Christopher Winn’s I Never Knew That

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

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.---------Sound Credits

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?---------Sound Credits

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.---------Sound Credits

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 Palacehttps://www.hrp.org.uk/kensington-palace/history-and-stories/the-story-of-kensington-palace/#gs.0q6qt3College Garden, Westminster Abbeyhttps://www.westminster-abbey.org/corporate-hospitality/venues/college-garden-summer-seasonBrook Street W1https://handelhendrix.org---------Music CreditsPond5Sound EffectsPond5 / SoundBibleOther Sound Credits

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.ukKing’s College Chapel  https://www.visitcambridge.orgHolkham Hall, Norfolk  https://www.holkham.co.ukGainsborough’s House, Sudbury  http://www.gainsborough.orgBradwell-on-Sea, Essex  https://www.visitessex.com---------Music CreditsMusic by Pond5Sound EffectsPond5SoundBibleOther Sound Credits

In this special episode Christopher tells the story of how St George came to be the patron saint of England, and visits some of the places in England most associated with him.Places to See:Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) Palace of WestminsterSt George’s Chapel, WindsorDragon Hill, Uffington White Horse, near Wantage, Oxfordshire.St Botolph’s, Hardham, West SussexSt George’s, Fordington, Dorchester, DorsetAll Saints, Little Kimble, BuckinghamshireSt Peter’s, Barton, CambridgeshireSt Botolph’s, Banningham, NorfolkSt Catherine’s, Fritton, NorfolkSt Mary’s, Troston, SuffolkSt Lawrence’s, Broughton, BuckinghamshireSt Gregory’s, Norwich---Music and Sound EffectsPurchased under licence from Pond5

In this episode Christopher visits the northern capital of the Roman empire, the scene of the naval battle that secured American independence, the village where man first flew, and the setting for the world’s first moving pictures.Places to visit:York https://www.visityork.org/explore/yorks-city-walls-p1188501Flamborough Headhttps://www.yorkshire.com/places/yorkshire-coast/flamboroughLeedshttps://www.visitleeds.co.uk---------Sound Credits

In this episode Christopher visits the only mainland community in Britain to be cut off by the daily tides, in Lancashire, a lakeland castle where all is yellow, the Georgian port in Cumberland that inspired New York, the home of one of England’s great heroines in Northumberland and the oldest railway bridge in the world in County Durham.Places to visit:Lowther Castle  https://lowthercastle.orgWhitehaven  https://www.visitcumbria.com/wc/whitehaven/Bamburgh  https://www.bamburgh.org.ukCausey Arch https://www.thisisdurham.com/things-to-do/causey-arch-and-picnic-area-p21641---------Sound Credits