Podcast episodes
Season 2
SideStreets S2E5 - Three Developments Part 2
This episode explores two post-World War II housing estates built by the pioneering Modernist architects: Chamberlin Powell and Bon. The first is their small gem at Golden Lane; the second is more difficult to love, but we try: the Barbican. Visit our website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705
SideStreets S2E4 - Three Developments Part 2
In this episode we explore three developments which are the results of Mr. George Peabody and his legacy, known by many as the first modern philanthropist... Visit our website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705
SideStreets S2E3 - The Monster of Chiswell Street
Meet Samuel Whitbread the First, one of London’s most innovative and most successful businesspeople. The monster he created on Chiswell Street was the most productive brewery in London in an age when beer-drinking was healthy, patriotic, and enormously popular. Visit our website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705
SideStreets S2E2 - Roaring Girls and other entertainments
Gwyneth Paltrow was not the only woman to appear on the stage in Shakespeare’s time. Meet Mary Frith, the Roaring Girl, and some other edgy entertainers from the original Fringe. Visit our website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705
SideStreets S2E1 - The Many Dead of Whitecross Street
We introduce the area around Whitecross Street, the subject of our first four episodes this season, with a tour of seven sites, where the dead of London have been placed for almost two thousand years. Expect mysteriously flooded Romans, mysteriously exhumed Jews, a Quaker with two death-dates, a mutilated poet, and a columbarium. Visit our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Become a Patreon and listen to the accompanying Alleyway episode: patreon.com/user?u=84135705