Fleet Street in 2005

Fleet Street is a famous street in London, England, named after the River Fleet. It was traditionally the home of the British press, up until the 1980s. Even though the last major British news office, Reuters, left in 2005, the street's name continues to be used as a metonymy for the British national press. ImageMetadata File history File links FleetStreet2005. ... ImageMetadata File history File links FleetStreet2005. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Entrance to the Fleet River, Samuel Scott, c. ... // [edit] National newspapers Traditionally newspapers could be split into quality, serious-minded newspapers (usually referred to as broadsheets due to their large size) and tabloid, less serious newspapers. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Abbey Road in London A street name or odonym is an identifying name given to a street. ... In rhetoric, metonymy (from Greek beyond/changed and , a suffix used to name figures of speech from name (OED)) (IPA: ) is the substitution of one word for another with which it is associated. ... Journalism is a discipline of collecting, analyzing, verifying, and presenting news regarding current events, trends, issues and people. ...

Present day

It is now more associated with the Law and its courts and barristers' chambers, many of which are located in alleys off Fleet Street itself, almost all of the newspapers that formerly resided thereabouts having moved to Wapping and Canary Wharf. The former offices of The Daily Telegraph, drawn upon as a source by Evelyn Waugh in his comic novel Scoop, are now the London headquarters of the investment bank Goldman Sachs. An informal measure of City takeover business employed by financial editors is the number of taxis waiting outside such law firms as Freshfields at 11pm: a long line is held to suggest a large number of mergers and acquisitions in progress.^[1] Wapping Old Stairs, one of many points of access to the foreshore in the area. ... HSBC Tower (left), One Canada Square (centre), Citigroup Centre (right) Canary Wharf in Tower Hamlets, London, England, is a large business development on the Isle of Dogs, centred on the old West India Docks in the London Docklands. ... This article concerns the British newspaper. ... Evelyn Waugh, as photographed in 1940 by Carl Van Vechten Arthur Evelyn St. ... Scoop is a 1938 novel by English writer Evelyn Waugh about the rush of war reporters to a thinly disguised Abyssinia (now Ethiopia). ... Goldman Sachs offices at the Fraumünsterplatz in Zürich (the light-colored building on the left) The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ... Freshfieldss logo Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (often simply Freshfields) is a Magic Circle law firm based in the Fleet Street area of the City of London, England. ...

The French owned international news and photo agency Agence France Presse are still based in Fleet Street, as is the London office of the venerable comic The Beano. Since 1995 Fleet Street has been the home of Wentworth Publishing, an independent publisher of newsletters and courses. In 2006 the Press Gazette returned to Fleet Street. The Jewish Chronicle offices remain close by. The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph have recently returned to the centre of London after an unhappy exile downriver in Canary Wharf. Agence France-Presse (abbreviated AFP) is the oldest news agency in the world. ... This article is about the comic. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Press Gazette, formerly known as UK Press Gazette (UKPG), was for 41 years a British media trade magazine dedicated to journalism and the press. ... Founded in 1841, The Jewish Chronicle (affectionately known as The JC) is the United Kingdoms national Jewish newspaper. ... HSBC Tower (left), One Canada Square (centre), Citigroup Centre (right) Canary Wharf in Tower Hamlets, London, England, is a large business development on the Isle of Dogs, centred on the old West India Docks in the London Docklands. ...

Culture

The term Fleet Street is also used to indicate that a journalist is a member of the generation that worked on newspapers prior to their move away from its vicinity, and is synonymous with a bibulous, collegial tradition characterised by such figures as Paul Callan and Brian Vine. Gossip was exchanged over liquid lunches at such hostelries as El Vino, now a haven for lawyers of the Rumpole school. Liquid dinners were equally familiar, editors often dining in the Grill of the Savoy Hotel, returning about 10pm to see the first editions of their papers roll off the presses. These were then transported by road to railway stations to catch the night mail expresses to far-flung corners of England. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole in the 1983 episode Rumpole and the Old Boy Net Rumpole of the Bailey is a television series created and written by British writer Sir John Mortimer, QC and starring Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an ageing London barrister who defends any and all clients. ... This article is about the Savoy Hotel in London. ...

