A return to St Giles Cripplegate

Words can be a windows into cultural change, and the word plantation is a great example. This episode traces its development, and looks at the life of Sir Hans Sloane as an illustration of the impact of plantations on the history of London. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

Come with us down a cul-de-sac off Charterhouse Street. There we'll visit a church which embodies the bleak and complicated history of London's Roman Catholic community. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

Join us as we head to the apparently peaceful 17th century suburb of Newington Green to discover revolutions in mathematics, education, and political thought. We'll meet three of London's most challenging and innovative thinkers: Charles Morton, Richard Price, and Anna Laetitia Barbauld. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

This time, we return to the edge of early modern London and explore the marginal religious practices and fascinating people to be found there. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

In the second episode about Soho Square, we take a voyeuristic look at London's magical brothel, celebrate a retailing pioneer, and pay grateful tribute to London's greatest civil engineer. Oh, and we take a short ride on a yellow submarine. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

In the first of two episodes about Soho Square, we look at some extraordinary characters: an Admiral who wrecked an entire fleet, an adventuress who invented the night club, and a botanist who brought the whole world to the West End. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

In this episode, we watch small wildernesses sprout from the bare central spaces of London's residential square. And we meet Thomas Fairchild, who might have shaped the look of London as much as anyone else. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

In this episode we meet an incredible array of characters: from the Mohocks to the Veterans in the Fields of Venus; from Ambrose Godfrey, inventor of the fire extinguisher; to Moll King, banker to the sex trade; to Jack Harris, Pimp-General to the people of England. As you might gather from this summary, some of the content is not suitable for young children. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

Come with us as we dig into the origins of London's most distinctive feature: the residential square. We'll stroll in our first public park, gaze meditatively out of some drawing room windows, trip over rotten vegetables, and dodge duellists. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705

We continue the story of Emma Hamilton in this episode — she becomes even more famous, even more influential, even more powerful, then things go horribly, disastrously wrong . . . Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705