London Walks Podcasts


It’s like a newsreel from Shardlake’s London

Date post added: 12th January 2021

“this is Tudor, fabulously Tudor, 1595…and underneath it, this is 1240”

Read More

The platonic ideal of guiding – expertise, passion, dedication, warmth, wit

Date post added: 11th January 2021

“the Romans were the first to do a hard line in slightly tacky souvenirs”

Read More

Stone Circles to the Swiss Army Knife of the Stone Age

Date post added: 11th January 2021

“Let’s start with the oldest man-made object – it’s 1.8 million years old”

Read More

Covent Garden’s Sordid History

Date post added: 9th January 2021

“It becomes a place of entertainment, theatre, prostitution, boxing – basically Las Vegas”

Read More

By Orchard Pond on Hampstead Heath

Date post added: 8th January 2021

The sounds of nature on Hampstead Heath

Read More

When Eric Clapton met Jimi Hendrix

Date post added: 8th January 2021

“Eric Clapton wet himself in fear”

Read More

Abbey Road Studios & the Band of Bands

Date post added: 6th January 2021

“Dad came to me and said ‘I’ve got the chance of buying the Cavern, what do you think?’…they just exploded onto the stage, their energy was absolutely palpable”

Read More

Voilà! Docklands – “it all comes down to the guiding”

Date post added: 5th January 2021

“there are reports of their paintwork blistering from the heat of the fires”

Read More

An Archaeological Examination of Mythical & Legendary London

Date post added: 4th January 2021

“they thought Roman mortar was so strong because it was made of bull’s blood…in fact it was crushed tile”

Read More

Churchill, FDR & Music

Date post added: 4th January 2021

“a song for Lockdown, Ladies and Gents – Keep right on to the end of the road”

Read More