The coming of the age of Scarp
A vast yet largely invisible presence hovers over the northern suburbs of London. Screened from the consciousness of the city-dweller by the pressures of the day-to-day; by TV, self-concern and Continue reading
Monthly Archives
Archive for: December 2010
Scarp
This week’s show explores the North Middlesex Tertiary Escarpment, or Scarp as it is known. Subject of a forthcoming book by Nick Papadimitriou, published by Hodder and Stoughton in April Continue reading
Through the ‘Urethra of London’
“Geographically Leytonstone is just a case of in one end and out the other. It’s not the end of the road like Whitechapel, nor is it the beginning of the Continue reading
Episode 2 podcast now available
Ramble your way over to Resonance fm to take a stroll in search of the Philly Brook in Episode 2 of Ventures and Adventures in Topography. Download the podcast here
Towards a Brent Cross Vortex Sutra
The Brent Cross Shopping Centre (or Regional Shopping Centre as it was originally known – the phrase ‘shopping centre’ was applied previously to custom-built high-street shopping arcades) is located in Continue reading
Episode 2: Through the ‘urethra of London’
This week’s show comes to you entirely from Leytonstone & Leyton as Nick and John explore the valley of the Philly Brook – the buried and forgotten stream that runs Continue reading
