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The Guardian Dickens walk five: Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2012 37:05


Follow a tour around the house where Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth 200 years ago

Dickens audio tour: Heart of the City

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2012 70:30


Follow a walking route around the City of London to see key sites from Dickens' novels. Starting at St Mary-at-Hill and ending at St Paul's Cathedral

Dickens audio tour: David Copperfield

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2011 30:33


Follow a walking route around key sites from the London of David Copperfield, Charles Dickens's most autobiographical novel. Starting at Victoria Embankment and ending near Covent Garden

The Guardian Dickens audio tours: Rochester

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2011 62:44


Download the mp3 and map. Follow a walking route through Rochester, charting the course of Charles Dickens life, in the second of three audio tours marking the Books Season

The Guardian Dickens audio tours: Oliver Twist

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2011 59:26


Download the mp3 and map follow Oliver Twist's walking route with Jon Henley and Veronica Horwell from Angel Islington to the courthouse of Mr Fang the magistrate in Clerkenwell

London walks podcast: Poetry and literature in Kensington Gardens

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2011 36:43


The Guardian's online books editor Sarah Crown strolls through Kensington Gardens, an enduring source of inspiration for authors and poets

London walks podcast: Islington's pub theatres

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2011 37:34


The Guardian's online arts editor Andrew Dickson walks us through London's vibrant fringe theatre scene, where the likes of Hugh Grant and the Mighty Boosh cut their teeth

London walks podcast: Ghostly Bermondsey

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2011 40:48


The fourth in our series of six downloadable London walks takes us to Bermondsey, an area rich with history, and full of legends and superstitions

London walks podcast: Oxford Circus

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2010 40:21


The third of our series of six downloadable London walking guides sees architecture critic Jonathan Glancey looking beyond the shop windows around Oxford Street

London walks podcast: Coffee house tour

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2010 31:37


Coffee connoisseur Matt Green walks us through the coffee houses of London, from the atmospheric 17th-century to the present day, from Covent Garden to Soho

London walks podcast: Iain Sinclair's Thames

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2010 35:11


In the first of six downloadable London walking guides sponsored by Visit London, Iain Sinclair discovers characters and stories from the Millennium Dome to the Thames barrier

Sound map: the Caledonian road

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2010 40:28


Award winning broadcaster and oral historian Alan Dein walks us down the Caledonian Road, telling the story of the north London street through the voices of the people who live and work on it

City Guides podcast: Paris 1968 walking tour

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2008 73:43


Agnes Poirier marks the anniversary of the 1968 student protests in Paris with this podcast tour

Take me out: Glasgow music tour

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2007 4:31


Glasgow's Franz Ferdinand take you on a tour of the city's music venues

Reykjavik with the band

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2007 4:45


President Bongo from GusGus and Gunni from Mum talk Icelandic haggis, prison food and home improvements with Benji Lanyado.

Pou du Fou theme park, France

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2007 10:23


Tim Maby and family visit an unusual theme park in north-west France, where they find no rides or rollercoasters but live battles, fireworks and beautiful scenery.

Summer in the city: Stockholm

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2007 13:44


Georgia Brown takes you on a summer tour of the Swedish capital, from the city sights to the tranquil green spaces of its archipelago.

Summer in the city: Lisbon

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2007 17:04


Anna Pickard takes you on a walking tour of the Portuguese capital.

Summer in the city: Dubrovnik

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2007 21:15


Chris Alden takes you on a tour of Croatia's historic city of Dubrovnik and escapes to its tranquil outlying islands.

Liverpool's music scene

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2007 10:48


Benji Lanyado takes a trip around Liverpool's musical landmarks. Danny from Ladytron and Pete Wylie join him.

My Home Town: Mark Radcliffe's Manchester

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2007 16:46


In the fourth of our exclusive free podcasts, DJ Mark Radcliffe takes us on a personal tour of his home town of Manchester.

The business of travel: New York

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2007 15:04


Got business in the Big Apple? Download our free audio guide and get the most out of your visit.

The Business of travel: Geneva

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2007 14:56


Get the most of any business trip to Geneva with Charlotte Moore's audio guide.

The business of travel: Paris

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2007 13:00


Download Chris Alden's free guide to making the most of a business trip to Paris.

My Home Town: Ian Rankin's Edinburgh

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2007 15:19


In the third of our exclusive free podcasts, author Ian Rankin takes Sarah Crown on a personal tour of his home town.

The business of travel: London

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2007 14:46


Your guide to making the most of a business trip to London, by Chris Alden.

My Home Town: Steve Bell's Brighton

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2006 13:03


In the second of our exclusive free podcasts, Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell takes us on a personal tour of his home town of Brighton.

My Home Town: Roger McGough on Liverpool

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2006 14:26


Guardian Unlimited's Ian Griffiths joins one of Liverpool's most famous residents, the poet Roger McGough, on a journey around his favourite city.

Gwyn Topham experiences life in the trenches

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2006 4:13


For one night, Guardian Unlimited's Travel editor joins members of the Wiltshire historical society reenacting a week of trench life, during the battle of the Somme.

Sounds of the City: Granada

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2006 22:28


Sally Bolton guides you around the awe-inspiring Spanish city of Granada.

Sounds of the City: Nice

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2006 23:31


Anna Pickard basks on the beach during a sunny weekend in Nice.

Sounds of the City: Valencia

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2006 25:38


Jim Whyte takes you on a cracking tour of Valencia, during the Las Fallas festival.

Sounds Of The City: Marseille

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2006 25:38


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Sounds of the City: Rome guide

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2006 25:42


Jim Whyte guides you around a weekend in Rome in our latest podcast city guide.

Sounds of the City: Athens

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2006 24:10


Chris Alden provides a guide to Athens in the first of a series of audio city guides from Guardian Unlimited

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