Christopher Winn’s I Never Knew That Christopher Winn

In this special show we discuss London and Christmas: With Christopher Winn, author of I Never Knew That about London, Mark Mason, author of Walk the Lines, Mike Paterson, founder of London Historians and Footprints of London guide Rob Smith
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In this episode Christopher explores the beginnings of Scotland’s largest city, Glasgow, travels south into Lanarkshire to experience the world’s longest echo, then north west across the Clyde to Scotland’s most ancient capital before finishing back in Glasgow to find out where English comics went to die.


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In this episode Christopher visits more of Southern Scotland taking in a pink palace that was once the only place in the world where you could see a Rembrandt, a Holbein and a da Vinci simultaneously, a loch where history was made, the romantic abbey where the world’s first sweetheart lies, the modest birthplace of Scotland’s national poet and the only place in Britain visited by the King - or was it?


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In this episode Christopher visits Southern Scotland, travelling first along the River Tweed in the Border country, taking in the baronial home of Scotland’s most famous novelist, two beautiful ruined abbeys with stories to tell and the world’s first vehicular suspension bridge, and then taking a ride to Glasgow on the world’s first pedal bike.


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In this episode, Christopher explores London taking in the capital’s first - and best - man made viewpoint, the room where a shy 18 year old girl became a Queen, an ancient secret garden, a house shared by two of the world’s greatest musicians, and a green museum at the gates a palace.

Places to visit:
The Red Saloon, Kensington Palace
https://www.hrp.org.uk/kensington-palace/history-and-stories/the-story-of-kensington-palace/#gs.0q6qt3
College Garden, Westminster Abbey
https://www.westminster-abbey.org/corporate-hospitality/venues/college-garden-summer-season
Brook Street W1
https://handelhendrix.org

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In this episode Christopher visits the Lincolnshire Wolds of Alfred Lord Tennyson, the most beautiful building in the world in Cambridgeshire, an Englishman’s castle in Norfolk, the England we dream of in Suffolk and a cathedral on the edge of the world in Essex.

Places to visit:
Lincolnshire Wolds https://www.lincswolds.org.uk
King’s College Chapel  https://www.visitcambridge.org
Holkham Hall, Norfolk  https://www.holkham.co.uk
Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury  http://www.gainsborough.org
Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex  https://www.visitessex.com

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