155: Tea with Churchill: Amelia Earhart's London Story

Hazel Baker hosts journalist and author Rachel Hartigan on the London History Podcast to explore Amelia Earhart’s lesser-known relationship with London in 1928 and 1932, from Toynbee Hall’s settlement-house ideals to Selfridges displaying her plane and outfitting her after transatlantic flights with no spare clothes. Hartigan recounts how Earhart, then a Boston social worker, was recruited to join the 1928 Friendship crossing backed by Amy Phipps Guest, landing in Wales before reaching Southampton, and how London’s receptions—Ascot, Wimbledon, and events with figures like Winston Churchill and Lady Astor—revealed the scale of her sudden celebrity. The episode discusses media portrayals, her evolving public persona, sources including Earhart’s own dispatches and archives, and what her London visits show about gender, modern fame, and optimism around aviation.

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155: Tea with Churchill: Amelia Earhart's London Story is an episode from London History by londonguidedwalks.co.uk.

This episode is 00:30:21 long.

This episode was published on Mar 27, 2026.

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