G.K. Chesterton Sheds a Tear

Chesterton loved Fleet Street. Stories were told for years about his large frame tottering down the street and about him sitting in the pubs, composing his timeless columns.

For over 300 years, London's Fleet Street was the heart of British journalism, home to many of the country's leading newspapers – and the pubs that fueled their employees. On Wednesday, however, the industry saluted the end of an era at a ceremony marking the departure of Reuters from its Fleet Street headquarters.

The exodus is the final knell for an era when booze-fueled journalists in the male-dominated publishing world would swap yarns with sources and competitors in the pubs.

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