Peter Moore: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

Join Peter Moore and Sarah Bakewell for a little walking tour of Fleet Street in London. Instead of three scenes, in this episode they stop off at three locations, as Peter tells Sarah about three of the characters who appear in his new book: the printer William Strahan, the writer Samuel Johnson and the politician John Wilkes. Peter Moore is a Sunday Times bestselling historian. His new book is Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: Britain and the American Dream . Sarah Bakewell is a prize-winning and New York Times bestselling author, most recently of the history of humanism: Humanly Possible. For more, as ever, visit our website: tttpodcast.com . Show notes Location One: The Old Cheshire Cheese (William Strahan) Location Two: 17 Gough Square (Dr Johnson's House) Location Three: Near John Wilkes's Statue on Fetter Lane People/Social Presenter: Peter Moore Asking questions: Sarah Bakewell Production: Maria Nolan Podcast partner: Ace Cultural Tours Theme music: ‘Love Token’ from the album ‘This Is Us’ By Slava and Leonard Grigoryan

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Peter Moore: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness is an episode from Travels Through Time by Travels Through Time.

This episode is 53:23 long.

This episode was published on Jul 19, 2023.

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