I've got a few more talks lined up for 2016...
August:
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August:
Manchester Modernist Society
Ten Buildings that Changed Postwar Britain
Thursday 4th August 2016, 6.30pm (Man Met Uni at70 Oxford Street)
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How did blitzed, slum-ridden and crumbling 'austerity Britain' became, in a few short years, a space-age world of concrete, steel and glass? Discover the story of Britan's postwar rebuilding in this whistle-stop tour of ten extraordinary, brilliant or downright bizarre buildings that represent the story of this turbulent period of our history, from 1945 to 1979. Travel from the days of prefabs and the birth of the Welfare State through to the concrete brutalism and ambitious plans that changed towns and cities up and down the country with John Grindrod.
Find out more and book tickets here.
Ten Buildings that Changed Postwar Britain
Thursday 4th August 2016, 6.30pm (Man Met Uni at70 Oxford Street)
How did blitzed, slum-ridden and crumbling 'austerity Britain' became, in a few short years, a space-age world of concrete, steel and glass? Discover the story of Britan's postwar rebuilding in this whistle-stop tour of ten extraordinary, brilliant or downright bizarre buildings that represent the story of this turbulent period of our history, from 1945 to 1979. Travel from the days of prefabs and the birth of the Welfare State through to the concrete brutalism and ambitious plans that changed towns and cities up and down the country with John Grindrod.
Find out more and book tickets here.
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October:
Conway Hall Ethical Society, London Ladybird Books and Constructing the Future Past of Modern Britain
Monday 10th October @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm (Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square,London,WC1R 4RL)
Monday 10th October @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm (Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square,London,WC1R 4RL)
Never mind the fairy stories, the much loved Ladybird Books of the 1950s to 1980s reflect much about post war aspirations and reality in new architecture, urban planning, social attitudes and the world of work.
In this lovingly illustrated evening, social and architectural historian and lover of postwar modernism John Grindrod (author of Concretopia) talks us through the dreams and the reality portrayed in the books over the decades. Social and cultural historian Helen Day documents the changing attitudes to gender race and class and Tim Dunn, transport historian, enthusiast and model village expert will discuss the social and design history revealed in the books From People At Work and Our Land In the Making and How It Works…to the changing reality around Peter and Jane.
In the age of the garden bridge, HS1 and 2 and Crossrail and the growth of nostalgia spoofs like The Hipster what do the Ladybird Books reveal about who we are, how we dream and how we live? Chaired by broadcaster Samira Ahmed, presenter of Radio 4’s Front Row. Tickets and more information here.
In this lovingly illustrated evening, social and architectural historian and lover of postwar modernism John Grindrod (author of Concretopia) talks us through the dreams and the reality portrayed in the books over the decades. Social and cultural historian Helen Day documents the changing attitudes to gender race and class and Tim Dunn, transport historian, enthusiast and model village expert will discuss the social and design history revealed in the books From People At Work and Our Land In the Making and How It Works…to the changing reality around Peter and Jane.
In the age of the garden bridge, HS1 and 2 and Crossrail and the growth of nostalgia spoofs like The Hipster what do the Ladybird Books reveal about who we are, how we dream and how we live? Chaired by broadcaster Samira Ahmed, presenter of Radio 4’s Front Row. Tickets and more information here.
At least one more event listing to come... Do please come!