A significant mythology has accreted around Fleet Street, its characters, their scoops - and imaginative expense accounts. The most durable of these concern, however, stories that were not printed, usually on account of Britain's strict libel laws. Few of the novels referenced below constitute exaggerations, the truth being, in the untiring cliché of the sub-editors on the back benches, "stranger than fiction". According to journalistic lore it was not the editors who constituted the heart of Fleet Street, but the diary writers and gossip columnists, whose stories would often make the front page: the exploits of the late Diana Princess of Wales provided frequent examples of diary stories transmuted into news and and even news features. In English and American law, and systems based on them, libel and slander are two forms of defamation (or defamation of character), which is the tort or delict of making a false statement of fact that injures someones reputation. ... Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Mountbatten-Windsor, née Spencer) (1 July 1961–31 August 1997), commonly, but incorrectly, known as Princess Diana, was for fifteen years the wife of HRH The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. ...

Journalists

The content of a Fleet Street newspaper is influenced by its proprietor, editor, journalists and columnists. Many of the owners achieved public notoriety, notably Lord Northcliffe, Lord Beaverbrook and the fraudster Robert Maxwell, all of whom used their papers to support their own political agenda, an approach still employed by some present day proprietors. Generally newspapers are run on more business-like lines today, with some expectation of profit, or at least manageable losses. Ownership was long considered an honour for which the proprietor was expected to pay: with it came influence, and if exercised responsibly, an honour usually followed. Sir William Maxwell Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (May 25, 1879 - June 9, 1964) was a Canadian–British business tycoon and politician. ... Robert Maxwell Ian Robert Maxwell MC (June 10, 1923 – November 5, 1991), British media proprietor, rose from poverty to build an extensive publishing business. ...

A number of great editors are still recalled and their dictates followed long after being summoned to the "great newsroom in the sky" as one obituarist put it. They include Arthur Christianson of the Daily Express and Sir John Junor of the Sunday Express. Of living editors the brief reign of Janet Street-Porter at the Independent on Sunday is still the subject of many anecdotes, some of them true. Each editor is supported by department heads such as the Foreign Editor, News Editor, Picture Editor and Chief Sub-Editor, all of whom will attend the morning Conference to determine the day's news agenda. Rule number one of Fleet Street journalism is that "The Editor's decision is final". Unless, of course, the proprietor intervenes, as Rupert Murdoch is recorded by his biographers as doing on a number of occasions. Janet Street-Porter (born December 27, 1946) is a media personality in the United Kingdom. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

By common consent the elite of journalists are its foreign and war correspondents, of whom there are many fewer than formerly. There is also a highly paid category of experienced writers, the "firemen", who are dispatched to crisis venues to report, these days often via satellite telephones. The stock of Political Editors presently stands lower within the profession than hitherto, having been the subject of both political and academic criticism for becoming too close to government press officers, notably Alastair Campbell. The latter are accused of manipulating the political news agenda - "spinning" - by feeding stories, sometimes slanted, to certain favoured newspapers and sympathetic correspondents thereon. Some of the most highly paid journalists are the diary editors and show business reporters, whose contacts are highly valued. Crime correspondents rank lower in the heirarchy along with sports reporters, and are remunerated accordingly. Alastair Campbell Alastair John Campbell (born May 25, 1957) was the Director of Communications and Strategy for 10 Downing Street. ...

Certain reporters have achieved legendary status, their adventures still recounted admiringly. They include Bill Deedes, immortalised by Evelyn Waugh, the Anglo-Indian gossip columnist, Nigel Demptster, who purported to be an Australian, fellow diarist Jan Reid who claimed to be the grand-child of Queen Victoria, the Daily Express's New York correspondent Brian Vine, known as "El Vino", showbiz interviewer Paul Callan who slept, inter alia, with his little black book containing the private telephone numbers of Cary Grant and the Pope, and profiler Geoff "The Hatchet" Levy who according to Fleet Street fantasy is only let out at full moon. The Right Honourable William Francis Deedes, Baron Deedes, KBE, MC, DL, PC (born 1 June 1913) is a veteran British journalist and a former politician. ... Evelyn Waugh, as photographed in 1940 by Carl Van Vechten Arthur Evelyn St. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Archibald Alexander Leach (January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986), better known by his screen name, Cary Grant, was an English film actor. ... The current Pope is Benedict XVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger), who was elected at the age of 78 on 19 April 2005. ...

