An area with tons of history gets exactly what it deserves: an actual historian as a guest. Ella Al-Shamahi is in fact many things: TV presenter, paleoanthropologist, explorer, stand-up comedian and author. She’s also excellent company, as editor Joe finds out on their wander around King’s Cross, taking in predatory library pick-up artists, obscure hand gestures, humanity’s need for booze and a certain bright pink sports car.

Ella is going on tour with her show Becoming Human throughout all of 2026. Find out when her undefinable science-y, historical comedy show is coming to a town near you. And keep up to date with Ella’s comings and goings on Instagram.

Love Thy Neighbourhood is a Time Out podcast brought to you by the fun folks at Ralph.

Production, editing and sound design by Big Signal.

Editor Joe is in the presence of culinary and televisual greatness this week, as Masterchef’s Monica Galetti gives us a tour of her favourite bit of central London. Basque cheesecake, blue cheese, artisanal miso and powerfully corrosive acid are all discussed, as is Monica’s memories of first arriving in the capital and her childhood on the idyllic island of Upola. What will the unforgiving judge make of Joe’s inability to shut up about executions and hangings? You’ll have to listen to find out.

For two years Monica has been working with lunch-time sushi specialists Itsu to make their ‘noodle and broth’ pots as flavoursome as they possibly can be. Follow Monica on Instagram and find out more about the collaboration.

Love Thy Neighbourhood is a Time Out podcast brought to you by the fun folks at Ralph.
Production, editing and sound design by Big Signal.

A modern broadcast legend, Clara Amfo has been on air, chatting to the nation for most of her adult life. This episode, recorded on the mean streets of E5, is a veritable showcase for her easy, breezy London charm. Join Clara and editor Joe as they bowl around that bit of Hackney that isn’t quite Walthamstow, discussing everything from AI music, to sneaking into films and the perils of ‘being a streaming whore’.

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Love Thy Neighbourhood is a Time Out podcast brought to you by the fun folks at Ralph.
Production, editing and sound design by Big Signal.

We’re out west with one of Britain’s most enduring, most alluring popstars of the last 25 years. The District line-obsessed Sophie Ellis-Bextor shows a queasy editor Joe around her ends, aka Chiswick. Join the pair for a Thames-side stroll, featuring such diversions as London’s scariest underpasses, running club romances and knowing what takeaway to order when your family has seven people in it.

Follow Sophie on Instagram. Her new album Perimenopop is out now.

Love Thy Neighbourhood is a Time Out podcast brought to you by the fun folks at Ralph.

Production, editing and sound design by Big Signal.

Is ‘Gray’s Inn’ even a neighbourhood, technically? We’re saying yes. Come with food critic, TV presenter and author extraordinaire Jimi Famurewa, as he shows editor Joe around that bit between King’s Cross and Holborn. The art of banh mi, pornographic cinemas and pub connoisseurship are all discussed by the Masterchef veteran.

Sad update: in the weeks since this episode was recorded, Malletti on Clerkenwell Road has tragically closed.

Follow Jimi on Instagram. Check out his book Picky (‘a culinary journey like no other’) here.

Love Thy Neighbourhood is a Time Out podcast brought to you by the fun folks at Ralph.

Production, editing and sound design by Big Signal.

As one of the writers on Richmond-set Ted Lasso, multi-hyphenate megatalent Jamie Lee spends a lot of time in London. And, like every other American who’s ever set foot in the city, she’s a big fan of Borough Market. Join her as she drags Time Out editor Joe on a calorific cruise through hype dishes, booze slushies and battered crab.

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Love Thy Neighbourhood is a Time Out podcast brought to you by the fun folks at Ralph.
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There are two things you need to know about Bafta-winning Adeel Akhtar: he’s a phenomenal actor who makes everything he’s in objectively better, and he absolutely loves Camberwell. Fresh off his stint headlining at the National Theatre, Adeel shows editor Joe around his favourite London neighbourhood and finds time to chat Four Lions, Utopia, the healing power of street reggae and Ethiopian microtones.

Check out Adeel’s new show, Down Cemetery Road, out on Apple TV,+ from October 29.

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Love Thy Neighbourhood is a Time Out podcast brought to you by the fun folks at Ralph.

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The star of The Good Place (and a million other things) takes editor Joe on a tour of her favourite bit of the capital. Genteel, pretty and quaint; all words that describe Primrose Hill but certainly do not describe Jameela’s frankly filthy stories. Join the pair as they get out of breath while discussing subterranean networks, reminisce about video shops and compare embarrassing memories.

If you like this, then check Jameela’s own podcast Wrong Turns, which is all about guests divulging their most cringe-inducing stories. She’s also starring in A Merry Little Ex-Mas and People We Meet on Vacation, both coming to Netflix soon.

Follow Jameela on Instagram.

Love Thy Neighbourhood is a Time Out podcast brought to you by the fun folks at Ralph.

Production, editing and sound design by Big Signal.