SideStreets Podcast
1) SideStreets S3E10 - The Damp Darkness of Paris Gardens
This month, we wade and scramble from the Swan Theatre, where Queen Elizabeth I was dangerously satirized, to Holland's Leaguer, where her successor James I went for a disreputable good time. Then we ...Show More
2) SideStreets S3E9 - From the Clink to the Cardinal's Cap
Come with me in this episode as I make my way through the wildest part of Shakespeare's Bankside. We will meet Winchester Geese, apes on horseback, the first billboards, and rap battles between compet...Show More
3) SideStreets S3E8 - A Walk through Shakespeare's Southwark
Come with me as we brave the crowds and the confusion to visit the neighborhood Shakespeare would have known. There's so much to see that we will need at least two episodes!Visit Our Website: https://...Show More
4) SideStreets S3E7 - Nothing is to be seen upon the river
Meet Patrick Colquhoun, slave-trader, wartime profiteer, founder of the Thames River Police. As much as anyone, he created modern London. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/Support Us on...Show More
5) SideStreets S3E6 - Taming the Thames
This episode considers London's changing relationship with the rivers flowing through it, paying particular attention to the attempt to make the Fleet River respectable after the Great Fire. Visit Our...Show More
6) SideStreets S3E5 - The pouihi in New Zealand House
In this episode, we meet another pillar—the magnificent Maori carving rising through the centre of New Zealand House. In a bit of Westminster thick with sculpture, this one puts all the others to sham...Show More
7) SideStreets S3E4 - The Brick Lane Mosque gets a minaret.
We take a walk through the history of Brick Lane, and eventually witness -- and celebrate -- the construction of Banglatown’s jewel, the Brick Lane Jamme Masjid’s minaret.Visit Our Website: https://w...Show More
8) SideStreets S3E3 - A Jamaica Lady
In this episode we meet Anna Hassall, in many ways a typical female entrepreneur of early 18c Jamaica. But Anna, unlike her business partners competitors, ended up in Westminster Abbey. Why?Visit Our ...Show More
9) SideStreets S3E2 - Elizabeth Montagu, Queen of the Blues
Meet Elizabeth Montagu, doyenne of the Feather Room and hostess of the Chimneysweeps' Feast, who gently feminized London society for half a century. Visit Our WebsiteSupport Us on PatreonSideStreets i...Show More
10) SideStreets S3E1 - The Puzzle of Mrs Humphry Ward
Why would one of the most famous, successful, influential women of Victorian Britain, one of the greatest and most effective champions of progressive causes, spend twenty years campaigning to deny her...Show More