Columnists are not necessarily journalists, some being TV personalities like Terry Wogan, retired police chiefs, or politicians who have failed to achieve the highest office. Examples of the latter would be the self-confessed "Champagne Socialist" Woodrow Wyatt and the unsuccessful Conservative leadership candidate Michael Portillo. Each newspaper will also usually have as columnists one perky blonde housewife, and a polemicist tasked to take a contrarian view on the week's events, plus an agony aunt to advise readers on their sexual problems, preferably in explicit detail. Sir Michael Terence Wogan (b August 3, 1938, County Limerick, Irish Free State), more commonly known as Terry Wogan, is a radio and television broadcaster who has mainly worked for the BBC in the United Kingdom for most of his career. ... Woodrow Lyle Wyatt, Baron Wyatt of Weeford (July 4, 1918 – December 7, 1997), was a British Labour politician, published author, journalist and broadcaster. ... Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo PC (born 26 May 1953) is an English journalist, broadcaster, and former Conservative politician. ... Polemic is the art or practice of disputation or controversy, as in religious, philosophical, or political matters. ... An agony aunt is an advice columnist at a magazine or newspaper. ...

There is a longstanding Fleet Street tradition of retaining a corpus of outside experts to pontificate on major issues. Among the most frequently employed are military historians like Corelli Barnett and Nigel West whose specialism is security and intelligence. Leading academics like the historian Niall Ferguson and the philosopher Roger Scruton are valued for their ability to summarise both sides of an argument and reach a persuasive conclusion compatible with newspaper's standpoint - all within a thousand words. Correlli Barnett is an English military historian, who has written also on the United Kingdoms industrial decline. ... Rupert William Simon Allason is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Niall Ferguson Niall Ferguson (b. ... Roger Vernon Scruton (born 27 February 1944) is a British philosopher. ...

Editorial policy

Unlike the United States where national newspapers do not exist in the European sense, and the liberal or conservative perspective of some major newspapers is not openly declared, Fleet Street has enjoyed the diversity of over a dozen national daily and Sunday newspapers with differing political stances. Indeed these newspapers are quite open about their biases: a reader of The Guardian would be well aware of the liberal sympathies of its editorials, that of the Daily Telegraph of its support for Conservative policies. Other right-leaning papers include the Daily Mail and more recently the Daily Express, whereas the Independent is considered to follow a more politically correct line. The Daily Mirror aligns itself with the trades unions and Labour Party-supporting working classes. The positions adopted by the Times and, more surprisingly, the Financial Times have in recent years been centre-left and generally supportive of New Labour. The policy of the Daily Sport was characterised by one commentator as "pro-nipple".^[2] The Sunday versions of these papers follow the editorial line of their daily sister. Look up liberal on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Liberal may refer to: Politics: Liberalism American liberalism, a political trend in the USA Political progressivism, a political ideology that is for change, often associated with liberal movements Liberty, the condition of being free from control or restrictions Liberal Party, members of... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... The Daily Mail is a British newspaper, a tabloid, first published in 1896. ... The Daily Express is a conservative, middle-market British tabloid newspaper. ... Political correctness is the alteration of language to redress real or alleged injustices and discrimination or to avoid offense. ... Alternate newspaper: The Daily Mirror (Australia) The Daily Mirror is a popular British tabloid daily newspaper. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in the United Kingdom. ... [[THIS WEBSITE:]] IT IS RUBBISH IT DOESNT TELL YOU ANYTHING GO ON A DIFFERNT ONE NOT THIS ONE!!!!!! --82. ... The Financial Times (FT) is an international business newspaper printed on distinctive salmon pink broadsheet paper. ... New Labour is an alternative name of the British political Labour Party. ... The Daily Sport is a tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom by Sport Newspapers. ...

Fleet Street in 1890

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History and location

Fleet Street began as the road from the City of London to the City of Westminster. The length of Fleet Street marks the expansion of the City in the 14th century. At the east end of the street is where the river Fleet flowed against the mediæval walls of London; at the west end is the Temple Bar which marks the current city limits, stretched to that point when the land and property of the Knights Templar were acquired. The City of London is a geographically-small City within Greater London, England. ... The City of Westminster is a London borough with city status, situated to the west of the City of London and north of the River Thames. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... A statue of a griffin atop the Temple Bar monument, in front of the Royal Courts of Justice. ... The Seal of the Knights Templar This article is about the medieval military order. ...

