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The podcast of London's Multi-Award-Winning Walking Tour Company www.walks.com
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The London Walks Podcast No.47: Halloween Special 2017 Part Three

The final part of the annual Halloween Special! With under 15's accompanied by adults going FREE on our ghost tours, we thought it only apt to turn this episode over to Milo & Isobella (both aged 10). Milo and his mates discuss the existence of ghosts with a big, healthy dose of scepticism while Isobella looks at horror movies. There's a London Walks ghost tour every night - visit www.walks.com for full info....

Oct 23, 201711 minEp. 47

The London Walks Podcast No.46: Halloween Special 2017 Part Two

Part Two of the annual Halloween Special! Andy looks at exorcism and the occult in Shakespeare while Adam compares Frankensteins and pays tribute to that great South Londoner Boris Karloff. For full details of all the London Walks Ghost tours visit www.walks.com

Oct 23, 201721 minEp. 46

The London Walks Podcast No.45: Halloween Special 2017 Part One

It's the annual Halloween Special Podcast! In this episode Andy & Adam turn their attantion to Horror Movies - Andy spends time with The Exorcist and Adam watches three versions of the Mummy. You can join both Andy & Adam on ghost tours at Halloween with London Walks. The full schedule of London Walks Ghost Tours, and all the info you need about how to join one, can be found here: www.walks.com/ghostwalks Part two of this Halloween special will turn the spotlight on Shakespeare & Mar...

Oct 18, 201730 minEp. 21

The London Walks Podcast No.44. London Runs!

Andy is leading guided 5K running tours! In this episode of the London Walks Podcast Adam interviews Andy about his new running tours - talking running, prep, gear, diet, apps and everything you need to know about joining one of Andy's Guided London Runs. This podcast was recorded live on a rehearsal for the 5K running tours in February 2017. Will Adam make it to the end of 5K? Or will expert runner & historian Andy leave him for dead? The Morning Run with London Walks! Good for mind, body a...

May 03, 201726 minEp. 1

The London Walks Podcast No.43: A Christmas Carol

Andrew Hallett and Adam Scott-Goulding have a chat about Dickens's A Christmas Carol in the hushed surroundings of Black Gull Books in East Finchley. With readings by Karen Pierce-Goulding Read our blog The Daily Constitutional Follow us on Twitter @londonwalks Our website is www.walks.com

Dec 20, 201617 min

The London Walks Podcast No.38: The Haphazard A-Z of London. A is for…

Episode One of The Haphazard A-Z of London! A is for… Artillery Lane and Abbey Road… Andy visits Artillery Lane, one of the oldest corners of Spitalfields while Adam goes in search of the other Abbey Road. Keep in touch! We're on Twitter @londonwalks and you can email us at londonwalksblog@gmail.com The main London Walks website for all info on London's best walking tours is at www.walks.com...

Oct 11, 201619 min

The London Walks Podcast No.37: INTRODUCTION to our NEW series The Haphazard A-Z of London

NEW! The Haphazard A-Z of London from The London Walks Podcast! In this short introduction, Andy & Adam explain the concept behind The Haphazard A-Z, a new strand of the London Walks Podcast set to run alongside our regular podcasts. Episode one of our eccentric look at the streets of London will follow soon! As usual, keep in touch via Twitter @londonwalks or by email londonwalksblog@gmail.com

Oct 11, 20166 min

The London Walks Halloween London 2015 Part Two

Part Two of our annual Halloween Podcast! Andy reads from Karen Maitland's A Company of Liars – A Novel of The Plague. Visit Karen Maitland's website at karenmaitland.com Follow us on Twitter @londonwalks Visit our blog The Daily Constitutional Full details of our London Walks can be found at www.walks.com...

Oct 22, 201510 min

The London Walks Podcast Halloween 2015 Part One

Welcome to Halloween 2015 and our annual Halloween Podcast! This is the first part of episode 34 and we join Andy and Adam at Charterhouse where Adam introduces us to The Big Five fictional monsters and their London connection… Vampires, Shapeshifters, Man Made Monsters, the Mummy and The Zombie. Next time in Part Two Andy takes over to discuss Halloween traditions and the Day of the Dead and to read from Karen Maitland's A Company of Liars. Follow us on Twitter @londonwalks Visit our blog The D...

Oct 21, 201514 min

The London Walks Podcast No.33: Crime & Punishment PART TWO

Welcome to episode 33 of the London Walks Podcast – Crime & Punishment PART TWO. We pick up where we left off with London Walks guide Richard III along the route of his Crime & Punishment London Walk, and Adam looks at London crime in the swinging 60s. The full schedule of London Walks can be found here: www.walks.com Read our blog, The Daily Constitutional HERE Follow us on Twitter @londonwalks...

Sep 30, 201512 min

The London Walks Podcast No.32 – Crime & Punishment PART ONE

Welcome to episode 32 of the London Walks Podcast – London Crime & Punishment PART ONE. Andy will be taking on rogue literature of the 16th & 17th centuries, we'll visit the Old Bailey and catch up with London Walks guide Richard III along the route of his Crime & Punishment London Walk. The full schedule of London Walks can be found here: www.walks.com Read our blog, The Daily Constitutional HERE Follow us on Twitter @londonwalks Part Two will be available very soon....

Sep 23, 201516 min

The London Walks Podcast No.31: Literary London PART TWO

Part Two of the Literary London Podcast! Adam goes up the Charing Cross Road while Andy follows in the footsteps of Shardlake. This podcast was recorded on location in London. Visit our blog, The Daily Constitutional Follow us on Twitter @londonwalks For full information on all of our London Walks, London's best guided tours, visit www.walks.com .

May 08, 201528 minEp. 1

The London Walks Podcast No.30: Literary London PART ONE

Part one of our Literary London Podcast – Down by the River Thames Andy Hallett & Adam Scott-Goulding introduce London Walks guides Katy & Nick reading from the London Walks book London Stories . In Part two, coming soon, we'll be discussing the Shardlake novels and visiting London's best bookshops! Catch up with our London Walks blog The Daily Constitutional where we're covering all things literary London this month. Follow us on Twitter @londonwalks . For the full schedule of London Wa...

Apr 01, 201513 min

The London Walks Podcast No.28: London Museums PART THREE

This is Part Three of our London Walks Podcast on London Museums and we're on the way to the Sir John Soane Museum when… disaster strikes! The Soane does not permit recording or electronic devices of any kind on its premises without prior permission! Our story, gentle listener, has both a moral AND a message: the moral is… always call ahead when planning to record your podcast in a museum! The message is: you're never very far away from a great museum here in London. Our visit to Twinings Tea Mu...

Feb 28, 201520 min

The London Walks Podcast No.28: London Museums PART TWO

PART TWO of the London Walks Podcast of London Museums Adam sets off from Euston Station to walk part of the great Museum Mile, calling in at the Petrie Museum of Egyptology, the Grant Museum of Zoology and the Cartoon Museum. His destination is one of London's oddest, most eccentric museums where he plans to meet up with his podcasting colleague and fellow London Walks guide Andy. Will he make it? Or will unexpected drama impede his progress? Find out in Part Three! Read our blog The Daily Coin...

Feb 24, 201520 min
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