Mayfair was built up through the eighteenth century. This was a time when democratic systems were evolving albeit marked by corruption and nepotism and impacted by wars, trade and the development of empire. Politics got everywhere including in music, satire and fashion.

We trace a diagonal course through Mayfair including three of its grand squares, passed some of its great surviving eighteenth century buildings and Parish church and the statues to and homes of some of the most powerful players in this theatre such as William Pitt, the Younger, Charles James Fox and Robert Clive. We include great international wars, urban riots and a mysterious suicide.

This walk is especially relevant in 2025 on the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the War of American Independence.