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London by Lockdown
A podcast about falling in love with a new city in the middle of a pandemic; remaining curious and open in strange and chaotic times; and about making it work.
Episodes
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#16: Leaving London
My images of London are illusions. In this episode, hear about why we left, how we left, our last two London adventures, and the toll London took on Craig’s mental health.
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Bonus Episode: More From the Migration Museum
Hear about Shona’s da’s story; learn about the highland clearances, the 10-pound poms, and how people fashion intimate connections and meaning in countries far from their place of birth; and travel through 400 years of UK Departures and Arrivals. (Two years ago today, the UK locked down.) Dear...
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#15: NOT the British Museum
A fete in a cemetery, a tiny underground mail train, and a museum in a shopping centre. Come and celebrate everything that’s NOT the British Museum. ************************** Nunhead Cemetery Open Day Bug hunts, whittling workshops, crypt tours, a petting zoo, ice cream — a ‘typical’ open day....
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NQRFU — Travel
The idea of travel brings with it the promise of exotic places filled with interesting people... But that’s for those who are able to come and go as they please. For many, ‘travel’ has been ‘not quite right’ for centuries, bringing conquest, oppression, inequality and disaster.
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NQRFU — Love
Love touches us all at some point — from dependable familial bonds to the warm comfort of childhood pets, from the heady perfume of romance to the cherished appreciation of community, culture, country. The physical and emotional connections transcend barriers, cross generations and borders. And...
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#14: The Scoop
A series of hard-hitting tidbits about London life, including an insight into the cultural icon that is Henry Hoover.
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#13: Drawing a Better Map
As a community and a nation we can’t know where we are, where we’re going, or where we could be if our map is faulty, incomplete or badly drawn. We also miss out on great stories. In this episode authors Jacqueline Roy, SI Martin and Nicola Williams expertly guide us through Britain’s past and...
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#12: “The Day Our Lives Changed Forever”
This episode looks at Aboriginal resistance and activism in London and England — as told by First Nations people. As non-Indigenous people born on the Australian continent, Craig acknowledges he was born on Ngunnawal Country, and Shona acknowledges she was born on the land of the Kulin Nation.
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Bonus Episode: Xmas In Merimbula
As a special gift for getting through 2020 (such a hard year), we share one of our all time fav pieces of radio (a holiday classic): ‘Xmas in Merimbula’ by Kayla (then aged 8).
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#11: Poly Styrene: (in)disposable punk
When a 1979 BBC documentary titled "Who is Poly Styrene?" introduces us to the punk singer’s work, we become utterly fascinated. Poly Styrene was the first woman of colour in the UK to front a successful rock band.
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A podcast about falling in love with a new city in the middle of a pandemic; remaining curious and open in strange and chaotic times; and about making it work.
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