Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week’s show comes from the chapel of Guy’s Hospital, in the shadow of The Shard.

His guest this week is Benedict O’Looney, Southwark architect, tour guide and teacher.

The pair discuss recent London news and features. Today’s topics include the history and architecture of the city in general and Southwark in particular, the best books about London, metal theft, the completion of the Orbit tower, relocation of residents by borough councils, parking charges, and the redevelopment of London Bridge. Benedict also takes on the Londonist Out Loud history quiz.

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Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week’s show comes from the Foundling Museum in Bloomsbury, which tells the story of the first hospital for abandoned children.

His guests this week are:

• John Rees, writer, broadcaster, activist, author of The Algebra and Revolution, involved in Stop The War Coalition, and co-author of A People’s History of London.
• Lindsey German, socialist writer and activist, involved in Stop The War Coalition, co-author of A People’s History of London.
• Matt Cook, co-editor of Love London Museums, a website about London’s small and quirky museums.

The guests discuss recent London news and features, including the results of the mayoral elections, the history of the Foundling Museum, the ‘ingredients’ of a good museum, the Love London Museums website, William the Conqueror’s castles, London’s population growth, and the usual historical quiz.

Caro Howell, Director of the Foundling Museum, takes NQW for a tour of the museum’s latest exhibition on the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens (see picture).

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Image by Jane Parker.

Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week’s show comes from Spitalfields Traders Market.

His guests this week are:

• Jane Parker: Graphic designer, creator of jewellery from old Thames pipes, and author of Jane’s London
• Alex Gordon: President of the RMT union

The guests discuss recent London news and features, including the changing nature of the Thames, little-known areas of London, the north-south divide, a pigeon simulator, balloon rides in the City, London’s lifeboats, old films of London, surface to air missiles for the Olympics and Tube overcrowding.

What’s On In London
NQW rounds up the best new exhibitions and shows opening over the coming week.

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This week’s show is sponsored by payasUgym

Image by Tom Lemons in the Londonist Flickr pool.

Inside Soho Whisky Club.

Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week’s show comes from the Soho Whisky Club.

His guests this week are:

• Jason B Standing, Morris Dancer and host of Whisky Squad
• Jamie Daugherty Andrews, traveller and visitor to London
• Tim Dickens of Brixton Blog
• Ekaterina Leonova, a fashion and beauty editor

The guests discuss recent London news and features over a wee dram of whisky. Today’s topics include a new dashboard for measuring London, the right of private hire vehicles and cycles to use bus lanes, the reopening of the Cutty Sark, housing problems, and the astonishing expression of public generosity following the death of Claire Squires in the London Marathon.

NQW also interviews Malcolm Mullin of Soho Whiskey Club about his unique venue.

What’s On In London
NQW rounds up the best new exhibitions and shows opening over the coming week.

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News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week’s show comes from the Charing Cross Hotel, the most central hotel in London, and originally built as a rail hotel for French visitors.

His guests this week are:

News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week’s show comes from the Jamaica Wine House, originally was the first coffee house of London.

His guests this week are:

News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week’s show comes from the Museum of London.

His guests this week are:

News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week’s show comes from Portobello Road.

His guests this week are:

News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week’s show comes from the Wandsworth Museum.

His guests this week are:

Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week’s show comes from two different locations: Hogarth’s House in Chiswick and The Roundhouse in Camden Town.

His guests this week are:

News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf.

His guests this week are:

Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

This week’s episode is the last one in the special four-part series visiting some of London’s most famous and endearing institutions (previous episodes: London’s Air Ambulance, Thames environmental barges, and Battersea Dogs & Cats Home).

Host N Quentin Woolf finishes by visiting Harrods, where Len Brown, who takes care of the cleaning and repairing of Harrods’ vintage vehicles, takes him for a ride in a 1919 American Walker. Sebastian Wormell, Harrods’ archivist, who looks after the history of the famous store, accompanies them. They discuss the story of the vintage vehicle fleet and enjoy the ride at the breakneck 12 mph maximum speed.

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First two images by N Quentin Woolf, second image by M@, fourth image by david.bank in the Londonist Flickr Pool.

This episode of Londonist Out Loud was originally published on 24 December 2011, but circumstances beyond our control meant that it had to be taken offline almost immediately; we’re proud now to be able to bring this extended episode to you.

Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

This week’s episode is the second in a special four-part series visiting some of London’s most important institutions. Host N Quentin Woolf spends a day with the staff and crew of London’s Air Ambulance. He witnesses first hand the incredible work done by the team, who fly out to deal with the most traumatic injuries around the capital many times a day.

