Regent Street
About Regent Street
Regent Street is a major shopping street in the West End of London. It is named after George, the Prince Regent and was laid out under the direction of the architect John Nash and the owner James Burton. It runs from Waterloo Place in St James's at the southern end, through Piccadilly Circus and Oxford Circus, to All Souls Church. From there Langham Place and Portland Place continue the route to Regent's Park.
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There was The Singing Mouse which appeared in 1843 at some private rooms in Regent Street, and apparently it could warble incessantly for a quarter of an hour.
from 117: No Such Thing As Dr No Teeth, 2016-06-09 at 00:34:44 · read transcript
Other times Regent Street came up
The reason he changed his name, which he did in 1867, was because his best friend was called Willie Dickens, and they used to go for walks together down Regent Street, and he got really sick of Willie Dickens making a joke every time they passed the drapery Dickens and Jones at Regent Street.
No Such Thing As A 200m Baguette, 2019-11-15 · listen
That's not how podcasts work, though. Yeah. Other news, Alex mentions the great exhibition Moby Dick, two other things that happened in 1851 is that the New York Times was founded and Reuters News was founded as well. Obviously a lot more outlet to report ham based stories were erupting that year. Christmas in 1851. Have you heard about this? In London, it was a sort of super great giveaway to all the poor of London to feed them on Christmas Day.
144: No Such Thing As Garlic Superman, 2016-12-17 · listen
We all did it in our heads, James, and we were decided not to say it. That's not how podcasts work now. So other news, Alex mentions the great exhibition, Moby Dick. Two other things that happened in 1851 is that the New York Times was founded and Reuters News was founded as well. Obviously a lot more outlet to report hand-based stories erupting that year. Christmas in 1851, have you heard about this?
No Such Thing As Garlic Superman, 2016-12-16 · listen
Oh, that's cool. I was thinking like rulers and artists. They had, in Regent Street, Jay's of Regent Street was basically like the prime arc of grief and death. You went and got all your clothes from and all your hats and like gentlemen's funeral scarves at to be a certain length. There was like a book that told you like everything, like from the length of the bow around your hat to the staff, to the color of the ribbon on your door, to your mourning jellies.
476: No Such Thing As Othello's Casio, 2023-04-28 · listen
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