St. Bride’s Church in London’s Fleet Steet is known as the “Journalists’ Church.” The church and the area around it have a long history with writers, publishing, printing, and newspapers. But it’s history – the newspapers that once occupied the buildings of Fleet Street are long gone, absorbed into other newspaper or moved to other locations.
British journalism grew up here for a simple reason: the first printing press with moveable type was brought to the area in 1500, and the printing (and later the newspaper business) grew up around it. But a church had occupied the site since about 500 A.D.; the current St. Bride’s was completely rebuilt in the late 1950s to restore what had been destroyed during the German Blitz of December 1940.
To continue reading, please see my post today at Dancing Priest.
Some Wednesday Readings
The Governor is Calling – Brian Miller at A South Roane Agrarian.
Why Christian Culture is Essential to Our Education – Ian Pace at The Critic Magazine.
Israel’s Iran Strike – and Washington’s Strategic Weakness – Niall Ferguson at The Free Press.
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