On the Record: 700 years of the Thames
From frozen festivals to royal polar bears, from wartime recovery to medieval merchants this episode of our podcast explores extraordinary stories of the river.
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In our next episode of our podcast, we explore three very different stories – each revealing how central the River Thames has been to London’s history.
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