London Undone: Recent Episodes
London Undone
Journalist, City of London, City ofWestminster and Blue Badge Guide. Podcasting about lesser known sites in and around London.
To find out about the extraordinary treasures contained within the new museum at Westminster Abbey, listen here.
You may be surprised to learn that the museum is located in a part of the church that hasn't been open to the public before. The space is as impressive as its contents which include the Liber Regalis and funeral effigies of many Kings and Queens buried inside. To get to the Diamond Jubilee Galleries you have to climb a brand new tower in The Royal Church and when you get up there, the views are spectacular, inside and out.
When we think about the Royal Air Force we think about aeroplanes in the skies… think again! Deep underground the plotters and controllers of the Royal Air Force managed air operations during the Second World War. Let’s go down and meet WAAF plotter Helen who worked here during the war.
A shelter was built underneath Clapham South tube station during the Second World War to protect civilians from aerial bombardment. What was life like deep underground and what happened to the deep level tunnel after the war?
Buying fruit and vegetables in New Spitalfields Market is like taking a journey around the world...
How does London's largest wholesale fruit and vegetable market survive when the supermarkets have so much power?
What are the main challenges that face the owners and occupiers of the country's largest wholesale fruit and vegetable market - New Spitalfields?
WS Gilbert's house in Harrow was as much a home for the great musical writer as his menagerie...
Bedford Park. What makes this one of London's most special suburbs? Listen to find out who built it and who lived in it.
Many of the thousands of people buried under this South London Hill are people you've heard of. Find out about one of the Magnificent Seven Victorian burial plots and find your way down some overgrown steps to the catacombs.
A husband and wife's paintings and pottery dazzles and colours the walls of this quiet little corner in Wandsworth. Meet the De Morgans.
Ding Dong! The bells made here will definitely ring a bell: Big Ben and the Liberty Bell to name just two. Find out who works in the country's oldest business and how the bells are made.
Tucked away behind St Paul's Cathedral is this unusual memorial park. Five City Guides share its delights.
The largest tidal mill in the world sits on the River Lea. Close to the Olympic Park and surrounded by roads and railways, this quiet spot has similarities with Venice!
Hidden away in the depths of Croydon is a beautiful old windmill. Once London had many of these elegant mills but now there are just a few. Find out about how this one works.
The Windmill Theatre never closed during the Second World War. Iris and Margaret talk about life performing on the stage as Windmill Girls.
Discover what a quagga is and why the Grant Museum has a jar of pickled moles on display.
Find out how PG Wodehouse, Scott of the Antarctic and Edward Alleyn are all connected to this school in South London.
Hear what it was like to perform in and watch a play in an outdoor Elizabethan/ Jacobean playhouse.