EPISODE · May 10, 2021 · 12 MIN
David on Downing Street
from London Walks · host London Walks
David takes a close look at the man behind the name Downing Street. And my goodness, look what he's found. It's like turning over a stone and finding some deeply unpleasant stuff crawling around underneath it. Deeply unpleasant is understating it – it's nasty in the extreme, what the history and biography yields up. So much so it's at least arguable that the name should perhaps be changed. Like toppling a statue and deep sixing it.
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David takes a close look at the man behind the name Downing Street. And my goodness, look what he's found. It's like turning over a stone and finding some deeply unpleasant stuff crawling around underneath it. Deeply unpleasant is understating it – it's nasty in the extreme, what the history and biography yields up. So much so it's at least arguable that the name should perhaps be changed. Like toppling a statue and deep sixing it.
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David on Downing Street
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