Episodes

Trailer introducing new podcast TimeTable London - the podcast for lovers of London crafted by lovers of London Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this first episode Tam, Geoff and guest host Jess chat with author Mark Mason about his book Walk the Lines, Sir Isaac Newton, people watching, the origins of London’s coffee houses and pubs, the lost sights and smells of London, the Krays, how to measure the speed of sound, Harry Beck's tube map...

In this second episode of TimeTable London hosts Tam and Geoff along with guest host Jess meet Londonist editor-at-large Matt Brown in the Sherlock Holmes pub where, amongst the topics explored over a pint or two, are Sherlock Holmes (natch), map maker John Rocque, 18th-century London, the purpose o...

Coming to you from the Edgar Wallace pub in Essex Street near Middle Temple special guest and top tour guide Katie Wignall (Look Up London) holds Tam, Geoff and Jess spellbound with tales of tunnels, trains and TVPs (you’ll have to listen to find out what they are), the terrors of the Blue Badge Gui...

Join us for this new edition of TimeTable London when we go to the Old Dr Butler’s Head in Masons Avenue in the City of London to meet Laura Miller, Clerk to the Chamberlain’s Court, who will be telling us all about the Freedom of the City of London, how to become one, what it involves and, of cours...

Expect plenty of name dropping when Tam and Geoff chat with Henry Williams, formerly of the Evening Standard’s Londoner’s Diary, along with some serious fact dropping as we welcome back No 1 guest Mark Mason.. do you know what the City’s earliest known financial transaction was? Hosted on Acast. See...

Our special guest for this episode is the 695th Lord Mayor of London, Professor Michael Mainelli, who gives us a fascinating insight into the history and workings of the City of London - and why he is an enthusiastic flaneur.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this very pubby themed episode Tam and Geoff are joined by Clare Button who, amongst her many talents and occupations, is a pub tour guide and who gives us invaluable insights into some of London's most historic pubs and their famous clients, ghosts, William Shakespeare, Polly the Parrot and much...

In this rather special episode Tam and Geoff and the team travel way outside their comfort zone to the wilds of Romford to meet top London cabbie David Styles, who teaches them about the perils of being a zookeeper’s son, how to succeed at the Knowledge, what to do with a drunk in the back of your c...