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The Whitechapel Bell Foundry

Q: Who is the oldest manufacturer in the UK? Ring any bells? A: The Whitechapel Bell Foundry. Find out more about this East End institution from the people who make […]

Industrial

Three Mills

Surrounded by road and rail traffic, the Three Mills Island is seen by commuters every day, and yet seems just out of reach. If you manage to find your way […]

Industrial

Shirley Windmill

Shirley in Croydon is home to one of London’s treasures. In 1854, when mills had reached the pinnacle of design, the Shirley Windmill was built here and it still stands […]

Theatres

The Windmill Theatre

This podcast is no ‘windmill of your mind’… it’s the Windmill Theatre… brought back to life by Iris Chapple, a former singer, and Margaret Cooper, a former dancer at the […]

Education

The People’s Palace, Queen Mary University

Did you know that the ever expanding and diverse East […]

Education

The Grant Museum

London is not just a city of industry, busy roads and people… this is a city where extinct animals and pickled beasts are hidden away in glass cabinets in our […]

Architects

Alleyn’s College of God’s Gift

From the theatres of Southwark to the hills of Sydenham, Edward Alleyn, the great actor of the English renaissance stage established a school in South London which, nearly 400 years later, […]

Archaeology

The Rose and Globe

On Shakespeare’s birthday, I have put together a podcast about the two famous Elizabethan and Jacobean theatres in London: the Rose and the Globe. What was it, and what is […]

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