Welcome to SideStreets
A podcast about the history and geography of London
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Hi there!
I’m Alan Hertz, Professor of Humanities at Hult International Business School. I was American once, and still have the accent, but I have been prowling London and teaching its past for over 40 years.
SideStreets will not attempt a narrative history of London. It will instead focus on out-of-the-way places, meet little-known people, and tell 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. I hope -- to quote William Blake, one of the greatest of all Londoners -- to “see a World in a Grain of Sand”. So I won’t try to map the beach, but I will try to focus on significant grains…
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Alleyways are stories for Patreons which branch out from a SideStreets episode. It is for you who feel like you want a little more once the SideStreets episode is over.
Moreover, besides the Alleyways, at our Patreon page you will also be able to enjoy extra video content, connect with Alan directly through weekly posts and indulge in the fascinating London history together with other history lovers.
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