Podcast
In the city
From the suburbs to the estates
Love, death and drink
Does inspiration really come out of a bottle?
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
The rise of suburbia
The English experiment in liminal living
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
Progressive realism
Can Labour’s new foreign policy doctrine work in our troubled world?
Cleaning up the town
As cities grew, so did the need for reform and sanitation