London Walks
London Walks is the oldest urban walking tour company on the planet. It’s the gold standard of this profession, this craft. Here you can listen to our guides' stories and anecdotes of London.
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The Man Who Walked a Thousand Miles Without Going Anywhere (opens the original)
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One mile every hour. For 1,000 hours. Meet Captain Barclay, Regency Britain’s almost forgotten walking phenomenon, prize-fight trainer and human endurance machine.
The Mould that Changed the World (opens the original)
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A mouldy dish. A sharp eye. A discovery in Paddington that changed medicine forever.
London Was Talking. I Wasn’t Listening. (opens the original)
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Albany Street: a perfectly ordinary London street with an extraordinary amount of history packed into it. Scratch the surface and out tumble grand terraces, soldiers, workhouses, artists, rogues and the great restless churn of London life.
Four Men, One Zebra Crossing and the End of the Road (opens the original)
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Four men cross a London road. The camera clicks. And one ordinary zebra crossing walks straight into history.
The Doctor Who Put Blood Back In (opens the original)
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How do you save a dying patient when medicine’s answer is to take blood out? James Blundell did something revolutionary. He put blood back in.
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