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Monstrosities Mon Amour: The Golden Mile, Blackpool, with Kathryn Ferry
#10. John Grindrod meets seaside historian Kathryn Ferry to explore the outlaw Victoriana of Blackpool's Golden Mile and Macclesfield's 50s…
22 hrs ago • John Grindrod
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By-passes and New Towns
A diversion around a Doctor Who non-place, and announcing a New Town long read
Sep 1 • John Grindrod
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Monstrosities Mon Amour: The Drum, Margate, with Dan Thompson
#9. John Grindrod meets writer and artist Dan Thompson to experience Terry Farrell's much overlooked Drum in Margate, and the secret joys of studio…
Aug 1 • John Grindrod
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31:09
What's The Point?
The Point, carchitecture and a sound installation
Jul 23 • John Grindrod
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Monstrosities Mon Amour: The Blue Bridge, with Catherine Croft
#8. Into St James's Park to encounter the soon to be demomished Blue Bridge with Catherine Croft, Director of the Twentieth Century Society
Jun 26 • John Grindrod
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27:54
Bypassing history
An excursion to Stony Stratford, historic coaching town in Milton Keynes
Jun 13 • John Grindrod
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Monstrosities Mon Amour: Grafton Car Park, Worthing, with Travis Elborough
#7. John Grindrod meets writer Travis Elborough to enjoy a crumbling seafront car park in Regency Worthing, and a prog-rock tribute to Lord of the Rings
May 28 • John Grindrod
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31:24
The Noyes of Summer
On a midcentury modernist master, and some non-fiction writing tips
May 16 • John Grindrod
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