212 Episodes

  1. Ep 72 - Tower Hill - the Koh I Noor Diamond; empire and emotions

    Published: 02/02/2022
  2. Ep 71 - Piccadilly - Frank Pick, the mastermind you never knew you needed

    Published: 26/01/2022
  3. Ep 70 SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE - Save London's gas lamps!

    Published: 24/01/2022
  4. Ep 69 - St James - Chocolate houses; tantalising, tasty treats

    Published: 19/01/2022
  5. Ep 68 - Lincoln’s Inn - Beggar’s Opera - snark, satire and sauciness

    Published: 12/01/2022
  6. Ep 67 - Spitalfields - Banglatown, where London meets the world

    Published: 05/01/2022
  7. Ep 65 - End of year roundup

    Published: 22/12/2021
  8. Ep 65 - Christmas episode

    Published: 15/12/2021
  9. Ep 64 - Soho - Tallulah Bankhead, sex, scandal and salaciousness on stage

    Published: 08/12/2021
  10. Ep 63 - Whitehall - Pocahontas, the tragic true story

    Published: 01/12/2021
  11. Ep 62 - Royal Docks - Silvertown explosion, a dynamite tale

    Published: 24/11/2021
  12. Ep 61 - Piccadilly - Hatchards and literary London - book boltholes in the capital.

    Published: 17/11/2021
  13. Ep 60 - Covent Garden - Dick Turpin, the legendary swashbuckling highwayman

    Published: 10/11/2021
  14. ep 59 - Fleet Street - Twinings tea, the top of the tree for tea

    Published: 03/11/2021
  15. Ep 58 - Halloweeeeeen! Bouncing demons and grisly murders

    Published: 26/10/2021
  16. Ep 57 - Omoba Aina aka Sarah Forbes Bonetta, Queen Victoria's black goddaughter

    Published: 19/10/2021
  17. Ep 56 - Rotherhithe - Prince Lee Boo & Omai, from far flung lands to London life

    Published: 12/10/2021
  18. Ep 55 - Lambeth - Lucy Houston and the Spitfire Sisters

    Published: 06/10/2021
  19. Ep 54 - River Thames - SS Great Eastern, the steel leviathan

    Published: 28/09/2021
  20. Ep 53 - Soho - Windmill Theatre, a riot of bare breasts and bombings

    Published: 21/09/2021

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