SideStreets Podcast

Alan Hertz
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SideStreets is a podcast about the history and geography of London. SideStreets will not attempt a narrative history of London. It will instead focus on out-of-the-way places, little-known people, and good stories. It will use them, I hope, to illustrate important patterns and principles in that history and maybe even in the history of all cities. Enjoy extra exclusive additions to the regular episodes by supporting us on Patreon.

  1. The Bacchante, Emma Hamilton Part 2

    JAN 20

    The Bacchante, Emma Hamilton Part 2

    We continue the story of Emma Hamilton in this episode — she becomes even more famous, even more influential, even more powerful, then things go horribly, disastrously wrong . . . Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

    24 min
  2. SideStreets Christmas Special 2025 - A grave Christmas

    12/23/2025

    SideStreets Christmas Special 2025 - A grave Christmas

    To celebrate the holidays, we dig up some old alleyways about graves and memorials. You'll encounter missing teeth, plastic swans, a stone tent, and a faithful companion. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

    16 min
  3. SideStreets S3E11: Emma Hamilton Part 1 — the Bacchante

    12/23/2025

    SideStreets S3E11: Emma Hamilton Part 1 — the Bacchante

    Over the next two episodes we look at the life and work of one of England's most underrated cultural figures: Emma Hamilton. Watch her create a style, an artform, a freeing revolution, then watch her life disintegrate into exile, poverty, and premature death.

    24 min
  4. SideStreets S3E10 - The Damp Darkness of Paris Gardens

    10/27/2025

    SideStreets S3E10 - The Damp Darkness of Paris Gardens

    This month, we wade and scramble from the Swan Theatre, where Queen Elizabeth I was dangerously satirized, to Holland's Leaguer, where her successor James I went for a disreputable good time. Then we speculate a bit about what happened to all these edgy amusements. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

    17 min
  5. SideStreets S3E9 - From the Clink to the Cardinal's Cap

    09/22/2025

    SideStreets S3E9 - From the Clink to the Cardinal's Cap

    Come with me in this episode as I make my way through the wildest part of Shakespeare's Bankside. We will meet Winchester Geese, apes on horseback, the first billboards, and rap battles between competing preachers. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

    21 min
  6. SideStreets S3E8 - A Walk through Shakespeare's Southwark

    08/26/2025

    SideStreets S3E8 - A Walk through Shakespeare's Southwark

    Come with me as we brave the crowds and the confusion to visit the neighborhood Shakespeare would have known. There's so much to see that we will need at least two episodes! Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

    20 min
  7. SideStreets S3E7 - Nothing is to be seen upon the river

    07/16/2025

    SideStreets S3E7 - Nothing is to be seen upon the river

    Meet Patrick Colquhoun, slave-trader, wartime profiteer, founder of the Thames River Police. As much as anyone, he created modern London. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

    19 min
  8. SideStreets S3E6 - Taming the Thames

    06/12/2025

    SideStreets S3E6 - Taming the Thames

    This episode considers London's changing relationship with the rivers flowing through it, paying particular attention to the attempt to make the Fleet River respectable after the Great Fire. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

    20 min
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SideStreets is a podcast about the history and geography of London. SideStreets will not attempt a narrative history of London. It will instead focus on out-of-the-way places, little-known people, and good stories. It will use them, I hope, to illustrate important patterns and principles in that history and maybe even in the history of all cities. Enjoy extra exclusive additions to the regular episodes by supporting us on Patreon.

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  • Creator
    Alan Hertz
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    37
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    Black Lab Media AB © 2025
  • Show Website
    SideStreets Podcast