London Walks Podcasts


Up Ahead – the Christmas Lights of London

Date post added: 14th November 2020

“Here we can get lost in a magical world of under the sea”

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‘Flower of Cities All’ – Medieval London History and Archaeology

Date post added: 12th November 2020

“Street names such as Stinking Lane, Bladder Street and Pissing Alley give a clue to the conditions underfoot”

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This is great guiding – Laura gifts us with a profound sense of wonder

Date post added: 11th November 2020

“conscription for women had begun in 1941”

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Virginia Woolf – at war’s end

Date post added: 10th November 2020

“mentally, the change is marked too”

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The Cenotaph – a sense of loss that is overwhelming and inclusive

Date post added: 9th November 2020

“the king walked with the coffin of the dead soldier to Westminster Abbey…four bodies had been disinterred from the Western Front and one of them was chosen at random”

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Epitaph – Remembrance Sunday

Date post added: 8th November 2020

“And spring itself, when she woke at dawn, would scarcely know that we had gone”

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Barrister Tom’s short guide to the English legal system

Date post added: 7th November 2020

“this is the hub of legal activity in England”

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To walk and talk with the dead

Date post added: 6th November 2020

“the river was full of big silver stars”

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Sitrep – Day 1 of Lockdown 2 + Guy Fawkes

Date post added: 5th November 2020

“Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise, from time to time history does rhyme”

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Many of you will remember Katy

Date post added: 4th November 2020

“I also remember one time getting into an awful lot of trouble…”

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