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We're at the world’s first purpose-built public art gallery - Dulwich Picture Gallery - with Ian Dejardin, the gallery's Sackler Director. The gallery is one of London's most wonderful gems, and owner of one of the finest collections of Old Master paintings in the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We're at the Museum of Immigration just off Brick Lane with Susie Symes, chair of trustees at 19 Princelet Street -- aka the Museum of Immigration.London wouldn't be what it is without immigration across the ages. Here we're exploring what that's meant for the city and how refugees, economic migrants, and other immigrants have changed the face of the capital. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Lace up your running shoes: this week we're in the City of London with Amy Coats and Vanessa Cain are this week's guests, who run secret running tours of London. Yes, that means jogging between the sites... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mike Althorpe is this week's guest as we take a walk through Regent's Park. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We're looking at a pile of salt -- but don't worry, we haven't gone mad, it's an installation by artist Philip Hall Patch, at Elements Gallery. Rebecca Feiner tells us more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week we find out about London's energy with Alice Bell and Max Wakefield. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
N Quentin Woolf and Mathew Lyons duke it out with the weather and aircraft noise at Chiswick House to discuss how the history of London got made. Photo: shadow_in_the_water Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week NQW heads to Salieri, the longest-standing family-run restaurant on the Strand, to hear from not just the owners but the Federation of Small Businesses about the pressures being faced in London as property prices rise and rise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
David Fathers, author of The London Thames Path, joins N Quentin Woolf for a real time walk along the river from the Thames Barrier to Greenwich. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
London's Tin Pan Alley is one of the most musical areas of the city. But it's seen huge change and redevelopment in recent years, with many concerned about it losing it character. We meet Henry Scott-Irvine of the Save Tin Pan Alley campaign.Photo credit: Terry O'Neil Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sheldon Goodman is this week's guest as we head to West Norwood Cemetery to hear about the history of one of the Magnificent Seven, the famous people interred there and some fascinating trivia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Chef Michelle Francis is this week's guest, as we go on a tour of Soho via its food. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Clare Skelton talks about FoodCycle's work taking unused food and cooking meals for vulnerable people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Alice May Williams talks about her film Dream City – More, Better, Sooner, a meditation on the changing face of Battersea Power Station. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We explore the back alleys around Embankment with Katie Wignall of Look Up London. Plus we meet an underwater photographer and find out where to get a cup of coffee for £1 near Temple tube. Seriously. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Yannick Pucci and N Quentin Woolf go in search of green tea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Geoff Leong is this week's guest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Coronet in Notting Hill was built as an opera house in 1898 and has since been a theatre and more recently a cinema. In 2014 it was bought by fringe theatre The Print Room. Anda Winters explains how the group is bringing it back to its former glory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
N Quentin Woolf goes on a tour round (the) Strand with Vic Norman of London Pub Tours, digging up some fascinating trivia and history on the way. Oh, and stopping on the way at a gin palace, London's oldest wine bar and the only pub that's in two halves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Vic Norman of London Pub Tours takes N Quentin Woolf on a tour of three pubs around Temple and Strand. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week we're on the fringes of Soho to meet Andreas Kambanis of one of the capital's best cycling blogs, londoncyclist.co.uk. N Quentin Woolf puts his own personal problems with cycling to Andreas. Can he convince him to change he mind? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
N Quentin Woolf goes into the vaults with Stuart Black and Ioanna Karavela to talk about what will be big in London film this year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, we look back at some of the highlights from the last 12 months of Londonist Out Loud. We travel across the city and through time, with Matthew Beaumont, Anna Spender, Caroline Shenton, Yannick Pucci and Claire Sexton. If you missed any of these episodes, make sure to check the archive, where you'll find a London treasure trove. Photo by EZTD from Flickr. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Soho is synonymous with the creative industries, and every year it's home to the Soho Create festival, which brings together people from a host of disciplines to talk and share experiences. In this episode we meet festival CEO Tom Harvey, who tells us more about the endeavour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The East End has long been a hotbed of rebellion and social change. In this podcast, N Quentin Woolf meets David Rosenberg, author of Rebel Footprints a guide to the history of protest and struggle in this part of London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Who introduced the Christmas tree to London? Tina Baxter and Miss Kitty take us on a tour of parts of the City to tell us about Georgian London -- and Christmas in particular, where we hear their theory on how the tree came to be part of celebrations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Should Twitter trolls be prosecuted for their horrible views? Should people who tell racist jokes receive threats of violence? These are some of the tricky issues being tackled by London organisation, English Pen, which defends the people's freedom of expression. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Of all London's children Samuel Pepys must be one of the best-known and loved. His diaries recorded the city at a time of incredible change -- not least the most devastating fire in its history. This week we are given a tour of the National Maritime Museum's blockbuster exhibition dedicated to the great man, by curators Robert Blyth and Kris Martin. Image (c) National Portrait Gallery. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week's guest is Dr Christine Corton, Lady Evans, talking about London fogs past and present. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Victoria Northridge and Paul Reid from the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton talk about black Londoners, particularly from the Georgian era. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
