# Hampstead Heath
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hampstead heath is an ancient heath in London, spanning 320 hectares (790 acres). This grassy public space sits astride a sandy ridge, one of the highest points in London, running from Hampstead to Highgate, which rests on a band of London Clay. The heath is rambling and hilly, embracing ponds, recent and ancient woodlands, a lido, playgrounds, and a training track, and it adjoins the former stately home of Kenwood House and its estate.
Looking Back At The Weekend And Ahead To October
Paul and Rob usher in October on Hampstead Heath. Featuring inappropriate partial nudity, a literary event and some Yorkshire running for Paul, a GP with a secret to share, a rash of ridiculous runs for Rob, changing with age - or not - gig report, Julia's first parkrun - and what that showed Rob -…
#61. Peter Clossick ~ Figurative Expressionist Painter
Peter Clossick is one of those painters who found the direction of their art early on, a revelatory moment on Hampstead Heath one evening after a day drawing in a shoe design studio in Mayfair, when "looking at a tree and feeling the world, grass, people, the wind, I knew I could draw it as I desig…
The Knock on the Door that Changed English Poetry
The young John Keats, a cottage on Hampstead Heath, and the remarkable Leigh Hunt, the poet, journalist and troublemaker who opened his door to some of the greatest literary talents of the age.
Frances
In today’s episode of Escape to Hampstead Heath, we feature musical guest Frances, who relocated to Gospel Oak more than 55 years ago from South London. When not performing the violin with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Frances enjoyed walking her dog and playing tennis on the Heath. Frances also shar…
764. Roger Linden
Roger Linden’s spiritual search began with a brief glimpse at age six and reading J. Krishnamurti as a teenager on Hampstead Heath. After decades of meditation, teaching Transcendental Meditation, and encounters with Jean Klein and Tony Parsons, a walk on the Heath in 1999 brought a recognition tha…
London Tube - Going Underground Without Getting Lost Overground
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Planning to use the London Tube? There’s one thing you need to know before you go underground.
The Tube map is a map of trains. It is not a map of London.
Expat Andy learned that lesson the hard way when a perfectly sensible-looking journey from Notting Hill Gate to Hamp…
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It was the night she almost died.Jane Trevally, newly divorced and feeling a little lost, agrees to accompany a man she doesn't know to his house in the darkest corner of Hamps…
Ian Edgar on Hits & Appeal
Ian Edgar is a strategic creative consultant who advises Netflix, Spotify, Snowball and People Inc. Previously he was Vice President of Creative Strategy and Video Programming at Condé Nast for seven years, where he devised the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and Bon Appétit’s Gourmet Makes. Before th…
Andrew
In this episode of Escape to Hampstead Heath, we have a fascinating guest – Andrew, who loves the vastness and variety of the landscape on the Heath. He enjoys nothing better than exploring the Heath, so much so – he has researched the Heath for a book ‘Curious Hampstead Heath'. The journalist and …
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