This episode contains sections that some listeners may find disturbing. Note that the episode is longer than normal to better represent a day in the life of the London’s Air Ambulance.

See more photos from London’s Air Ambulance’s helipad at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, taken during our recent site visit. The centre costs £3 million to run each year, and is almost entirely funded by donations. You can help the cause by donating here.

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Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week’s show comes from Hyde Park Corner.

His guests this week are:

Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week’s show comes from the unusual environment of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park near Mile End tube station.

His guests this week are:

News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week’s show comes from The Star cafe in Soho.

His guests this week are:

• Peter Berthoud, Westminster tour guide and blogger at Discovering London
• Jo Moncrieff, Westminster tour guide
• Julia Forte, proprietor of The Star, and owner of the London Peculiar website

The guests discuss recent London news and features including Crossrail developments, the noses of Soho, London’s worst Tube stations, police spending on the Speaking Clock, the ‘Boris Island’ Thames airport proposals, new libraries for London, trouble with the English Defence League, as well as far more London trivia than is probably good for you.

What’s On In London
NQW rounds up the best new exhibitions and shows opening over the coming week.

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Sponsored by Open Pen. Interested in sponsoring this podcast? Contact us on hello@londonist.com for more details.

Guildhall Art Gallery, location for this week's show. Image by M@.

Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week’s show comes from Guildhall Art Gallery, where NQW speaks to:

• Jane Young, artist and designer behind London Kills Me and blogger at Sketches By Boz.
• Owen Duff, musician.

The guests discuss recent London news and features including transport fare rises, introduction of city-wide free wifi, Selfridge’s library, the Bishopsgate Institute’s oral history project and London’s many execution sites.

The crew are also joined by Guildhall Art Gallery curator Sonia Solicari who discusses the upcoming free exhibition Age of Elegance (opens 11 February).

What’s On In London
NQW rounds up the best new exhibitions and shows opening over the coming week.

Remember, you can subscribe to Londonist Out Loud via iTunes or RSS.

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Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

In another Londonist Out Loud special, host and producer N Quentin Woolf speaks to the team at Cory Environmental. Cory’s barges tirelessly transport refuse along the Thames for incineration. NQW takes a trip along the river with the crew. Along the way, he learns about the barges’ remarkable history and important modern role.

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Image from Google Street View.

Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

This week’s episode is the first in a special four-part series visiting some of London’s most famous and endearing institutions. Host N Quentin Woolf begins by visiting Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, where Celine Gauthier shows him round. They discuss the history and present work of the pet refuge, which reunites lost dogs and cats with their owners, or finds them new homes.

The centre costs £13 million to run each year, and is almost entirely funded by donations. You can help the cause by donating here.

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Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week’s show comes from the Coach and Horses pub in Covent Garden, where NQW is joined by cab drivers Bill Ward, Dickie Hudd, Reg Hay and Dick Goodwin of the London Taxi Benevolent Association for War Disabled.

The guests discuss their charity, which takes ex-servicemen and women on taxi excursions. They then talk over recent London news and features, including the abusive woman on a South London tram, the unusual cases London Fire Brigade has tackled in the past year, and the recent strikes and protests.

What’s On In London
NQW rounds up the best new exhibitions and shows opening over the coming week.

London Unfurled
Your host speaks to Matteo Pericoli about London Unfurled, an incredible drawing that includes every building on the Thames between Hammersmith and Greenwich. A (very) small section is shown above.

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This week's show comes from The Mad Bishop and Bear in Paddington. Image by M@.

Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

News and Views

Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week, NQW is joined by regular Londonist contributors:

• Beth Parnell-Hopkinson, contributing editor to Londonist
• Ruairidh Anderson, East End troubadour, compiler of the Folk Olympics and composer of Londonist Out Loud’s closing theme music

The guests settle down at the Mad Bishop and Bear in Paddington to discuss recent London stories and articles. Topics include transport projects that were never pursued, looming transport strikes, a blue plaque for a stripper, the latest cycling developments, missiles to protect the Olympic Park and other Olympics news, the proposed demolition of a south London museum, and the feeding of 5,000 in Trafalgar Square.

London Maps: The Magical, the Methodical and the Multifaceted

In association with TAG Fine Arts, Londonist recently hosted an evening devoted to the many many forms and uses of London maps. In this short excerpt, cab driver John Kennedy offers a unique insight into a cabbie’s mind. The full audio recording of this event will be available on Londonist soon, and the accompanying exhibition The Art of Mapping runs at Air Gallery on Dover Street until 26 November as part of the London Mapping Festival.

