Ooh er missus, it's getting sexy this week! We're off to St James for Alex's pick of the Celestial Bed, which was basically an extravagant 18thC sex aid! We find out how Georgians could get electrifying sex for a rather hefty sum, and what kind of weirdness was considered aphrodisiac back in the late 1700s We experienced some pretty big technical issues this week, so please bear with us. From dodgy wifi, imploding computers, and warring microphones, it's a bit slap dash, so please be gentle with...
Feb 17, 2021•48 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast The weather outside might be frightful, but inside Leicester Square's Dome of Wonder it is anything but! This week it is Emily's pick, and she is heading centrally, to the entertainment area of Leicester Square. We find out how the area developed, and what constituted entertainment in bygone times in the area. HOW big was this dome?! Plus we find out who won the Podcast Pedestal and Emily gets her sweaty hands on the wheel again for another chance to see where we will get to chat about next week...
Feb 10, 2021•49 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast This week sees the release of Netflix's big new film, The Dig. Always wanting to be down with the kool kidz, Emily and Alex are chatting about the Sutton Hoo treasure find - the subject of the film. We have a rummage in the countryside of Suffolk to see what we come up with, toy with the idea of breaking into the British Museum just because we miss it, and give you our completely subjective review of the movie! Plus we find out who won the Podcast Pedestal and Emily gets her sweaty hands on the ...
Feb 03, 2021•55 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast What up, podcats. Welcome back to Ladies Who London - we have a guest this week in the form of Dr Aaron Hunter @scienceguidelondon to chat all things Darwin. We find out how Darwin got interested in the things that would later lead him to the discoveries he made. Plus we find out about why he was buried where he still rests today. Our lovely jingle writer Ben Morales Frost has a new musical on - the Sorcerer's Apprentice. It can be found at https://www.stream.theatre/season/25 Plus we find out w...
Jan 27, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back podsters! It's Alex's week this week, and we are tootling around Clerkenwell on the trail of one Amelia Edwards. She was a pioneering egyptologist in the Victorian era, and was also gay in a time where being gay was not taken particularly well. She's a force to be reckoned with, and we talk about her life and legacy on this week's episode. Our lovely jingle writer Ben Morales Frost has a new musical on - the Sorcerer's Apprentice. It can be found at https://www.stream.theatre/season...
Jan 20, 2021•39 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast Hello podcats! It's Emily's pick this week, and true to form, she's gone stinky! We are off to Bermondsey this week to explore the leather trade that used to be an important part of this area of south London, and find out what went into making the leather that we prize so highly today. Our lovely jingle writer Ben Morales Frost has a new musical on - the Sorcerer's Apprentice. It can be found at https://www.stream.theatre/season/25 Plus we find out who won the Podcast Pedestal - no Wheel of Dest...
Jan 13, 2021•51 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast We're back! Happy 2021! Alex and Emily are back for the new year, and starting out in Bow, East London. It's Alex's pick this week, and she has gone for the Match Girls' Strike of 1888, an important event which started the tide of Victorian changes to working conditions. Plus the Wheel of Destiny is back, hurrah! Let us know what you think on Instagram, or on our websites. Instagram @ladieswholondonpodcast Email ladieswholondon@gmail.com Websites www.guideemily.com and www.alexlacey.com/podcast ...
Jan 06, 2021•39 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast IT'S CHRISTMAAAAAAAAS! This week Emily and Alex mess with the format, and do their 12 days of Christmas - or rather their top 12 things of Christmas in London. Join us to see what our pick of Christmas happenings is, and why we love them so much. Plus we find out who won the Podcast Pedestal, and the Wheel of Destiny is back the pick the topic for our first show of 2021. No podcast next week, we will see you again in January! Let us know what you think on Instagram, or on our websites. Instagram...
Dec 23, 2020•59 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast We're getting festive this week! Join Blue Badge Guides Alex Lacey and Emily Dell to find out more about an unusual London event, the Frost Fairs. A rare occurrence, but a spectacular one, the Frost Fairs took place when the river Thames froze sufficiently for it to take the weight of people, animals, even games, entertainment and roasting of animals! Come and join us to find out more about one London's most fun and unusual winter events. Plus we find out who won the Podcast Pedestal - no Wheel ...
Dec 16, 2020•47 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast When you want subterfuge and exciting deception, who do you turn to? James Bond might be a pretty decent option, and that is where we begin our chat today, talking about Operation Mincemeat. This was one of the most audacious Allied plots ever conceived, and it is full of weird details and exciting counter-espionage movements, such as a corpse, a fake fiancée and deception of epic proportions Join Alex and Emily to find out more about one of the best WW2 plots ever devised. Plus we find out who ...
Dec 09, 2020•49 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast It's over to the dark hearted Emily this week who - guess what?! - has more fire and destruction for you! We look at the 1212 fire which happened in Southwark, and encompassed London Bridge. Why was London bridge such a problem for containing the fire, and what happened when the locals rushed onto the bridge to simultaneously flee and help? We have the answers! Plus we find out who won the Podcast Pedestal, and we spin the Wheel of Destiny to find out where we are going next! Let us know what yo...
