For more than fifty years Iain Sinclair has read London by walking it. In his London Walking Festival keynote, recorded at the University of Westminster, he turns a single morning’s route from his Hackney door into a portrait of the whole city: its ghosts, its wildlife, its surveillance, and its small daily miracles.

What does it mean to walk in London? Not just as a way of getting from A to B, but as something political, ecological, historical, communal, and quietly radical? T

Michael Shilling sits down with David Harrison from Footways explore some of that rich history, from early pavements to extraordinary long-distance walkers and forgotten pilgrimage routes.

Transport for London has launched their Walking and Wheeling Action Plan. London’s Walking and Cycling Commissioner Will Norman sits down with Michael Shilling for a Do London Differently Podcast, London Walking Festival Special.

The Natural Way is a new walking route inspired by Europe’s ancient pilgrimage trails, weaving through the streets, canals and green spaces of Westbourne, Queen’s Park and Harrow Road.

A National Walking Month special, Michael Shilling sits down with Catherine Woodhead, CEO of Living Streets, and Emma Griffin, co-founder of Footways.

London Rivers Week is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and to mark the occasion we sat down with Liz Gyekye, Communications Manager at Thames 21, to talk about the festival, the state of London’s rivers, and why getting involved matters more than ever.

In this episode of the Do London Differently podcast, host Michael Shilling catches up with Scott Oughton-Johnson, founder of The Proper Blokes Club, a walk-and-talk community for men’s mental health that now runs around 25 to 30 walks a week across 12 London boroughs.