What’s On In London

NQW rounds up the best new exhibitions and shows opening over the coming week.

Remember, you can subscribe to Londonist Out Loud via iTunes or RSS.

This week’s show is sponsored by Open Pen Magazine.
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Image by M@.

Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week, NQW revisits the Occupy LSX camp outside St Paul’s with musician MAILMAN. The pair tour the camp, meeting some of the protesters and discussing their aims and achievements, on another day in which thousands of students and other campaigners took to the streets.

Image by M@.

What’s On In London

NQW rounds up the best new exhibitions and shows opening over the coming week.

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Image of the Orbit Tower by Andy Wilkes in the Londonist Flickr pool.

Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

News and Views

Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week, NQW takes a stroll round the outside of the Olympic park with his special guest:

• Jim Zambrano, founder of Scout, a website and soon-to-be free newspaper about London.

The pair discuss the challenges of launching a new print magazine for the capital, and cover recent news and features about London. Topics include the topped-out Orbit tower on the Olympic park, the secret SAS base, and Olympic security. And then something surprising happens…

After the pair regain their composure, the conversation continues with discussion about police surveillance, the Occupy London camps, squatting, a hotel employing homeless people, London philanthropists, the mayor’s mentoring scheme, the Thames Estuary Airport, the 25th birthday of M25

What’s On In London
NQW rounds up the best new exhibitions and shows opening over the coming week.

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Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS. This week’s show is sponsored by www.LaptopRepair.co.uk.

News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week, NQW hosts the show from the new Hawksmoor restaurant at Guildhall. Joining him for a full English are:

• Malcolm Eggs, editor of the London Review of Breakfasts
• Ben Beaumont-Thomas, host of Future Human, an ongoing series of events exploring the potential impacts of technology on society.

The guests discuss recent news and features about London, including the Shit London awards, the best breakfasts in town, metal thieves, recent events at the Occupation camp outside St Paul’s, Wear a Woolley Hat Day, and an outdoor gallery in Shoreditch.

What’s On In London
NQW rounds up the best new exhibitions and shows opening over the coming week.

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News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf.  In a special outside broadcast from the St Paul’s Occupation camp, he’s joined by:

• Neil Denny, presenter of the Little Atoms podcast, a London-based show about science, rational thinking and ideas of the Enlightenment.
• Darryl Chamberlain, author of 853 blog and commentator on Greenwich, Charlton and Woolwich.

The guests wander round the Occupy London encampment near St Paul’s, looking at the organisation and discussing the motives behind it. They also discuss recent London news and features, including some nasty cycling incidents, a clamp-down on uninsured drivers, and money troubles at City Hall. The trio also discuss Londonist’s recent features about pubs with cats, how to pronounce difficult London place names, and whether there should be an apostrophe in King’s Cross.

What’s On In London
NQW rounds up the best new exhibitions and shows opening over the coming week.

Occupy London
Your host finishes the show by interviewing a few of the protestors at the Occupy London camp.

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Image of Ben Franklin House by Ell Brown under creative commons.

Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf.  In the studio with him this week:

• Melanie Abrahams, director of Tilt, an organisation promoting spoken-word events, and organiser of London Liming, a spoken word party at Rix Mix.

After discussing Melanie’s work, the pair talk about recent London news. Topics include travelling during the Olympics, the Olympic wifi network, anti-corporate protests, the leaning of Big Ben, doggy bags in restaurants and Floella Benjamin’s support for the Notting Hill Carnival.

Events Around Town
NQW rounds up some of the best upcoming openings and events around London this week.

History
NQW and Mike Paterson of London Historians visit the Benjamin Franklin House museum in Craven Street to investigate the history of this fascinating building.

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Smoke, of a different variety, over London.

Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf.  In the studio with him this week:

• Matt Haynes, editor and driving force between the much-loved London-themed magazine Smoke: A London Peculiar.

The pair discuss the challenges of publishing an independent periodical, before moving on to recent London news and views, including the opening of the world’s first Google store, pedestrianising Oxford Street, developments on and around the Olympic Park, Tube driver salaries and Boris Johnson’s political future.

Music
Eoin Quiery and Burning Wheel premiere their new song, Get There.

Events Around Town
NQW rounds up some of the best upcoming openings and events around London this week.

