London Undone

The London Undone ‘City of London Churches’ podcast series: A journey around the magnificent and many churches of the City of London. Learn about their histories, architecture, associations, features and their spiritual lives today.6. Alongside a busy City road stands a ruined Christopher Wren church with plants growing inside it. Listen and you’ll find that this is a church with a new and different mission. With thanks to Marion Blair from Friends of City Gardens and Tony Tucker from Friends of City Churches.

The London Undone ‘City of London Churches’ podcast series: A journey around the magnificent and many churches of the City of London. Learn about their histories, architecture, associations, features and their spiritual lives today.5. Another Christopher Wren church, St Margaret Pattens today is dwarfed by the tall buildings around it. Nevertheless its tall lead spire still pricks the City skyline and retains its elegance. Hear about its association with the death of Charles I, King and Martyr… and some submariners. Thanks to Church Watcher, Becky Banfield and Christopher Moore from the church.

The London Undone ‘City of London Churches’ podcast series: A journey around the magnificent and many churches of the City of London. Learn about their histories, architecture, associations, features and their spiritual lives today.4. The tower of St Magnus the Martyr contains 12 bells cast in the now defunct Whitechapel Bell Foundry. In this episode, the unusually named Ancient Society of College Youths tell us about the churches wobbling tower and the skills needed to ring them. With thanks to Henry, Ryan and Swaz from the Society.

The London Undone 'City of London Churches' podcast series: A journey around the magnificent and many churches of the City of London. Learn about their histories, architecture, associations, features and their spiritual lives today.2. This week we head to St Mary Woolnoth: austere on the outside, cosy on the inside. This is the only church in the City of London that is the work of Nicholas Hawksmoor.With thanks to Melina Herman from the Cosy Coffee Corner and Tony Tucker from Friends of City Churches and the author of The Visitors Guide to City of London Churches.

Before we get properly started with this series, here is an episode to give you some context. In this podcast you'll hear about the general history of the City of London churches and some useful background information on this subject which will help you appreciate and understand them a bit more.

The London Undone 'City of London Churches' podcast series: A journey around the magnificent and many churches of the City of London. Learn about their histories, architecture, associations, features and their spiritual lives today.1. This episode tells the story of All Hallows by the Tower. Is this the oldest church in the City of London? Hear about its many American connections and its strange ceremonies.With thanks to Adey Grummet at All Hallows by the Tower.

Fly back in time to Croydon Airport and the early days of air travel. Find out how those magnificent (wo)men in their flying machines truly did change our lives. Hear about the experience of early flight from the people that are keeping the site alive.

To find out about the extraordinary treasures contained within the new museum at Westminster Abbey, listen here.You may be surprised to learn that the museum is located in a part of the church that hasn't been open to the public before.  The space is as impressive as its contents which include the Liber Regalis and funeral effigies of many Kings and Queens buried inside.  To get to the Diamond Jubilee Galleries you have to climb a brand new tower in The Royal Church and when you get up there, the views are spectacular, inside and out.

When we think about the Royal Air Force we think about aeroplanes in the skies… think again! Deep underground the plotters and controllers of the Royal Air Force managed air operations during the Second World War. Let’s go down and meet WAAF plotter Helen who worked here during the war.

A shelter was built underneath Clapham South tube station during the Second World War to protect civilians from aerial bombardment. What was life like deep underground and what happened to the deep level tunnel after the war?

Buying fruit and vegetables in New Spitalfields Market is like taking a journey around the world...

How does London's largest wholesale fruit and vegetable market survive when the supermarkets have so much power?

What are the main challenges that face the owners and occupiers of the country's largest wholesale fruit and vegetable market - New Spitalfields?

An old man-made canal!

A place to discuss ethics, dance the salsa and for bees to make honey.

WS Gilbert's house in Harrow was as much a home for the great musical writer as his menagerie...

Bedford Park. What makes this one of London's most special suburbs? Listen to find out who built it and who lived in it.

Many of the thousands of people buried under this South London Hill are people you've heard of. Find out about one of the Magnificent Seven Victorian burial plots and find your way down some overgrown steps to the catacombs.

A husband and wife's paintings and pottery dazzles and colours the walls of this quiet little corner in Wandsworth. Meet the De Morgans.

Ding Dong! The bells made here will definitely ring a bell: Big Ben and the Liberty Bell to name just two. Find out who works in the country's oldest business and how the bells are made.