Albany Street

Albany Street is approximately three-quarters of a mile long and runs from Marylebone Road to Gloucester Gate along Regent’s Park. It was named for Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany and was built in the late 1820s.

Soho Square

Located in Soho London, Soho Square is a garden square and was originally built in the late 1670s and named King’s Square for King Charles II, a statue of whom h

The Race for Wealth

Charlotte Riddell’s The Race for Wealth, first serialized in Once a Week and published in book form in 1866, revolves around two themes: adulteration and adultery. It is both a business novel, exploring the ambiguities of commerce and trade, and a sensational novel, pushing the boundaries of conventionality. Set in eastern London, the novel is replete with topical references to popular culture, contemporaneous urban developments, financial legislation, the history of the City of London and the adulteration debate that was raging at the time.

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