Unofficial Britain’s Weird and Wonderful Reads 2022
WORDS: Gareth E. Rees I’ve had an insanely busy year. It began with me finalising my debut short story collection, …
A Walk Through the Pre-Industrial Landscape of Heathrow’s Hinterland
Marcus Liddell explores the semi-rural environs of London’s largest airport
Abandonment, Trespass and Flood: Unofficial Britain’s Strange & Unsettling Reads of 2021
Gareth E. Rees with his annual list of books about landscape, memory and culture
Occult Lampposts
Gareth E. Rees explores the clandestine urban messaging system on British streets
Unearthing Sacred Narratives: Bede’s Walk
Mark Adams shares his photographs of Bede’s Way, an ancient pilgrim’s trail in the northeast of England
A Yorkshire ‘Goonies’ Adventure Inside the Secret Tunnel of Holden Park
Patrick Wray recounts a childhood trip into the subterranean ruins of Oakworth House
Shadowlands: Light and Darkness on the Urban Edge
In Nigel Dawson’s photographic mutations of the everyday, human ghosts lurk within shadowy high-rise housing estates, derelict buildings and industrial edgelands.
Unofficial Britain’s Weird & Eerie Landscape Reads of 2020
Unofficial Britain’s editor, Gareth E. Rees, recommends some haunting books about place, memory and culture.
White Tents in the Car Park: A Covid 19 Despatch from Kent
Emilia Ong on the chilling vision of a Covid testing centre in a Margate car park
From Neolithic Roundabouts & Satanic Car Parks to Council Estate Poltergeists – The Weird Lore of Everyday Urban Places
In this video presentation, Gareth E. Rees takes you on a visual journey through the unexpected places he visits in his book, ‘Unofficial Britain’