Remember, you can subscribe to Londonist Out Loud via iTunes or RSS.

Interested in sponsoring this podcast? Contact us on hello@londonist.com for more details. This week’s show is supported by Open Pen magazine.

Image by dicdotcom in the Londonist Flickr pool.

The Wandle, one of London's other rivers.

Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf.  In the studio with him this week:

• Tom Bolton, author of London’s Lost Rivers, a Walker’s Guide
• Eoin Quiery of London band Burning Wheel

The guests discuss recent London news including the rebranding of London neighbourhoods (NoGo, Midtown et al.), the rewriting of laws to prevent ambush marketing at the Olympics, private security, magic wands in Parliament and bull’s semen on a Tube train, the Thames cable car, lost rivers, boundary changes, the Brixton Pound and quirky London maps.

Lots of Tube talk in this week's Londonist Out Loud.

Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf.  In the studio with him this week:

• Gemma Seltzer, author of the book Speak to Strangers, 100 short stories about London

3-Minute History
Mark Mason, author of Walk The Lines, gives a potted history of the Tube.

Remember, you can subscribe to Londonist Out Loud via iTunes or RSS.

Interested in sponsoring this podcast? Contact us on hello@londonist.com for more details. This week’s show is supported by Open Pen magazine.

Image by nic_and_nath in the Londonist Flickr pool.

Plenty of cycle talk on this week's Londonist Out Loud.

Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. In the studio with him this week:

• Andreas Kambanis, London cycling enthusiast and author of London Cyclist Blog
• Robert Kingham, London explorer and tour guide

The team discuss recent London news and features, including alternative Tube maps, cycling etiquette and provision, fare rises, the new Met Commissioner, cycle-in cinemas, a sad tale from Peckham, the opening of Westfield, and a sound installation at St Pancras.

London History
Lucy Inglis of Georgian London moves out of her usual time period to explore London in the Blitz, highlighting buildings in Westminster and the City that survived the onslaught.

Things to do in London
NQW and guests round up some of the better things to do around London this week.

Music
London busker and pianist Fabio Tedde rounds off the show with a haunting piece of piano music.

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Image by nuttyxander in the Londonist Flickr pool.

Interested in sponsoring this podcast? Contact us on hello@londonist.com for more details. This week’s show is supported by Open Pen magazine.

Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf.  In the studio with him this week:

• Paolo Viscardi, natural history curator at the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill
• Fiona Yaron-Field, photographer and creator of Uncertain States, in independent photographic newspaper

After introducing their projects, the guests talk about old video footage of London, Olympic news, museum thefts, the joy of bees, outdoor swimming, and the EDL demonstrations.

Remember, you can subscribe to Londonist Out Loud via iTunes or RSS.

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This week’s show is supported by Open Pen magazine.

Image by Andy Hay under Creative Commons licence.

The Roman amphitheatre beneath Guildhall by steve_w.

Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf.  In the studio with him this week are two guests with many strings to their bows…

• Gabriella Apicella, writer, storyteller and founder of the Underwire Festival
• Chris Roberts, tour guide, author, radio host, and a whole bunch more.

The guests tackle recent London news, including the Notting Hill Carnival, the aftermath of the riots, the top London annoyances, and London as a fashion capital.

3-Minute History
In the second of a two-part feature, Lucy Inglis of Georgian London takes a timely look at the Gordon Riots of 1780.

Guildhall Art Gallery
NQW visits the Guildhall Art Gallery and the Roman amphitheatre hidden underneath. Curator Sonia Solicari picks out some highlights, including the largest canvas on show in the UK.

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The Gordon Riots.

Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

News and Views
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf.  In the studio with him this week…

• Jonathan Turton, blogger at West Hampstead Life and tweeting at @WHampstead.
• Rog T, blogger at Barnet Eye and tweeting at @BarnetEye.

The guests tackle recent London news, dominated by riots and looting. Other stories include Boris’ war on the plastic bag, redeveloping Broadgate, and the naming of five new London areas in the Olympic Park. Jonathan and Rog also highlight some of the issues currently affecting the local areas they represent, as well as discussing their very different styles of covering local news and politics.

Londonist Out Loud Extra has further coverage of the riots, including an interview with a Hackney locksmith.

3-Minute History
In the first of a two-part feature, Lucy Inglis of Georgian London takes a timely look at the Gordon Riots of 1780.

Things to do in London
NQW rounds up the latest shows, exhibitions and other happenings around town.