Dec 02, 2020•40 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back, fellow London history fans! This week we are over in Waterloo, where Alex picked the formidable nursing duo of Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole as joint topics. Although the two rarely ever met, they have the Crimean war in common, as both women took their skills over to the awful conditions in the war to help the soldiers. But they come from extremely different backgrounds. Join us to find out more about these two incredible women. Plus we find out who won the Podcast Pedesta...
Nov 25, 2020•50 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast It's Mayfair week! It's Emily's pick, and she has gone back to the very start - the very thing Mayfair gets its name from. Find out about the sort of debauchery that went on in the 15 day fair - barefoot women and decapitated puppets, anyone?! Plus we find out who won the Podcast Pedestal, and we spin the Wheel of Destiny to find out where we are going next! Let us know what you think on Instagram, or on our websites. Instagram @ladieswholondonpodcast Email ladieswholondon@gmail.com Websites www...
Nov 18, 2020•47 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast This week we head over to the City, to Fleet Street, looking at the place where the street got its name - the Fleet river. Emily is getting quite the reputation as being a lover of gore and grisly stuff, so no surprise that she is loving all the talk of its use as a deposit for all the butchers' offcuts! We take a lighthearted look at the water under your feet, the lost rivers of London. Plus we find out who won the Podcast Pedestal, and we spin the Wheel of Destiny to find out where we are goin...
Nov 11, 2020•56 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast Join Alex & Emily for a fun look at London's history. This week the wheel picked Westminster, and it's Emily's week to pick, so she went straight in for something very timely, the story of Guy Fawkes & the Gunpowder Plot. Who is Guy Fawkes, and why is he the fall guy for the plan to blow up parliament? Will it be new pants please again this week?! No Podcast Pedestal result this week, but we select our options for next week. Plus we spin the Wheel of Destiny to find next week's location. Let us ...
Nov 04, 2020•53 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast It's Halloweeeeeen! And we've done a special Halloween themed podcast for you. But not only that, the Ladies are joined by a lad as a special guest, in the form of actor and all round top guy, Lee Ingleby. Lee is joining us to share our favourite scary or gory stories from London's past, and we have gone gory, with stories of murders and body snatching, as well as some friendly ghosts. Plus we have the results of last week's Podcast Pedestal, and we spin the Wheel of Destiny to find next week's ...
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast Join Emily and Alex for more fun London history. The wheel selected Westminster as our destination this week, and Alex decided on some black history, namely the stories of 3 buskers or street workers during the Georgian era. Joseph Johnson, Billy Waters and Charles McGee were all men of colour in London during the 18thC. They were not of high standing, but all played recognisable roles in London's society at the time. What do we know about them and how do we know it?... Join the Ladies Who Londo...
Oct 20, 2020•50 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast Join Emily and Alex for more fun London history. The wheel selected Rotherhithe as our destination this week, and Emily plumped for a gorgeous memorial to the Salter family. Alfred and Ada Salter were instrumental in making Bermondsey a better place for people to live in the late Victorian era, and the monument shows them with their daughter Joyce, and their cat, enjoying time by the river. But all is not quite as it seems... Join the Ladies Who London to find out more. Plus find out who won the...
Oct 13, 2020•34 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast Emily and Alex take a look at the fabulous Ada Lovelace, after the wheel selected Kensington for us as a location. We find out about Ada's childhood, her outrageous, famous father, and why her mother pushed her so hard into academia. Plus we find out who topped the Podcast Pedestal for last week. Instagram @ladieswholondon Email ladieswholondon@gmail.com Music by Ben Morales Frost https://www.benfrostmusic.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 06, 2020•48 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to episode 3 of Ladies Who London. Emily spun the wheel last week, selecting Wapping as our location, and her pick was the fantastic story of Captain William Bligh. Find out why he was subject to the Mutiny on the Bounty, what happened to the mutineers, and discover why on earth everyone was so intent on importing Breadfruit! We also reveal the first winner of Podcast Pedestal from last week's episode www.alexlacey.com/podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad...
Sep 29, 2020•34 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast Well here it is, chaps. The first full episode of Ladies Who London. And we are starting off big - with beer! More specifically, the London Beer Flood. A tidal wave of your finest hot (yes hot) brown porter ale sloshing down the street towards you, and what are you going to do? We're going to find out exactly what the inhabitants of Covent Garden did in 1814 when a nearby brewery had a rupture in one of their huge barrels of fermenting ale. Plus the wheel is back! Learn more about your ad choice...
Sep 22, 2020•37 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Hello! Welcome to the first podcast from Ladies Who London. We are those ladies, and we London! Join us, Alex and Emily, as we look at London's history in a relaxed and entertaining way. As 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. Instagram @ladieswholondonpodcast Twitter @ladieslondonpod Email ladieswholondon@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...
Sep 14, 2020•10 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast 
