In 2016, I was the first Researcher in Residence at @10DowningStreet. Yesterday, my first book, ‘No.10: The Geography of Power at Downing Street’, was published by @HausPublishing. So here’s a thread outlining the early history of No.10, and how it came to be. (1/14) No.10 Downing Street was built by diplomat, spy and ‘perfidious rogue’ Sir George Downing in the 1680s. Downing's life was nuts – worth reading his Wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Georg… (2/14)