Yesterday's London Times

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Scavenging through the layers of London's delightfully peculiar history...

Recent Episodes
  • Knitted Together: Crafting in London and Beyond
    Jan 10, 2025 – 01:14:04
  • Beyond Sherlock: A Deeper Dive into Scotland Yard
    Dec 13, 2024 – 01:16:48
  • Deathly Dungeons: Tudors Haunt the Tower
    Oct 18, 2024 – 57:16
  • “Mr. Alucard, I Presume?” : Vampires in London
    Sep 27, 2024 – 59:25
  • The Olympics and London: Historic Symbiosis
    Sep 13, 2024 – 01:31:45
  • Our Third Anniversary, and a Summer Romp
    Aug 9, 2024 – 59:17
  • In and Out of Luck in London: Three Stops, Three Stories
    Jun 21, 2024 – 01:05:55
  • A Wild World: Underground Life
    May 31, 2024 – 01:15:58
  • Hiding in City Centre: The Cheapside Hoard
    May 3, 2024 – 57:23
  • Delight and Surprise: Super Fans of the London Underground
    Mar 8, 2024 – 01:09:53
  • Roll Up, Roll Up! It’s the 2024 YLT Underground Mystery Tour!
    Feb 15, 2024 – 01:02:51
  • Scheherazade of the 20th Century: Barbara Cartland
    Feb 2, 2024 – 01:11:20
  • Please Look After These Bears: Pooh, Paddington, and More Bears of London
    Jan 19, 2024 – 01:06:35
  • Boxing Day 2023
    Dec 25, 2023 – 01:24:42
  • Frumenty, Mummers, Malmsey, and More: A Tudor Christmas
    Dec 15, 2023 – 01:04:57
  • An Incomparable Life: Revisiting Lee Miller
    Nov 29, 2023 – 01:51:38
  • Celebrating a British Cultural Phenomenon: Doctor Who Turns 60!
    Nov 10, 2023 – 02:10:44
  • Don't Dream It, Be It: Rocky Horror, from London Stage to Cult Classic
    Oct 27, 2023 – 01:10:21
  • The 1660s: Decade of the Beast?
    Sep 22, 2023 – 01:29:05
  • The Bayeux Tapestry: A Graphic Novel of 1066
    Sep 8, 2023 – 01:08:04
  • The Medieval Pilgrimage Summer Road Trip Adventure
    Jul 21, 2023 – 01:02:02
  • Our True Intent Is All For Your Delight: Butlin’s & Seaside Resort Culture
    Jul 7, 2023 – 01:17:31
  • PRIDE : Gay's the Word
    Jun 23, 2023 – 57:14
  • London Superlatives: A Yearbook
    May 12, 2023 – 01:24:06
  • The Catastrophic Coronations: Drama Through the Ages
    Apr 28, 2023 – 01:06:55
  • Notorious Women: The Complicated Lives of a Duchess and a Professional Shoplifter
    Apr 14, 2023 – 01:21:54
  • "That's the Way to Do It!" - Or Is It?: Punch and Judy
    Mar 31, 2023 – 01:08:55
  • You Either See It or You Don't: The London of Dennis Severs
    Mar 17, 2023 – 01:04:15
  • The Guy Who Wanted It All: Burgess of the Cambridge Spy Ring
    Mar 3, 2023 – 01:35:00
  • The Detection Club: Dark Rituals in a Golden Age PLUS Agatha's London
    Feb 10, 2023 – 58:14
  • Quant and Sassoon in Swinging London: Literally MAKING the Scene
    Jan 20, 2023 – 01:29:45
  • London Emerges Swinging
    Jan 6, 2023 – 01:11:09
  • Boxing Day 2022: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
    Dec 25, 2022 – 01:19:25
  • Pea Soup, Anyone?: The Great Fog of London
    Dec 9, 2022 – 01:10:56
  • Black Victorian Lives
    Nov 25, 2022 – 01:48:54
  • A Corpse Reviver and Other Spirits: The Supernatural Victorians
    Oct 28, 2022 – 01:21:25
  • The Terror of London: Spring Heeled Jack
    Oct 14, 2022 – 59:51
  • Victorians, Social Clubs & Drag Kings, Oh My!: PLUS, Looking at the Past, Present, and Future of YLT
    Aug 19, 2022 – 01:17:36
  • To Drink or Not to Drink? Spirits and Temperance in Victorian London
    Aug 6, 2022 – 01:10:23
  • One Shilling Buys You the World: Let's Go to the Great Exhibition 1851
    Jul 23, 2022 – 01:06:14
  • From Medieval to Modern: The London Summer of 1858
    Jul 9, 2022 – 01:25:01
  • The Plant Hunters
    Jul 2, 2022 – 57:27
  • Exotica Mania: a Victorian Plant Craze
    Jun 25, 2022 – 01:09:40
  • Deadly Water: The Victorian London Cholera Epidemic
    Jun 11, 2022 – 01:22:56
  • Chim-Chim-Cher-NO: The Iconic Victorian Chimney Sweep
    May 28, 2022 – 58:24
  • Welcome to VICTORIAN LONDON: Would You Rather...?
    May 14, 2022 – 01:25:31
  • EXTRA: Fun and Games with the Queen's Platinum Jubilee
    Apr 30, 2022 – 01:03:55
  • Persistence: Takin' It to the Streets (Protein Man) and Underground (Charles Pearson)
    Apr 16, 2022 – 01:16:10
  • Terrible and Glorious Years: Lilibet's Awakening
    Apr 2, 2022 – 01:20:00
  • But the Chap is One of Us! The Privilege That Enabled the Treachery of Kim Philby
    Mar 19, 2022 – 01:31:22
Recent Reviews
  • Appfail1
    Well worth it
    This podcast is entertaining, educational and delivered in a relaxed conversational manner. Research about London is in depth and always interesting.
  • Nickiwill ❤️
    Love it!
    The perfect blend of history, mystery, entertainment, and fun. Jen and Mares feel like old friends. Cheers!
  • PreparedToBeMocked
    Entertaining, Upbeat and AMAZING
    This podcast is amazing and wonderful I love listening to it and hope it never stops! Thank you for putting out this wonderful content!
  • fictionworks19
    If you like London…
    If you are a Londoner or an outside Anglophile, this show is easy to listen to, and has fun stories about the world famous city that anyone should enjoy. I for one am excited to hear more.
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