London Walks

London Walks

Society EN ↓ 413 episodes

London Walks is the oldest urban walking tour company on the planet. It’s the gold standard of this profession, this craft. Here you can listen to our guides' stories and anecdotes of London.

Be sure to visit the podcast's website and support the creator: www.walks.com

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London Walks

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Society

Podcast website

www.walks.com

Latest episode

Nov 1, 2026

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Episodes

Roger Daltrey – from Shepherd’s Bush to The Who 01.03.2026

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

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

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

The Bank of England. did something quietly revolutionary.

The Great Trafalgar Square Pigeon War 25.02.2026

a city that understands the fine art of dignified absurdity

Extra! Extra! – Tube Etiquette, Ukraine, etc. 24.02.2026

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

Mother’s Ruin 24.02.2026

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

Seven centuries of continuity

Trouble Brewing on the Heath 22.02.2026

Change is in the air.

A Feline Fix from the Capital 21.02.2026

"the trains are now painted with whiskers and paws"

The Night the Fuse Was Lit at Drury Lane 20.02.2026

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

Meet Your Guide – On the Scene with Catherine Randall 18.02.2026

the book came in for praise from a very distinguished quarter

The Duke in the Barrel 18.02.2026

trouble wearing velvet

The Ladder into Thin Air 16.02.2026

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

How Many Nobel Prizes Has London Won? 16.02.2026

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

Tagore in the Vale of Health 15.02.2026

a tear drop on the cheek of time

London’s Last Line of Defence 14.02.2026

A medieval city that once feared fire now fears water.

Bart’s – Born of a Fever Dream 13.02.2026

that black, bottomless pit was death

When London Drank Death 12.02.2026

the “Great Stink” of 1858 made Parliament gag

Ave Atque Vale, Sylvia Plath 11.02.2026

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

Death Arriving 10.02.2026

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

The Man Who Weighed the World 09.02.2026

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

Grave Business 07.02.2026

There was no honour among body thieves.

Extra! Extra!! 07.02.2026

Down below, chaos. Fear. Guns. A body on the steps.

Sir Thomas More – Born in London 07.02.2026

Into that street, that soundscape, that smellscape, comes Thomas More.

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