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London History Podcast

London History Podcast

Learn things about London that most Londoners don’t even know in a 20 minute espresso shot of London history in a podcast with a splash of personality.

There’s so much we can’t fit into our walking tours, no matter how hard we try. This London history podcast is where we can get down and dirty with the detail! You’re not going to find this level of detail in any guidebook.

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Latest podcast episodes

June 17, 2022
Episode 91. Radical MP John Wilkes
June 10, 2022
Episode 90. Thomas Becket in London
June 3, 2022
Episode 89: Thomas Arne in Covent Garden
May 27, 2022
Episode 88. The World's First Underground Railway
May 13, 2022
Episode 87. An Introduction to Georgian London
April 22, 2022
Episode 86: Shakespeare's London: Part 2
April 15, 2022
Episode 85: Shakespeare's London: Part 1
April 8, 2022
Episode 84. London Geology
April 1, 2022
Episode 83. Dutch Eels in Medieval London
March 18, 2022
Episode 82: Ballet in London
March 11, 2022
Episode 81: Voltaire in London
March 4, 2022
Episode 80: Disability in Tudor Times
February 25, 2022
79: Landladies of Georgian London
February 18, 2022
78: Georgian Lodgers and Landlords
February 11, 2022
77: DeLaunes of Blackfriars
February 4, 2022
76: Elizabeth and Mary: Tudor Cousins
December 10, 2021
75. The Christmas Cracker - A Victorian Invention
December 3, 2021
74: Christmas in 1950s and 60s London
November 26, 2021
73: Great Ormond Street Hospital
November 19, 2021
72: Drs William and John Hunter
November 12, 2021
71: Georgian Dentistry
November 5, 2021
70: Robert Hooke
October 29, 2021
69: Victorian Actor William Terriss
October 22, 2021
68: London's First Railway
October 15, 2021
67: London Street Names: Food Edition
October 8, 2021
66: London's Blackout
July 23, 2021
65: London Nursery Rhymes
July 16, 2021
64: Medieval Toilets in London
July 9, 2021
63: Hendrix and Handel in London
July 2, 2021
62: James Scott, the First Duke of Monmouth
June 25, 2021
61: Medieval London at the Museum of London
June 18, 2021
60: Virginia Woolf and The Bloomsbury Set
June 10, 2021
59: Big Ben
June 4, 2021
58: Greenwich Palace and Hospital
May 28, 2021
57: The Gerald Coke Handel Collection
May 21, 2021
56: London's Black Cab Legacy
May 14, 2021
55: The Regency Cook
May 7, 2021
54: The Festival of Britain
April 30, 2021
53: Benjamin Franklin in London
April 23, 2021
52: St George's Day
April 16, 2021
51: London's Forgotten Places
April 9, 2021
50: History of Shoreditch
April 2, 2021
49: Myths of Regency Dress
March 26, 2021
48: Leper Houses in London
March 19, 2021
47: Victorian Dinosaurs in Crystal Palace Park
March 12, 2021
46: Beer, The Bard, and Historic Buildings of Bankside
September 7, 2021
45: Drawing London's Buildings
February 26, 2021
44: Tudor London and John Stow
February 19, 2021
43: London Fog
February 12, 2021
42: John Julius Angerstein: The Man Behind the National Gallery
February 5, 2021
41: London's Medieval Friaries
January 29, 2021
40: Charles Dickens in Greenwich
January 22, 2021
39: London's Frost Fairs
January 15, 2021
38: The Black Death: London's First Plague
January 8, 2021
37: Bridgerton and Regency London
January 1, 2021
36: Brexit in the City
December 18, 2020
35: A Tudor Christmas
December 11, 2020
34: London’s Old Shops - Food and Drink
December 4, 2020
33: London's Pillar Boxes
November 27, 2020
32: Medieval Guilds
November 20, 2020
31: Abandoned London Underground Stations
November 14, 2020
30: Quirky Street Names - Little Britain
November 6, 2020
29: Harp makers of Fitzrovia
October 30, 2020
28: The Ghost of Cock Lane Special
October 23, 2020
27: The South Sea Bubble
October 16, 2020
26: The Seven Noses of Soho
October 9, 2020
25: The British Museum
October 2, 2020
24: The Walbrook in Roman London
September 25, 2020
23: London's Historic Pubs
September 18, 2020
22: The Havering Hoard
September 11, 2020
21: London Area Names - Animal Edition
September 4, 2020
20: The Great Fire of London - How It Began
July 31, 2020
19: London Coffeehouses
July 24, 2020
18: Victorian Photographs
July 17, 2020
17: The Proms and The Royal Albert Hall
July 9, 2020
16: Women in 1920s London (From Cowgirl to Congress)
July 2, 2020
15: Movies Filmed in London
June 26, 2020
14: Postcards from London's Past
June 19, 2020
13: London Statues: Medical Women
June 12, 2020
12: The Old Operating Theatre Museum
June 5, 2020
11: London's Coffeehouses and Commerce
May 29, 2020
10: London's Folklore
May 22, 2020
9: Music Halls and Cabaret - from yesterday to today
May 15, 2020
8: The Monument to the Great Fire of London
May 8, 2020
7: True London Spy Stories
May 1, 2020
6: Lost London - Hockley in the Hole
April 23, 2020
5: The Dragons of London
April 17, 2020
4: The Crown Jewels
April 12, 2020
3: Childhood Foods
April 5, 2020
2: Fantastic Beasts in London
March 23, 2020
1: Roman London - An Introduction