Ladies Who London
Join us, Alex and Fiona, as we take a light look at London's history in a relaxed and entertaining way. As qualified Blue Badge Tourist Guides, we share our passion for the city with you in a chatty and fun podcast, looking at the weird, wonderful and unknown in this huge, ancient place we call home.
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Ep 125 - Executions! With guest, curator Beverl...
Joined by Beverley Cook of the Museum of London, we delve into the long, murky, often intriguing history of executions in London. Enter at your peril!
62 min
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Ep 124 - John Wilkes - radical, raunchy and rev...
It's been a while since we looked at A MAN on the podcast, so let's take a look at the ugliest man in England, member of one of the (supposedly) raunchiest clubs, and revolutionary reformer.
39 min
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Ep 123 - Winchester Geese and the Crossbones Gr...
Journey with me back to the stews and brothels of medieval Southwark, where the church rules the roost, and the geese enjoy their protection. But what happens when the geese are no longer needed?
43 min
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Ep 122 - Emily's Farewell
It's time. None of us are ready, but it's happening. Emily is heading away, so join us for a one-off episode to say farewell to our favourite Lady Who Londons.
66 min
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Ep 121 - Tate Modern Turbine Hall - big ideas i...
Emily takes a look at her favourite Turbine Hall installations in her penultimate episode!
63 min
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Ep 120 - Kensington - Queen Caroline of Ansbach...
A rare royal for us, we are taking a look at the exciting, unusual, sexy Queen Caroline - how she broke the mould and shaped her own future.
60 min
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Ep 119 - Bermondsey - Octavia Hill, nature and ...
Octavia Hill is one of the heroes of Victorian philanthropy, with a legacy that is huge even today
43 min
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Ep 118 - Christmas special, a Dickensian Christmas
Get your Dickens out, it's time to get Christmassy!
49 min
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Ep 117 - Thames - the 1928 flood, when London sank
Can you imagine London being underwater? Well that's pretty much what happened in the shocking flood of 1928
44 min
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Ep 116 - Smithfield - Bartholomew's Fair; monks...
Move aside MayFair, there's a better fair in town, with blindfolded pigs, wife selling, and glass wigs, oh my!
43 min
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Ep 115 - Euston - Wellcome, medical marvels and...
Welcome to the Wellcome! The medicine man will see you now, and will probably show you something interesting too…
51 min
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Ep 114 - Shoreditch - Child of the Jago, poor D...
Travel with us to 19thC Old Nichol slum, to meet the inhabitants, and find out who Dicky Perrott is, and why he helped bring about huge changes in the area.
50 min
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Ep 113 - Simpsons and Simpsons - chop houses an...
A peek behind the menu of some of
43 min
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Ep 112 - Weirdest jobs in history - gong farmer...
When history gets weird - what exactly did a whipping boy do? Was a tosher really a job? And what was a necessary woman?
50 min
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Ep 111 - Wapping - Ragged schools; poverty and ...
What are ragged schools, and who were they for? Travel back with us to poor London to find out more
54 min
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Ep 110 - Halloween special - murders and mayhem
Halloween week! And we are going back in for the grisly stuff - from photographic evidence to royal skulduggery
48 min
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Ep 109 - Soho - Kate Meyrick, a subversive Soho...
Let's head to sexy, subversive Soho, where toffs rub shoulders with ne'er do wells, and Kate Meyrick comes to fame in the darker corners of the area.
39 min
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Ep 108 - Fitzrovia - the Berner's street hoax -...
Here's a weird one, a prank which made 54 Berner's street the most talked about address in London...for one day only!
34 min
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Ep 107 - Kew - Kew Palace, a little place with ...
Come with us on a little stroll through Kew Gardens to the world's smallest palace, a little place with a big history.
45 min
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Ep 106 - Russell Square - Great Ormond Street h...
Where magic meets medicine, Great Ormond Street has links to two renowned authors, but for very different reasons.
55 min
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Ep 105 - Soho - John Snow and the Broad St pump...
How do you solve a deadly problem when you don't know what the cause is? Enter John Snow, a radical thinker with the solution...
50 min
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Ep 104 - Kensington - Peter the Wild Boy, feral...
Found in the forests in Germany living wild, Peter the Wild Boy was a popular curio at the royal court. Who was he, and how did his story unfurl?
61 min
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Ep 103 - Stoke Newington - Abney Park and Frank...
Where do lion tamers go when their animals get the better of them? Into one of the Magnificent Seven! What on earth...?
45 min
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Ep 102 - Westminster - Millicent Garrett Fawcet...
Nobody puts Millicent in the corner...because she will come out fighting!
42 min
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Ep 101 - Trafalgar Square - the 4th plinth proj...
We're going all modern and arty this week as we look at the best, the worst, and the maddest of the 4th plinth project installations
61 min