The London Underground – often known simply as the Tube – is central to the city’s global identity. A pioneering feat of engineering at the time of its construction in the 19th century, on a typical weekday, the network now carries 5 million passengers between 272 stations, on 11 different lines, over a total of 250 miles of track.
It’s an emblem of entre ... Show More
Sep 2
Introducing Jane Austen Stories: Emma
This is a preview of a brand-new audiobook from the Noiser Podcast Network. Join Dame Julie Andrews as she reads another beloved Austen classic, Emma, on the Jane Austen Stories podcast. Step into the village of Highbury, home to the handsome and clever Emma Woodhouse. As new vis ... Show More
46m 52s
Mar 2021
Travel & Tourism: The Tube
In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack, Rich and Rowan visit London and need to use the underground. The language focus is on travelling on the underground. You will learn words and phrases to suggest ways of travelling, buy tickets, read tube maps and follow directi ... Show More
29m 15s
Apr 2024
CLASSIC: London Made a Train for the Dead
In the mid-19th century, London was literally filling with corpses. When the city was in the grips of a cholera epidemic, the already-overfilled cemetaries couldn't handle the extra bodies. So when there's literally no room in the soil for another dead body, what's a city to do? ... Show More
32m 39s
Jul 2022
When Paris Went Underground
The Paris Metro, engineered by Fulgence Bienvenüe and inaugurated on 19th July, 1900, was far from a world first: London, Budapest and Vienna had all beaten France in the race to create the next generation of subterranean trains.
However, this didn’t stop Parisian anxiety about ... Show More
11m 53s