For now, the former mirror factory remains a traditional squat offering cultural fare like punk-music concerts.
The Hugh Cudlipp lecture, founded in 2005 to commemorate the former Mirror group editorial director, was sponsored by the Daily Mirror.
The former Mirror journalist James Hipwell, who also gave evidence to Leveson, described hacking as "a bog-standard journalistic tool" at the paper.
"The Seventies are cool again, right?" enthuses the former Mirror editor in his latest incarnation as Glamour magazine's agony aunt.
Given his longstanding feud with Piers Morgan, it's no surprise that Jeremy Clarkson has something to say about the former Mirror editor's show being axed by CNN.
The former Mirror editor hit back by calling Barton "Le Pitbull" and saying "I don't need to train for intelligent political debates.
The former Mirror editor has strongly criticised the Labour leader's celebrity backers – the formerly apathetic Russell Brand and press hounder Steve Coogan – for attempting to influence the way the British public will vote.
The former Mirror editor faced a backlash for "slut-shaming" Sarandon and provoked further ire by telling "furious feminists" to "pipe down", claiming Sarandon wanted to be sexualised by wearing the outfit.
But Hislop, who once famously quipped: "I've just given a fat cheque to a fat Czech", after losing one of the former Mirror proprietor's numerous legal battles with the satirical magazine, apparently wasn't interested.
Bagehot started this week wondering whether this was the moment to call in vain for the head of Alastair Campbell, the former Mirror journalist who has grown ever higher and mightier as Tony Blair's chief spin doctor.
