SideStreets Podcast

di Alan Hertz

SideStreets is a podcast about the history and geography of London.

SideStreets will not attempt a narrative history of London. It will instead focus on out-of-the-way places, little-known people, and good stories. It will use them, I hope, to illustrate important patterns and principles in that history and maybe even in the history of all cities.

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Episodi del podcast

  • Stagione 3

  • SideStreets S3E4 - The Brick Lane Mosque gets a minaret.

    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://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

  • SideStreets S3E3 - A Jamaica Lady

    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 Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

  • SideStreets S3E2 - Elizabeth Montagu, Queen of the Blues

    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 Website Support Us on Patreon SideStreets is a Black Lab Media Production © 2025 - All rights reserved

  • SideStreets S3E1 - The Puzzle of Mrs Humphry Ward

    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 herself political power? I wish I knew . . . Visit our website Support us on Patreon Copyright Black Lab Media AB 2025 - All rights reserved

  • Stagione 2

  • SideStreets S2E10 - Rockin' Richmond 

    SideStreets S2E10 - Rockin' Richmond 

    In this episode, we head back to the 60's when Thames geese competed with Eric Clapton's guitar riffs and the wail of Rod Stewart's harmonica, and the hush of Richmond's middle-class respectability was delightfully disturbed by the birth of British rhythm and blues. Visit our website - https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support us on Patreon - patreon.com/user?u=84135705