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Publisher |: Ladies Who London Podcast

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: History,; London,; Places & Travel

Categories Via RSS |: History,; Places & Travel,; Society & Culture

Join us, Alex and Fiona, as we take a light look at London's history in a relaxed and entertaining way. As qualified Blue Badge 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.

People |: Emily Dell,; Alex Lacey
Country Of Origin |: United Kingdom
Produced In |: London, England
Premiere Date |: 2020-09-14
Related Hashtags |: #ladieswholondon
Frequency |: Weekly
Explicit |: No

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135 Available Episodes (135 Total) / Average duration: 00:54:29

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135 Available Episodes (135 Total)Average duration: 00:54:29

Apr 19, 2023

00:51:50

It's up, up and away this week with one of aviation's most famous pioneers, the record breaking Amy Johnson. Her death is shrouded in mystery but her legacy is impressive and enduring. Travel with us from Hull to Cricklewood, then on to Australia, Moscow and the south coast of England as we trace the footsteps of Amy Johnson. Along the way we will meet her great love, Jason, as well as her husband Jim (!) and we will wave a fond goodbye to her over the seas of Kent. Come and discover this fascinating woman.

Visit the show notes here for more photos and videos to see Amy and hear her voice as she arrives in Australia.

Get in touch!

Instagram; @ladieswholondonpodcast

Email; ladieswholondon@gmail.com

Websites; www.ladieswholondon.com

Alex’s guiding website - www.alexlacey.com

Fiona’s guiding website - https://britainsbestguides.org/guides/fiona-lukas/

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Apr 11, 2023

01:09:56

It's the 17thC, and rogues and thieves are rife in London. None as famed or as intriguing as Moll Cutpurse, a legend among women for her law-breaking ways, scandalous pursuits, and unique character.

From a young life of crime, Moll quickly became the stuff of legends. It is almost as though she herself could never live up to the many and varied stories about her - from dressing in men's clothes and smoking a pipe, to appearing on stage full of swear words and lascivious chat, to being a 'fence' and a business owner who teetered on the edge of the law. Moll - or Mary - is one of those rare characters who will stay in your mind as a true one-of-a-kind, and her story is a fantastic one.

Visit https://www.ladieswholondon.com for more information on this week’s episode.

Get in touch!

Instagram; @ladieswholondonpodcast

Email; ladieswholondon@gmail.com

Websites; www.ladieswholondon.com

Alex’s guiding website - www.alexlacey.com

Fiona’s guiding website - https://britainsbestguides.org/guides/fiona-lukas/

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Apr 04, 2023

01:06:02

Art galore today as Fiona ( going solo, eek!) chats to Liz Scott, curator of the Big City Exhibition at the Guildhall Art Gallery, and, featured artist, David Hepher.

The good folk at the gallery have had a rummage and put some of their biggest works on display in this fabulous exhibition devoted to large depictions of London and Londoners. Be they the grand guests of Queen Elizabeth's coronation lunch, or the person crossing the road near the Barbican. Or perhaps they live, just out of sight, behind the windows of one of David Hepher's mighty tower blocks.

Plus we discover what it's like to run a gallery with an ancient monument in the basement.

Visit https://www.ladieswholondon.com for more information on this week’s episode.

If you have comments or questions, please do get in touch:

Instagram; @ladieswholondonpodcast

Email; ladieswholondon@gmail.com

Websites; www.ladieswholondon.com

Alex’s guiding website - www.alexlacey.com

Fiona’s guiding website -Fiona Lukas - Guide London

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Mar 28, 2023

01:02:17

Alex and Fiona go outdoors to bring you all the action from the City of London's Shrove Tuesday event - The Inter Livery Pancake race. We mingle with the crowds and the participants at the annual contest, in which teams from Livery Companies race up and down the Guildhall yard clutching frying pans and hats, tossing pancakes as they go. And then have lunch. Some folks were taking it all very seriously, some were mostly there for the lunch. And, like many City of London events, it was all in a very good cause. And there were pancakes! Lemon and sugar please, very traditional.

It lived up to our expectations, being noisy, lively, extremely friendly, and just a little bit bonkers. A huge thank you to everyone who chatted to us on the day.

Visit https://www.ladieswholondon.com for more information on this week’s episode.

If you have comments or questions, please do get in touch:

Instagram; @ladieswholondonpodcast

Email; ladieswholondon@gmail.com

Websites; www.ladieswholondon.com

Alex’s guiding website - www.alexlacey.com

Fiona’s guiding website -Fiona Lukas - Guide London

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Mar 22, 2023

01:11:32

In the heart of Covent Garden was a WW1 endeavour by some formidable women who wouldn't take no for an answer. Meet Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson, pioneers of opportunities for female doctors at the start of the 1900s. During WW1 they took the initiative to create a war hospital staffed almost exclusively by women, which was eye opening for the men being treated there as they came back from the front.

We are joined by the lovely Katie Wignall of Look Up London, who talks us through the amazing stories behind this largely forgotten institution in the heart of one of London's most visited areas.

You can find Katie here - https://www.lookup.london for her website and great blog, and on instagram as @look_uplondon

Visit the website for the show notes and pictures to support this week’s episode.

