Folk Olympics: Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Ships, Bones & Bad Breath
The story of Brunel’s cursed ship, and a cracking song about it, too.
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Folk Olympics: Eliza Marchpane, Mozart, Vol Au Vents And The Wapping Streets
Another unusual tale from the East End, turned into song.
Folk Olympics: John Newton, Goebbels, Star Trek & The Slave Trade
Meet the Eastender who composed one of the world’s great songs, traded slaves, then helped abolish slavery.
Folk Olympics: Emmanuel Swedenborg, Veruca Socks And Heavenly Secrets
Tales from the Olympic boroughs – this week, a Swedish mystic who predicted his own death.
Folk Olympics: Morris ‘Two-Guns’ Cohen
The unlikely story of the east-ender who ended up serving as a bodyguard in China.
Folk Olympics: Jamrach’s Menagerie, Rhinos & The Ratcliffe Highway
The day a tiger escaped into the East End.
Folk Olympics: Angela Burdett-Coutts, Queen Of The East End Poor
Celebrating the Olympic boroughs in video and song.
Folk Olympics: Charlie Brown, Uncrowned King Of Limehouse
A boxer, a pub and a two-headed calf in Limehouse.
