The North London Museum of Native American Culture: A Southeastern Rail Shaggy Dog Story
LOCATION: Southeastern Rail, London, Hastings WORDS: Ben Thompson The first time I saw Tex (and although at that point I …
The Fate of England’s ‘Infant Hercules’
A review of Stripped Tees: Endurance and Hope in the North East by Richard Milward and Natalie Hardwick [Influx Press, …
On the Trail of the Green Man: An interview with Nina Lyon
WORDS: Gary Budden I spoke to author Nina Lyon about her latest book Uprooted: On the Trail of the Green …
An Unreliable Guide to London
LOCATION: Erm…. WORDS: Gareth E Rees If you’re a regular reader of Unofficial Britain, you’ll know that I like to …
Between Place & Imagination
WORDS: Gareth E. Rees This is a transcript of my talk at the Walking Inside Out Symposium, an event in …
Common Ground: Rob Cowen on Edgeland Literature, Psychogeography & Nature Writing
WORDS: Gary Budden interviews Rob Cowen I recently spoke to Rob Cowen, author of the excellent Common Ground, about his …
Election Night in Aberystwyth with Niall Griffiths
LOCATION: West Wales WORDS: Gary Budden ‘It’s hard to paraphrase; if I could paraphrase all this stuff then I wouldn’t have …
The Walker and the Landscape
WORDS: Tina Richardson The solitary walker situated within the landscape is not a modern phenomenon, even if the term psychogeography …
Memory, History and Time in 21st Century British Psychogeography
LOCATION: Britain WORDS: Tina Richardson In September 2015 Walking Inside Out: Contemporary British Psychogeography will be released by Rowman and …
Kemper Norton’s Loor & the Thing that Is Coming Up My Stairs
WORDS: Gareth E. Rees LOCATION: Cornwall, Sussex, Wales, Unnamed Cities Night time. I’m at my computer, listening to Kemper Norton’s new …