Get in touch!

Instagram; @ladieswholondonpodcast

Email; ladieswholondon@gmail.com

Websites; www.ladieswholondon.com

Alex’s guiding website - www.alexlacey.com

Fiona’s guiding website - https://britainsbestguides.org/guides/fiona-lukas/

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Mar 15, 2023

00:55:58

It's new co-host time! Come and welcome our new Lady Who Londons into out little podcasting family!

Join me - Alex - and for her first time in an official capacity, Fiona Lukas! We still miss Emily, and Fiona has big boots to fill, but we are starting out strongly with a look at the curious and bonkers world of theatre licensing, or 'when they banned the boob' (and other less obvious stuff!) How does the Lord Chamberlain (of all people!) link into what happens on London's famous stages? Find out here in Fiona's first OFFICIAL co-host episode! Woo hoo!

Visit https://www.ladieswholondon.com for more information on this week’s episode.

Get in touch!

Instagram; @ladieswholondonpodcast

Email; ladieswholondon@gmail.com

Websites; www.ladieswholondon.com

Alex’s guiding website - www.alexlacey.com

Fiona’s guiding website - https://britainsbestguides.org/guides/fiona-lukas/

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Mar 08, 2023

00:57:11

Come check out Dick - was he everything we were led to believe?! Thrice Lord Mayor of London? Surely not...

We talk about Dick Whittington in pantomimes and stories, and we think we know him. How much of it is true? Join me and my guest Simon Whitehouse to find out if any of it is accurate!

Find Simon - on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bluebadgesimon Although good luck ever getting him to respond to you!! He's so busy!

Visit https://www.ladieswholondon.com for more information.

Get in touch!

Instagram; @ladieswholondonpodcast

Email; ladieswholondon@gmail.com

Websites; www.ladieswholondon.com

Alex’s guiding website - www.alexlacey.com

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Mar 01, 2023

01:06:30

What do the east Londoners do when bombs are falling? Well, they read, of course. We welcome author Kate Thompson to the podcast to talk all about the secret library made by enterprising Londoners. We find out who they were (bring on Minxie, Pat and Mrs Chumbley!) and how the library came to be. Kate interviewed some of the people who were involved in the library and Bethnal Green tube station, and has created their stories into her new book, The Little Wartime Library.

You can find Kate;

Website

Instagram

Twitter

In the UK - you can buy her book from an independent bookshop here.

In the US - you can buy her book from Barnes & Noble here

You can see photos of the tube station and some of the people mentioned at our website by clicking here.

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Feb 22, 2023

01:03:18

Let's talk about the London we don't see - Saxon London. Why? It's all gone! Or has it?

What did the Saxons ever do for us? Except city planning, roads, governance, knightly endeavours, urbexing and so on... there's a riot of stuff happening in sexy* Saxon London, and we're here to figure out what that was.

Find out more with this week's guest, fellow Blue Badge Guide Fiona Lukas

*cannot prove it was sexy, soz.

Visit https://www.ladieswholondon.com for more information.

Get in touch!

Instagram; @ladieswholondonpodcast

Email; ladieswholondon@gmail.com

Websites; www.ladieswholondon.com

Alex’s guiding website - www.alexlacey.com

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Feb 15, 2023

01:05:57

Joined by Beverley Cook of the Museum of London, we delve into the long, murky, often intriguing history of executions in London. Enter at your peril!

As ever, we look at the people, places and events that surround the executions, and see how they became a public fixture in London's calendar. Brits are an enterprising bunch, and that is no different here, with people making money from the spectacle and pageantry of an execution day. Why were executioners allowed to keep the rope? Who was Mother Proctor and how did she make a living? How did one man become synonymous with the parades from Newgate to Tyburn? Plus we meet some old friends along the way, like Jack Sheppard, jail-breaker extraordinaire.

Visit https://www.ladieswholondon.com for more information.

Get in touch!

Instagram; @ladieswholondonpodcast

Email; ladieswholondon@gmail.com

Websites; www.ladieswholondon.com

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Apr 19 | 00:51:50

Ep 134 - Amy Johnson, Queen of the Air

Apr 11 | 01:09:56

Ep 133 - Moll Cutpurse or Mary Frith - Whipster, wild woman and one-of-a-kind

Apr 04 | 01:06:02

Ep 132 The Big City, with Guests Liz Scott and David Hepher

Mar 28 | 01:02:17

Ep 131 - Pancakes at the Guildhall

Mar 22 | 01:11:32

Ep 130 - Endell Street Hospital - a hospital with a heart - with guest Katie Wignall of Look Up London

Mar 15 | 00:55:58

Ep 129 - NEW CO-HOST! And theatre licensing - the anti-boob brigade

Mar 08 | 00:57:11

Ep 128 - Dick Whittington - the man, the myth, the legend. With guest Simon Whitehouse

Mar 01 | 01:06:30

Ep 127 - The little wartime library - books and bombings in Bethnal Green - with author Kate Thompson

Feb 22 | 01:03:18

Ep 126 - Saxon London, the secret Saxon city, with guest Fiona Lukas

Feb 15 | 01:05:57

Ep 125 - Executions! With guest, curator Beverley Cook

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