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Inside guides and information on the hottest places to go from the Guardian
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Episodes
The Guardian Dickens walk five: Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum
2/7/2012
Follow a tour around the house where Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth 200 years ago
Duration:00:37:05
Dickens audio tour: Heart of the City
1/2/2012
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
Duration:01:10:30
Dickens audio tour: David Copperfield
11/24/2011
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
Duration:00:30:33
The Guardian Dickens audio tours: Rochester
10/31/2011
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
Duration:01:02:43
The Guardian Dickens audio tours: Oliver Twist
9/23/2011
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
Duration:01:55:34
London walks podcast: Poetry and literature in Kensington Gardens
2/23/2011
The Guardian's online books editor Sarah Crown strolls through Kensington Gardens, an enduring source of inspiration for authors and poets
Duration:00:36:43
London walks podcast: Islington's pub theatres
2/2/2011
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
Duration:00:37:35
London walks podcast: Ghostly Bermondsey
1/10/2011
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
Duration:00:40:48
London walks podcast: Oxford Circus
11/15/2010
The third of our series of six downloadable London walking guides sees architecture critic Jonathan Glancey looking beyond the shop windows around Oxford Street
Duration:00:40:21
London walks podcast: Coffee house tour
10/25/2010
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
Duration:00:31:36
London walks podcast: Iain Sinclair's Thames
10/8/2010
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
Duration:00:35:06
Sound map: the Caledonian road
4/30/2010
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
Duration:00:40:28
City Guides podcast: Paris 1968 walking tour
4/15/2008
Agnes Poirier marks the anniversary of the 1968 student protests in Paris with this podcast tour
Duration:01:13:39
Take me out: Glasgow music tour
12/12/2007
Glasgow's Franz Ferdinand take you on a tour of the city's music venues
Duration:00:04:30
Reykjavik with the band
9/28/2007
President Bongo from GusGus and Gunni from Mum talk Icelandic haggis, prison food and home improvements with Benji Lanyado.
Duration:00:04:45
Pou du Fou theme park, France
8/20/2007
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.
Duration:00:10:23
Summer in the city: Stockholm
6/20/2007
Georgia Brown takes you on a summer tour of the Swedish capital, from the city sights to the tranquil green spaces of its archipelago.
Duration:00:13:44
Summer in the city: Lisbon
6/13/2007
Anna Pickard takes you on a walking tour of the Portuguese capital.
Duration:00:17:07
Summer in the city: Dubrovnik
6/6/2007
Chris Alden takes you on a tour of Croatia's historic city of Dubrovnik and escapes to its tranquil outlying islands.
Duration:00:21:16
Liverpool's music scene
5/25/2007
Benji Lanyado takes a trip around Liverpool's musical landmarks. Danny from Ladytron and Pete Wylie join him.
Duration:00:10:48