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Image by London_After_Dark in the Londonist Flickr stream.

In a special episode of Londonist Out Loud, N Quentin Woolf speaks to residents and shop staff of Hackney about the recent disturbances, and what they anticipate tonight. Listen in the browser below, or subscribe via iTunes.

Hodge the Cat, outside Dr Johnson's House. Image by M@.

Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. In a special edition of the show, NQW makes two site visits to meet some fascinating Londoners.

Dr Johnson’s House

• Mike Paterson, founder of London Historians.
• Mark Mason, author of Walk the Lines, a chronicle of his adventures walking the length of every Tube line.
• Stephanie Chapman, Curator of Dr Johnson’s House

The group discuss their respective projects while sitting in the parlour of the great lexicographer. They also discuss recent London news, including the listing of 13 Tube stations, the campaign to save Wilton’s Music Hall, a year to the Olympics and Museum of London’s new Roman app.

Coal Holes

Maria Vlotides walks NQW around the Notting Hill area pointing out the artistic coal hole covers embedded in the pavement. Maria’s book, Pavement Poetry, explains the project further.

Upcoming Events and Openings

NQW rounds up some recommended events and shows around London.

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A Christiaan Nagel mushroom, outside Londonist Out Loud's studio. Image by Ingrid Newton.

Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

London news and opinion 

Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. In the studio with him this week…

• Christiaan Nagel, street artist famous for his mushroom sculptures, soon to be exhibited
• Mike Jay, author of High Society and curator of a recent exhibition of the same name at Wellcome Collection
• Ingrid Newton, photographer and blogger

The guests tackle recent London news, including the death of Amy Winehouse, the phone-hacking scandal, street photography and the law, the redevelopment of King’s Cross, brave and foolhardy pigeons and predictions for 2012.

History
Leo Hollis, author of The Stones of London, visits the official centre of London, near Trafalgar Square.

Music
Ruairidh Anderson completes his mission to compose a song about East End characters every week for a year, and plays the show out with a live song about Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the Great Eastern.

Upcoming Events and Openings
NQW rounds up some recommended events and shows around London.

Remember, you can subscribe to Londonist Out Loud via iTunes or RSS.

This week’s show is supported by Heineken, whose new video shows the coolest date imaginable.

Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS.

London news and opinion 
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. In the studio with him this week…

• Annie Mole, author of London’s most famous Tube blog, Going Underground and organiser of NomNomNom.
• Olivia Armstrong, storyteller and ‘London’s second-best-kept secret.

The guests tackle the latest attempt to travel to all the Underground stations in one day, the head found in David Attenborough’s garden and other murders, the Horniman walrus on Twitter, a bloggers’ cookery contest and London-themed food, and debunking a few London myths.

Interview
N Quentin Woolf visits Mohammed Uddin, Task Force Leader at Tomorrow’s People, a charity that helps disadvantaged Londoners find and keep a job. He then speaks to one of the people taking the courses offered by this laudable organisation.

Music
Busker John Vanek sings The Invisible Dreams of Vernon Dupont, a song inspired by two eponymous roads in Raynes Park where John lives.

3-Minute History
Lucy Inglis of the Georgian London website talks about late 17th Century journalism in London.

Things to do in London
NQW rounds up the latest shows, exhibitions and other happenings around town.

This week’s show is supported by Heineken, whose new video shows the coolest date imaginable.

Please email hello@londonist.com if you’d be interested in supporting future episodes of this podcast, which reaches thousands of Londoners.

Crossbones cemetery

Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via iTunes or RSS. We’re currently number 1 in iTunes Places & Travel chart!

London news and opinion
Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. In the studio with him this week…

• Jack Gilbert of Rainbow Hamlets, the Tower Hamlets LGBT Community forum
• Toria Parsons of SingItOut, an organisation that organises singing classes for everyday people

The guests tackle Boris Johnson’s track record, anti-gay stickering around London, the introduction of blowfish to a private club, planning ahead for 2012, a talent show for buskers, train passengers accused of trespass…and neo-brutalist trees.

Walking tour
Nigel of Bermondsey leads NQW on a tour of Southwark and the City, visiting the Crossbones graveyard…a TfL car park that hides a morbid secret. The pair then move on to Borough Market, London Bridge, the Tower of London, Monument and the Bank of England. Expect spooks, folklore and…chickens.

Things to do in London
NQW rounds up the latest shows, exhibitions and other happenings around town.

Remember, you can subscribe to Londonist Out Loud via iTunes or RSS.