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Margaret Willes on The Shadow of St. Paul’s Cathedral

Margaret Willes on The Shadow of St. Paul’s Cathedral

Margaret Willes has written a wonderful new book on the surrounding area of St. Paul's, and she chats about its vibrancy.
Margaret Willes

Margaret Willes, what inspired you to write about this subject, a book not about the cathedral, but about its surrounding area? My first memory of St Paul's Churchyard was emerging from the Underground into an area of devastation. It was probably in 1953, when my...

John Rastell: Renaissance Man and Bookseller

John Rastell: Renaissance Man and Bookseller

St. Paul's Churchyard was hotbed of activity, and one 16th century gentleman achieved much.
Margaret Willes

John Rastell: Renaissance Man and Bookseller Around the year 1500 Wynkyn de Worde moved his printing press from the precinct of Westminster Abbey to premises in Fleet Street. De Worde was the Dutch assistant of William Caxton, who had introduced printing to England,...