The Grey Soul of London
Robert Kingham
‘He who cannot find wonder, mystery, awe, the sense of a new world and an undiscovered realm in the places by the Gray’s Inn Road will never find those secrets elsewhere.’ – Arthur Machen
The Grey Soul of London is an audio guided tour. Robert Kingham takes a walk across the worn and hollowed stones of the Angel and Clerkenwell districts of London in search of places that inspired the writer Arthur Machen (1863-1947). This was originally a historical guided tour commissioned for the Museum of London’s Urban Myths season in 2011.
The Grey Soul of London has now been rewritten and expanded for 2023, with incidental music by Rich Cochrane. Everything you need in terms of directions and instructions is contained within the audio narrative, so you can just listen and walk. If you want, you can also find a map of the walk online at minimumlabyrinth.org, plus a picture gallery illustrating some of the people, places and events mentioned.
‘It is a district both devious and obscure, and I suppose that its twisting streets and unexpected squares of dusty trees will all come to ruin before they are intelligently explored.’ – Arthur Machen
Duration - 3h 9m.
Author - Robert Kingham.
Narrator - Robert Kingham.
Published Date - Saturday, 07 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2023 Robert Kingham ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
‘He who cannot find wonder, mystery, awe, the sense of a new world and an undiscovered realm in the places by the Gray’s Inn Road will never find those secrets elsewhere.’ – Arthur Machen The Grey Soul of London is an audio guided tour. Robert Kingham takes a walk across the worn and hollowed stones of the Angel and Clerkenwell districts of London in search of places that inspired the writer Arthur Machen (1863-1947). This was originally a historical guided tour commissioned for the Museum of London’s Urban Myths season in 2011. The Grey Soul of London has now been rewritten and expanded for 2023, with incidental music by Rich Cochrane. Everything you need in terms of directions and instructions is contained within the audio narrative, so you can just listen and walk. If you want, you can also find a map of the walk online at minimumlabyrinth.org, plus a picture gallery illustrating some of the people, places and events mentioned. ‘It is a district both devious and obscure, and I suppose that its twisting streets and unexpected squares of dusty trees will all come to ruin before they are intelligently explored.’ – Arthur Machen Duration - 3h 9m. Author - Robert Kingham. Narrator - Robert Kingham. Published Date - Saturday, 07 January 2023. Copyright - © 2023 Robert Kingham ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:14
Instructions
Duration:00:05:38
Leg 1: Angel Station to The Angel Building
Duration:00:09:20
Leg 2: The Angel Building to Chadwell Street
Duration:00:01:47
Leg 3: Chadwell Street to Sadler’s Wells
Duration:00:03:00
Interlude 4: Sadler’s Wells
Duration:00:11:30
Leg 5: The Shakespeares Head and Myddleton Passage
Duration:00:03:19
Leg 6: Sadler’s Wells to the angel of peace and victory
Duration:00:08:59
Leg 7: The angel of peace and victory to Finsbury Town Hall
Duration:00:03:30
Leg 8: Finsbury Town Hall to Myddleton Street
Duration:00:02:31
Leg 9: Myddleton Street to Rosoman Street
Duration:00:00:54
Leg 10: The London Spa to 46 Exmouth Market
Duration:00:03:40
Leg 11: 46 Exmouth Market to Spa Fields Lane
Duration:00:00:51
Leg 12: Spa Fields Lane
Duration:00:01:31
Leg 13: Our Most Holy Redeemer Clerkenwell Church
Duration:00:03:03
Leg 14: Banksy’s cashpoint
Duration:00:02:26
Leg 15: Farringdon Road to Hockley-in-the-Hole
Duration:00:08:40
Leg 16: The Coach
Duration:00:01:40
Interlude 17: The River Fleet and Hockley-in-the-Hole
Duration:00:10:27
Leg 18: Warner Street
Duration:00:06:16
Leg 19: Cold Bath Fields Prison
Duration:00:04:00
Leg 20: Mail Rail
Duration:00:02:00
Leg 21: Calthorpe Street to Gough Street
Duration:00:00:21
Leg 22: Gough Street to Gray’s Inn Road
Duration:00:03:18
Leg 23: Calthorpe Arms
Duration:00:01:01
Interlude 24: Arthur Machen
Duration:00:06:29
Leg 25: Calthorpe Arms to Gough Street
Duration:00:00:27
Leg 26: Gough Street to Pakenham Street
Duration:00:01:33
Leg 27: Black Mary’s Hole
Duration:00:03:41
Leg 28: Bagnigge Wells
Duration:00:01:39
Leg 29: Cubitt Street to the Farringdon Travelodge
Duration:00:03:52
Leg 30: Gwynne Place to Prideaux Place
Duration:00:12:24
Leg 31: Prideaux Place to 19 Lloyd Square
Duration:00:03:51
Leg 32: 19 Lloyd Square to Percy Circus
Duration:00:04:30
Leg 33: Percy Circus to Holford Street
Duration:00:05:13
Leg 34: Holford Street to Lloyd Street
Duration:00:03:56
Leg 35: Cable House
Duration:00:01:56
Leg 36: Amwell Street to Cruikshank Street
Duration:00:02:01
Leg 37: Cruikshank Street to Mylne Street
Duration:00:05:56
Leg 38: Mylne Street to Myddleton Square
Duration:00:00:29
Leg 39: Myddleton Square to Inglebert Street
Duration:00:02:38
Leg 40: Inglebert Street to Amwell Street
Duration:00:00:54
Leg 41: Amwell Street to River Street
Duration:00:00:23
Leg 42: River Street to Merlin Street
Duration:00:05:14
Leg 43: Merlin Street to Wilmington Square
Duration:00:03:46
Leg 44: Wilmington Square to Granville Street
Duration:00:10:50
Leg 45: Lloyd Baker Street
Duration:00:02:29
Interlude 46: The Hill of Dreams
Duration:00:05:01
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:17