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Ludgate Circus

Publishing started in Fleet Street around 1500 when William Caxton's apprentice, Wynkyn de Worde, set up a printing shop near Shoe Lane, while at around the same time Richard Pynson set up as publisher and printer next to St Dunstan's church. More printers and publishers followed, mainly supplying the legal trade in the four Law Inns around the area. In March 1702, the world's first daily newspaper, The Daily Courant, was published in Fleet Street from premises above the White Hart Inn. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3456x2304, 3823 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Fleet Street Ludgate Circus Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3456x2304, 3823 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Fleet Street Ludgate Circus Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner... Ludgate Circus is the intersection of Farringdon Street/New Bridge Street (the A201, leading to Blackfriars Bridge) with Fleet Street/Ludgate Hill, historically the main connexion between the cities of London and Westminster. ... 1500 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... William Caxton (c. ... Wynkyn de Worde, born in Alsace, was the successor to William Caxton in his English printing business, taking over and running Caxtons press after his death. ... Richard Pynson, one of the first printers of English books, was born in 1448 in Normandy and may have been a glover [1](Plomer, 1922/23, pp. ... The church of St Dunstan-in-the-West is in Fleet Street in London. ... Events March 8 - William III died; Princess Anne Stuart becomes Queen Anne of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... The Daily Courant was the first newspaper to be published in the United Kingdom. ...

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The Fleet Street dragon

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Fiction and drama about Fleet Street

• A. N. Wilson: My Name is Legion (2004).
• Amanda Craig: A Vicious Circle (1996) (about a fictitious British newspaper tycoon and the world of publishing in general).
• Michael Wall: Amongst Barbarians (1989) (Similar to Lily d'Abo in My Name Is Legion, a white British working class couple takes money from a tabloid in order to be able to help their son).
• Howard Brenton and David Hare: Pravda (1985) (about a Rupert Murdoch-like character).
• A. N. Wilson: Scandal (1983) (About how a political scandal is created by the tabloid press).
• Michael Frayn: Towards the End of the Morning (1967) (a comic novel about failed and failing journalists in a 1960s newspaper)
• Evelyn Waugh: Scoop (1938) (about a thinly disguised British Newspaper, The Daily Beast, and one of its contributors who is sent to an African country at war called Ishmaelia, based upon the author's experiences in Abyssinia)
• Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler: Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Fleet Street is the setting of the operatic musical, which is fictitious, though possibly based on a true series of incidents.)
• Pete Townshend: "Street in the City" (song)
• The Day The Earth Caught Fire: A 1961 science fiction film, starring Janet Munro and Leo McKern where concurrent Russian and U.S. nuclear tests alter the Earth's orbit, sending it spinning towards the Sun. Much of the impending disaster is seen from the perspective of staff at the Fleet Street office of the Daily Express.
• Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities: (Setting of the Tellson's Bank is on Fleet Street).
• The opening sequence of Children of Men is set on Fleet Street. The protagonist, portrayed by Clive Owen, leaves a café which then explodes in act of terrorism.

Fleet Street road sign

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Non-fiction

• Fritz Spiegl: Keep Taking the Tabloids. What the Papers Say and How They Say It (1983).
• A. N. Wilson: London: A Short History (2004).
• Alan Watkins: A Short Walk Down Fleet Street.

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See also

• Holborn, with a description of the surrounding area
• History of British newspapers
• List of United Kingdom newspapers
• Madison Avenue

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• Farewell, Fleet Street. Bill Hagerty, BBC News Online. June 14, 2005.
• Fleet Street's finest. Christopher Hitchens, The Guardian Review. December 3, 2005.
• Drinking in the Street. SilkTork, RateBeer Article. January 19, 2006

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Notes

1. ^ Financial Times magazine
2. ^ Attributed to Brian MacArthur, media correspondent of the Sunday Times. Such matters are tracked with care, a running nipple count being maintained by competing tabloids.

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