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.

https://bit.ly/WebLDNbyLockdown

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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 17 hours 40 minutes

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episode 16: Leaving London


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. If you go to England, you bound to turn mad — Olive Senior ‘I’m quite alright with that’ (Not Quite Right For Us)   My images of London are illusions. My two years in London was a mess from go to whoa...


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 July 7, 2022  57m
 
 

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 Migration Museum, Hope you’re well. Just a note to let you know that I loved volunteering with you and it was really important to me...


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 March 24, 2022  12m
 
 

Bonus Episode: More from the Migration Museum


Hear about Shona’s da’s story; learn about the highland clearences, 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.   **************************   Dear Migration Museum, Hope you’re well. Just a note to let you know that I loved volunteering with you and it was really important to me...


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 March 24, 2022  12m
 
 

episode 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. It’s spring and there’s still a chill to the air, but after months of lockdown we’re enjoying being outside...


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 February 21, 2022  25m
 
 

episode 15: #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. It’s spring and there’s still a chill to the air, but after months of lockdown we’re enjoying being outside...


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 February 21, 2022  25m
 
 

NQRFU — Travel


The idea of travel brings with it the promise of exotic places filled with interesting people, and images of glittering beaches and crystal clear water, or adventure, relaxation, or even a family holiday. But that’s for those who are able to come and go as they please: one person’s exploration is another’s exploitation...


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 October 11, 2021  24m
 
 

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 yet, love can sometimes be ‘not quite right’, taking where it should be giving, causing destruction — even as we still love...


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 June 30, 2021  21m
 
 

# 14: The Scoop


A series of hard-hitting tidbits about London lif…


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 April 23, 2021  15m
 
 

#14: The Scoop


A series of hard-hitting tidbits about London life, including an insight into the cultural icon that is Henry Hoover. ************************** The pandemic isn’t linear or coherent. I started writing an article about my claustrophobic thoughts about an unknown lockdown. A city that once paid no attention is now all ears, in the wake of sirens marking time — as the only time stamp they move through the streets faster than anything else...


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 April 23, 2021  15m
 
 

episode 14: The Scoop


A series of hard-hitting tidbits about London life, including an insight into the cultural icon that is Henry Hoover. ************************** The pandemic isn’t linear or coherent. I started writing an article about my claustrophobic thoughts about an unknown lockdown. A city that once paid no attention is now all ears, in the wake of sirens marking time — as the only time stamp they move through the streets faster than anything else...


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 April 23, 2021  15m