Ladies Who London Podcast

After being intrigued at a visit to the National Portrait Gallery Alex went in search of the penicillin girls. Only to find a whole team...

The distressing scene of an attack on the Duke of Cumberland, depicted by Cruikshank as " The blessed effects of preferring foreign...

Alethea Howard, that's who. Following on from last week's blog, on the 1631 map of the Grosvenor Estate, Tart Hall caught my eye. I...

This what Buckingham Palace was like in 1837 when Queen Victoria moved in. The original Buckingham house had two wings extending to the...

Hello! Sorry for the little hiatus there, over the last few months. But finally we're back! It's been a bit hectic with one thing and...

One of the very few statues of Women in London, put up in 1897, by Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud, is for Welsh actress Sarah Siddons. Who was...

Accompanying episode 143 of the Ladies Who London podcast. We rewind to the 1800s to take a look at the fascinating Eliza Acton (thanks...

This week we are delighted to be joined by Sarah Hardy of the De Morgan Foundation to talk about one of the art world's groundbreakers,...

30th May 2023 - Ep 140. Back in 1820, times were fractious. Not long after the end of the French revolution, the smell of change lingered...

This week it's Fiona chatting about someone who is a slightly unsung hero. At least, that was the plan. There's a lot to celebrate about...

To mark the anniversary of the final days of Anne Boleyn we had a fascinating chat with Phillipa Lacey Brewell. Phillipa is guide and...

This week is all about the music as we've been chatting to our friend and colleague Adam Scott-Goulding. What has this image to do with...

We are under 2 weeks away from the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, so we have invited our wonderful colleague and avid...

Show notes accompanying episode 134 of the Ladies Who London Podcast, all about Amy Johnson, aviation pioneer and Queen of the Air

This week we're diving back to the 1600s, and into a life of crime, scandal and theatrical notoriety - Introducing Mary Finch aka Moll...

Art Galore today as Fiona ( going solo, eek!) chats to Liz Scott, curator of the Big City Exhibition at the Guildhall Art Gallery, and,...

For our first outside broadcast, back in February, we went to watch the Inter Livery Pancake Race in the City of London. It proved to be...

Show notes for the Ladies Who London podcast all about the Endell Street Military Hospital, Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson

Well after all that Dick last week there’s only one way to go. This time we are not mentioning certain things: Anything too political, or...

On this episode we had a wonderful chat with Kate Thompson, author of The Little Wartime Library, where we talked all about the east end...