London Walks

When John Lennon Said the Beatles Were More Popular than Jesus 04.03.2026 8:46 ↓

Sixty years ago a seemingly innocuous feature in a London newspaper triggered one of the most extraordinary cultural storms of the 1960s. In a quiet interview with the Evening Standard, John Lennon made a remark that travelled from Fleet Street to the American South — and ignited bonfires of Beatles records. In this episode we trace the tiny London tremor that became an international cultural eart...

Everest – At Eve, The Rest 03.03.2026 10:10 ↓

Why is Everest called Everest? At dusk on the world’s highest peak, we discover a name, a surveyor, and, yes, a London story. A March 3rd story.

Happy New Year, Londinium – When March Was New Year 02.03.2026 8:46 ↓

Before January claimed the crown, the year began in March. In this London Walks dispatch we step back into Roman Londinium to see how New Year’s Day once fell on March 1st.

Roger Daltrey – from Shepherd’s Bush to The Who 01.03.2026 9:33 ↓

Born in Shepherd’s Bush and armed with one of rock’s great roars, Roger Daltrey helped define the sound of modern London. Today’s London Calling marks the birthday of The Who’s legendary frontman.

The Man Who Drew Wonderland 28.02.2026 14:43 ↓

Meet John Tenniel, the London artist who gave the world Alice, the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat. Born on February 28, this quiet Punch cartoonist drew the definitive Wonderland.

The Bayeaux Tapestry is Coming to London 27.02.2026 13:39 ↓

It’s about the seismic shockwave that followed, and is still being felt nearly a thousand years later.

In Paper We Trust 25.02.2026 15:44 ↓

The Bank of England. did something quietly revolutionary.

The Great Trafalgar Square Pigeon War 25.02.2026 13:59 ↓

a city that understands the fine art of dignified absurdity

Extra! Extra! – Tube Etiquette, Ukraine, etc. 24.02.2026 18:17 ↓

By early evening the blue-and-yellow flags will start to appear.

Mother’s Ruin 24.02.2026 17:16 ↓

It's one of the most jaw-dropping episodes this city has ever produced.

The City’s Flag – and the Story It Tells 23.02.2026 16:56 ↓

Seven centuries of continuity

Trouble Brewing on the Heath 22.02.2026 16:11 ↓

Change is in the air.

A Feline Fix from the Capital 21.02.2026 11:36 ↓

"the trains are now painted with whiskers and paws"

The Night the Fuse Was Lit at Drury Lane 20.02.2026 16:07 ↓

If we could but look into the seeds of time...

Meet Your Guide – On the Scene with Catherine Randall 18.02.2026 41:09 ↓

the book came in for praise from a very distinguished quarter

The Duke in the Barrel 18.02.2026 18:31 ↓

trouble wearing velvet

The Ladder into Thin Air 16.02.2026 14:21 ↓

Halfway to heaven on a ladder that looks about as reassuring as overcooked spaghetti.

How Many Nobel Prizes Has London Won? 16.02.2026 13:05 ↓

The city did not just inherit brilliance. In many cases, it saved it.

Tagore in the Vale of Health 15.02.2026 18:57 ↓

a tear drop on the cheek of time

London’s Last Line of Defence 14.02.2026 14:46 ↓

A medieval city that once feared fire now fears water.

Bart’s – Born of a Fever Dream 13.02.2026 13:57 ↓

that black, bottomless pit was death

When London Drank Death 12.02.2026 12:11 ↓

the “Great Stink” of 1858 made Parliament gag

Ave Atque Vale, Sylvia Plath 11.02.2026 14:12 ↓

she was in the grip of the most ferocious creative surge of her life.

Death Arriving 10.02.2026 15:47 ↓

Painted across the 1860s, it isn’t a single memory – it’s grief revisited.

The Man Who Weighed the World 09.02.2026 13:06 ↓

He weighed the world...and made it run on Greenwich time.