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SideStreets Podcast

SideStreets Podcast

di Alan Hertz

Storia Società e cultura

Stagione 4

Newington Green—the turbulent centre of English intellectual life?

Join us as we head to the apparently peaceful 17th century suburb of Newington Green to discover revolutions in mathematics, education, and political thought. We'll meet three of London's most challenging and innovative thinkers: Charles Morton, Richard Price, and Anna Laetitia Barbauld. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

A return to St Giles Cripplegate

This time, we return to the edge of early modern London and explore the marginal religious practices and fascinating people to be found there. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

Soho Square: a city in miniature (part 2)

In the second episode about Soho Square, we take a voyeuristic look at London's magical brothel, celebrate a retailing pioneer, and pay grateful tribute to London's greatest civil engineer. Oh, and we take a short ride on a yellow submarine. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

Shipwrecks, masquerades and Soho Square (part 1)

In the first of two episodes about Soho Square, we look at some extraordinary characters: an Admiral who wrecked an entire fleet, an adventuress who invented the night club, and a botanist who brought the whole world to the West End. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

Thomas Fairchild and the growth of the garden square.

In this episode, we watch small wildernesses sprout from the bare central spaces of London's residential square. And we meet Thomas Fairchild, who might have shaped the look of London as much as anyone else. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

The terrible transformation of Covent Garden

In this episode we meet an incredible array of characters: from the Mohocks to the Veterans in the Fields of Venus; from Ambrose Godfrey, inventor of the fire extinguisher; to Moll King, banker to the sex trade; to Jack Harris, Pimp-General to the people of England. As you might gather from this summary, some of the content is not suitable for young children. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

The Birth of the London Square

Come with us as we dig into the origins of London's most distinctive feature: the residential square. We'll stroll in our first public park, gaze meditatively out of some drawing room windows, trip over rotten vegetables, and dodge duellists. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

The Bacchante, Emma Hamilton Part 2

We continue the story of Emma Hamilton in this episode — she becomes even more famous, even more influential, even more powerful, then things go horribly, disastrously wrong . . . Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

Stagione 3

SideStreets Christmas Special 2025 - A grave Christmas

To celebrate the holidays, we dig up some old alleyways about graves and memorials. You'll encounter missing teeth, plastic swans, a stone tent, and a faithful companion. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

SideStreets S3E11: Emma Hamilton Part 1 — the Bacchante

Over the next two episodes we look at the life and work of one of England's most underrated cultural figures: Emma Hamilton. Watch her create a style, an artform, a freeing revolution, then watch her life disintegrate into exile, poverty, and premature death.

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