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Explore the lost remnants of modernist christmas, an excitable list of book recommendations, and #3 in my couch to 100k non-fiction writing tips.

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Dec 05, 2024
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Concretopia at Christmas

A Child’s Christmas in Croydon is back in stock on my website. This pamphlet tells the story of Concretopia-era festivities, of the tinsel trees and Babycham and Provident loans and Woolworths sweep of it. But also just the tale of largely vanished cultural phenomena. On the one hand it’s a personal story of working class council…

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