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NEW PODCAST! Monstrosities Mon Amour 1: Corby Bus Station
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NEW PODCAST! Monstrosities Mon Amour 1: Corby Bus Station

John Grindrod meets The London Ambler Mike Althorpe, and they explore Corby Bus Station and *Batteries Not Included in the first episode of a new podcast
John Grindrod
Dec 26, 2024
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Monstrosities Mon Amour is a new podcast celebrating places and cultural artefacts more usually slagged off or easily dismissed.

In this first episode writer and geek John Grindrod (that’s me talking about myself in the third person, I must stop that) is ambushed by architectural historian and walking guide Mike Althorpe, otherwise known as The London Ambler. I find myself stowed away in the boot of an Austin Maxi, and driven back in time to the heyday of Corby Bus Station. Along the way Mike also shares his love of the 1987 sci-fi film *Batteries Not Included, and together we tackle nostalgia, robot Jane Jacobs and a shared love of greasy spoon cafés.

Derelict Corby Bus Station in 2007, taken by Anzir Boodoo

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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
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