5 days agoThe River Lea - London's East End RiverThe first in our walks podcasts features the River Lea in East London. Marc Z and Mr Londoner walk the lower section of the Lea. To bring...
May 30A Hampstead MurderIt’s nearly seven decades since Ruth Ellis shot her lover outside the Magdala pub in London’s leafy Hampstead (it’s always described as...
May 13Women and Crime – Britain’s Bad GirlsSix true crime stories featuring notorious women criminals. From a celebrity pickpocket who performed on the London stage, to an...
Mar 28Women and Protest - How they Fought for JusticeIn this Women and Protest podcast we tell eight stories of women who fought for liberty, justice and human rights. Mary Overton was a...
Mar 1The dead poet's heart that was kept in a drawerThe poet Percy Bysshe Shelley drowned when his boat was caught in storm off the Italian coast in 1822. His decayed body washed ashore ten...
Feb 10Men's Fashion Podcast Part 2. From Teddy Boys to TudorsIn part two of this podcast we look at men’s fashion from the 1500s to the 1970s. If you are interested in men's fashion, and the history...
Feb 6Get Ahead. Get a HatMr Londoner lifts the lid on headwear Look at images of early 20th century London and almost everybody’s wearing a hat. People look...
Feb 5What connects Snakes’ Eggs, Sharks’ Teeth and Chocolate? So what did Sir Hans Sloane do for us? Sloane, was an 18th century physician, collector, naturalist, antiquarian, astronomer.....the...
Jan 21Talking Heads - What Happened to Executed HeadsThis podcast explores extraordinary stories about heads without bodies. Discover the gruesome truth about Anglo-Saxon border markers....
Jan 20Women and Writing – Their Words Made HistorySeven stories of women whose books changed English literature We meet an anchorite who became the “mother of English prose”. A...
Jan 20History of Men‘s Fashion - From the Codpiece to the Three PieceThis pocast is part one of our history of men's fashion. In this podcast Marc and Antony investigate 800 years of menswear - from...
Jan 20Women in Science - How They Changed the WorldSeven stories of women determined to bring their discoveries to the world. The extraordinary astronomer Caroline Herschel, who...
Jan 20Sick Notes - A History of Gory MedicineIn this podcast, we hear about a disease cured by frogs. Where can you find the skeleton of an “Irish Giant” Why the Queen's doctor...
Jan 20Women and War - Stories of Women in ConflictThis month's podcast tells the stories of women in war. Hear about British woman warrior Boudica, the queen leader of the Celtic Iceni...