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TIL that before the 1666 fire, Old St Paul’s Cathedral doubled as London’s gossip hub: “news-mongers” paced its nave for the latest talk. A contemporary playwright said Paul’s Walk was an “open house” where people “go up and down… grumbling together,” amid beggars, thieves and prostitutes.

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TIL that before the 1666 fire, Old St Paul’s Cathedral doubled as London’s gossip hub: “news-mongers” paced its nave for the latest talk. A contemporary playwright said Paul’s Walk was an “open house” where people “go up and down… grumbling together,” amid beggars, thieves and prostitutes.

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