 2022

“he put the gun against her forehead and pulled the trigger”

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Today (April 18) in London History – London’s swishest hotel

Date post added: 18th April 2022

“the basic product is not the rooms, the food or drink, it is the service”

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Today (April 17) in London History – “she died laughing”

Date post added: 16th April 2022

“He was lantern-jawed. Five o’clock shadowed. Double-chinned. Broad-shouldered. Deep-voiced. Hirsute hands”

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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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