Monstrosities Mon Amour 2: Swindon

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Monstrosities Mon Amour 2: Swindon

John Grindrod meets journalist Helen Barrett, and they explore the much-maligned town of Swindon, and the Status Quo masterpiece Down Down

John Grindrod

Dec 27, 2024

Transcript

In this episode design and feature journalist Helen Barrett kidnaps me in the boot of her Austin Maxi and takes me to the Wiltshire town of Swindon, where we explore the American-style relics of its optimstic twentieth century. Along the way we also find time to celebrate the hynotic rock edifice of Status Quo’s Down Down, and talk class, Norman Foster and Chelsea Girl.

Monstrosities Mon Amour is a monthly podcast. Look out for the next episode in January.

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Monstrosities Mon Amour

In Monstrosities Mon Amour we celebrate places and things that have been unfairly monstered in popular opinion. Host John Grindrod will be your excitable guide to a world beyond the lazy stereotypes of crap towns and guilty pleasures. He'll be meeting people who’ll share their enthusiasm for monsters major and minor, places that get a bad press and cultural artefacts that need to be rescued from the bin.

‘Warmly, welcomingly geeky.’ Jude Rogers, Observer

‘What a breath of fresh air … a genuine celebration of places and culture it’s all too easy to dismiss.’ Radio Times

Theme tune by Lorna Rees and Rufus Rees Coshan. Logo by Richard de Pesando.

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