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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
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July 2025
What's The Point?
The Point, carchitecture and a sound installation
Jul 23
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June 2025
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
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Bypassing history
An excursion to Stony Stratford, historic coaching town in Milton Keynes
Jun 13
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May 2025
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
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The Noyes of Summer
On a midcentury modernist master, and some non-fiction writing tips
May 16
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Monstrosities Mon Amour: The Savoy Centre with Rose Ruane
#6. John Grindrod meets novelist Rose Ruane to explore the brutalist bazaar of Glasgow's Savoy Centre and to experience the Norma Major delights of…
May 1
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April 2025
The lost world of IKEA
IKEA room sets like the ghosts of more optimistic times; and some Couch to 100k writing tips
Apr 16
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March 2025
Monstrosities Mon Amour: Junction 3 of the M32 in Bristol with Gareth E Rees
#5. John Grindrod meets writer Gareth E Rees to explore the strange hidden life of a pedestrian junction of a motorway and the haunted power of…
Mar 27
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Blank Mirrors
Inside a new Warhol exhibition, plus a beautiful new book on Brutalism, and part 6 of non-fiction writing course Couch to 100k.
Mar 15
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February 2025
Monstrosities Mon Amour: Brighton Marina with Angela Barnes
#4. John Grindrod meets comedian Angela Barnes and together they explore bonkers seaside monolith Brighton Marina, and the delights of 1960s shop-front…
Feb 28
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Sweet and Tender Brutalism
Exploring the Alexandra and Ainsworth estate and The Brutalist, plus more Couch to 100k thoughts on writing
Feb 13
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