The world of impoverished hacks, from an old name for a London location (10)
I believe the answer is:
grubstreet
(Other definitions for grubstreet that I've seen before include "Where Dr Johnson was" , "hacks of this type?" , "what scribblers live on" .)
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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