94 Read All About It! Fleet Street, London
Neil Oliver's Love Letter to the British Isles
March 8, 2022
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94 Read All About It! Fleet Street, London
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<p><strong> </strong>In this episode Neil takes us along one of London’s most celebrated and infamous streets, the place that became a byword for the British Press - Fleet Street. We’re in the midst of the pounding heart of the city with gossip, scandal, exposes and politics ringing in our ears – we’re at St Brides Church on Fleet Street.</p><br /><p>Named after the river Fleet upon which it was built. In the C16th Wynkyn de Worde and his printing press set up shop on Fleet Street, and the foundations of a tradition were laid.</p><br /><p>In 1702 the capital’s first newspaper, the Daily Courant, was published as the street developed from printing books to newspapers. As the penny-press’s popularity skyrocketed a torrent of words started flowing down Fleet Street as the nation’s obsession with news was fed.</p><p> </p><p>To help support the making of this podcast sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreon.com</p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/neiloliver" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/neiloliver</a></p><p>History & Comment - New Videos Every Week</p><p> </p><p>Neil Oliver YouTube Channel</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g</a></p><p> </p><p>Instagram account – Neil Oliver Love Letter </p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter/?hl=en</a></p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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