Londonist Out Loud

Sheldon Goodman is this week's guest as we head to West Norwood Cemetery to hear about the history of one of the Magnificent Seven, the famous people interred there and some fascinating trivia.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chef Michelle Francis is this week's guest, as we go on a tour of Soho via its food.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Clare Skelton talks about FoodCycle's work taking unused food and cooking meals for vulnerable people.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alice May Williams talks about her film Dream City – More, Better, Sooner, a meditation on the changing face of Battersea Power Station.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We explore the back alleys around Embankment with Katie Wignall of Look Up London. Plus we meet an underwater photographer and find out where to get a cup of coffee for £1 near Temple tube. Seriously.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Yannick Pucci and N Quentin Woolf go in search of green tea.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Geoff Leong is this week's guest.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Coronet in Notting Hill was built as an opera house in 1898 and has since been a theatre and more recently a cinema. In 2014 it was bought by fringe theatre The Print Room. Anda Winters explains how the group is bringing it back to its former glory.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

N Quentin Woolf goes on a tour round (the) Strand with Vic Norman of London Pub Tours, digging up some fascinating trivia and history on the way. Oh, and stopping on the way at a gin palace, London's oldest wine bar and the only pub that's in two halves.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Vic Norman of London Pub Tours takes N Quentin Woolf on a tour of three pubs around Temple and Strand.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we're on the fringes of Soho to meet Andreas Kambanis of one of the capital's best cycling blogs, londoncyclist.co.uk. N Quentin Woolf puts his own personal problems with cycling to Andreas. Can he convince him to change he mind?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

N Quentin Woolf goes into the vaults with Stuart Black and Ioanna Karavela to talk about what will be big in London film this year.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we look back at some of the highlights from the last 12 months of Londonist Out Loud. We travel across the city and through time, with Matthew Beaumont, Anna Spender, Caroline Shenton, Yannick Pucci and Claire Sexton. If you missed any of these episodes, make sure to check the archive, where you'll find a London treasure trove. Photo by EZTD from Flickr.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Soho is synonymous with the creative industries, and every year it's home to the Soho Create festival, which brings together people from a host of disciplines to talk and share experiences. In this episode we meet festival CEO Tom Harvey, who tells us more about the endeavour.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The East End has long been a hotbed of rebellion and social change. In this podcast, N Quentin Woolf meets David Rosenberg, author of Rebel Footprints a guide to the history of protest and struggle in this part of London.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Who introduced the Christmas tree to London? Tina Baxter and Miss Kitty take us on a tour of parts of the City to tell us about Georgian London -- and Christmas in particular, where we hear their theory on how the tree came to be part of celebrations.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Should Twitter trolls be prosecuted for their horrible views? Should people who tell racist jokes receive threats of violence? These are some of the tricky issues being tackled by London organisation, English Pen, which defends the people's freedom of expression.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Of all London's children Samuel Pepys must be one of the best-known and loved. His diaries recorded the city at a time of incredible change -- not least the most devastating fire in its history. This week we are given a tour of the National Maritime Museum's blockbuster exhibition dedicated to the great man, by curators Robert Blyth and Kris Martin. Image (c) National Portrait Gallery.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week's guest is Dr Christine Corton, Lady Evans, talking about London fogs past and present.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Victoria Northridge and Paul Reid from the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton talk about black Londoners, particularly from the Georgian era.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.