Georgina Godwin with the weekend’s top stories: Andrew Tuck’s column; what we learned this week; and a new online literary festival.
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London Views: ‘Mayfair – Scandal To Romance’
Intrigue and romance were synonymous with Mayfair long before Bridgerton appeared on our screens, discovers Carla Passino.
If a part of London were ever to be crowned Queen of Romance, Mayfair would be it. The former home of Dame Barbara Cartland and the literary backdrop to Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton (although the Netflix series was mostly filmed in Bath for Regency authenticity), it has witnessed love affairs, romps and liaisons as entrancing as any penned by either author.
Its very foundation rests on a wedding: the one between heiress Mary Davies and Sir Thomas Grosvenor, whose descendants would become the Dukes of Westminster. Their eldest son, Sir Richard, was the first to embark on a building programme that would turn an unremarkable estate into one London’s most fashionable addresses.
By the 1790s, multiple dukes lived in the area, including a royal one, the Duke of Gloucester, and his daughter, Princess Sophia Matilda, who was born in Mayfair — as was, much later, The Queen (at her grandfather’s house, 17, Bruton Street, now demolished).
Sunday Morning Podcast: World News From Zurich And London (March 14)
Monocle’s Tyler Brûlé, Andrew Tuck and Emma Nelson round up the right (and wrong) answers from last week’s Sunday morning quiz.
Double-Deck Bus Views: ‘St. Paul’s Cathedral To The Tower Of London’ (Video)
London Bus 15 from Charing Cross to Blackwall. This is a scenic route that passes along the historic Fleet Street, St Paul’s Cathedral and Tower of London . Filmed from the second storey and upper deck of the bus, this video offers a wide angle view of the beautiful streets and architecture of London.
KEY BUS STOPS: 00:00 🅱️ Charing Cross Stn / Covent Garden 02:27 🅱️ Southampton Street / Covent Garden 03:03 🅱️ Aldwych 04:00 🅱️ The Royal Courts Of Justice 04:45 🅱️ Fetter Lane 05:39 🅱️ Ludgate Circus 06:05 🅱️ Ludgate Hill / Old Bailey 07:30 🅱️ St Paul’s Cathedral 09:47 🅱️ Mansion House Station 12:37 🅱️ Cannon Street Station 15:11 🅱️ Monument Station 16:14 🅱️ Great Tower Street 20:26 🅱️ Mansell Street 23:12 🅱️ Aldgate East Station 25:25 🅱️ London Metropolitan University 26:39 🅱️ New Road 28:07 🅱️ Watney Markey 29:17 🅱️ St Mary’s & St Michael’s Church 30:09 🅱️ Arbour Square 30:41 🅱️ Stepney Methodist Church 31:20 🅱️ Limehouse Station 33:35 🅱️ Lowell Street 35:25 🅱️ Salmon Lane 35:44 🅱️ Burdette Road 36:44 🅱️ University Of Cumbria In London 37:30 🅱️ Upper North Street 38:35 🅱️ Poplar Recreation Grd / Poplar Stn 39:32 🅱️ Chrisp Street Market 40:11 🅱️ Poplar / All Saints Church 41:58 🅱️ Poplar High Street / Blackwall 43:57 🅱️ Blackwall Station (Final stop!)
SATURDAY PODCAST: NEWS FROM LONDON (MARCH 13)
Emma Nelson with the weekend’s top stories. A look at the day’s papers, our editor in chief Andrew Tuck’s weekend column, plus the trouble that the UK is facing because of Brexit.
Sunday Morning Podcast: World News From Zurich, London & Hong Kong
Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé, Solène Léger, Christoph Lenz and Nora Meier on the biggest news this weekend, plus check-ins with our editors in the UK and Hong Kong.
Saturday Podcast: News From London (March 6)
The weekend’s biggest discussion topics in 30 minutes: a round-up of the day’s papers, our editor in chief Andrew Tuck’s weekend column, and why books have been so important during lockdown.
Morning News Podcast: Sanctions On Russia, UK Budget & Latest Tech
We unpack Washington’s sanctions on Moscow after the Biden administration accuses Russian intelligence of poisoning Alexei Navalny. Plus: we look at what’s in the latest UK budget for arts and culture, and round up the latest tech news.
Sunday Morning Podcast: World News From Zurich, London & Tokyo (Feb 28)
The weekend’s biggest discussion topics dissected by Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé, Rob Cox, Christof Münger and Nina Müller, with insights from our editors in the UK and Japan.
Plus: what’s on the pages of ‘The South China Morning Post’ this weekend?
Saturday Podcast: News From London (Feb 27)
A look at the weekend’s newspapers. Plus, what we learned this week, Monocle editor in chief Andrew Tuck’s weekend column and lessons in decluttering.
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