This book is the second of a series documenting a thousand years of selected London streets and their respective histories. Some of the streets have their roots and foundations in places of worship, locations for trading or because of their geographical location or particular topography. With St Paul's at its western end and St Mary-le-Bow as its centrepiece, Cheapside goes back further than a thousand years, all the way to the Romans and beyond. Its colourful history includes kings, queens, poets, playwrights, murderers, criminals, broadcasters, inventors, politicians, pioneers, philanthropists, religious fanatics, revolutionaries, diarists and architects who all played their part in making Cheapside what Charles Dickens Jnr called the greatest thoroughfare in the City of London. With London's streets harbouring a multitude of long lost stories ripe for the recounting, Mike Read's A Thousand Years of a London Street series is one with endless potential. The only question that remains is which street will pique the interest of this broadcaster turned historical supersleuth next?

About the Author
Mike has been a broadcaster for over 40 years, he spent 5 years presenting the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show from 1981 and has worked for a number of other radio stations. As a TV presenter, he's best known for Saturday Superstore and the music game show Pop Quiz. He's currently the breakfast show presenter for the mainly online station, United DJs which was launched last April. Mike Read was created a Knight of Malta in 2011 and is Chairman of the British Plaque Trust. During 2018 he expanded the Blue Plaque scheme into the Commonwealth. Mike is also an Ambassador for the Prince's Trust and founder of the Rupert Brooke Museum & Society. Mike has won ten National Broadcaster of the Year Awards, an International Music award and has been awarded the Gold Badge of Merit by the British Academy for his special contribution to Britain's music industry. He has been a household name in Britain for over 35 years having fronted three top-rated long-running TV series, Top of the Pops, Pop Quiz & Saturday Superstore and three national radio breakfast shows, including Radio One, Classic FM and currently United DJs Radio. 2016 saw him still presenting front line programmes for the BBC as well as producing and presenting a new TV series, Tin Pan Alley, which ran for 8 weeks on Sky. During 2016 and 2017 he was writing, shooting, producing and presenting a six-part series, Jamaicaphiles. A best-selling author, he has had some forty books published. Mike has written several film scripts, had eight musicals staged and penned songs for over forty major artists as well as having several chart hits, twice topping the Independent Singles Chart and recently writing a No.1 in the North American Chart. 2019 sees his musical Great Expectations undertaking another national tour. He has played himself in such perennial TV favourites as Only Fools and Horses and Midsomer Murders and has interviewed 100s of major artists on his live TV show and on stage. Mike has also presented for and worked with most of the Royal Family. He regularly travels to different parts of the world broadcasting or giving talks.


Book Information
ISBN 9781803780238
Author Mike Read
Format Paperback
Page Count 432
Imprint Cranthorpe Millner Publishers
Publisher Cranthorpe Millner Publishers