Within one square mile and more than 500 years, the printing presses of Fleet Street have given birth to the English language.
Wednesday, 1 May 2020
Mitre Nights moderator Tam McDonald is joined by Celine Luppo McDaid, curator of Dr Johnson’s House Museum in Fleet Street, London; and by Cradle of English Head of Research John Bailey. Sitting in the parlour of Dr Johnson’s House, they range over the many and fascinating influences that made this area a magnet for creative energies, centuries before the newspaper industry took hold here...
Wednesday, 1 May 2020
Welcome to Mitre Nights – a podcast celebrating the history and richness of the English language. Recorded in a variety of locations in and around the heart of London’s Fleet Street, this library of conversations will examine how it is that one tiny neighbourhood became identified with printing and with publishing – and the rapid evolution of the world’s premier language.
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