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A Journey Through Ruins; The Last Days of London
ISBN: 9780199541942 | 0199541949
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 6/22/2009
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A unique evocation of Britain at the height of Margaret Thatcher's rule, A Journey Through Ruins views the transformation of the country through the unexpected prism of every day life in East London.Written at a time when the looming but still unfinished tower of Canary Wharf was still wrapped in protective blue plastic, its cast of characters includes council tenants trapped in disintegrating tower blocks, depressed gentrifiers worrying about negative equity, metal detectorists, sharp-eyed estate agents and management consultants, and even Pri... MORE
| Going Back to Dalston | |
| Preface to the Oxford Edition | |
| The Undemolished World of Dalston Lane | |
| Street-Corner Vision | |
| Around the World in Three Hundred Yards | |
| All Cats are Grey by Night | |
| Down in the Dirt | |
| Dalston Lane Becomes a Downland Track | |
| Brideshead and the Tower Blocks | |
| Brideshead Relocated |
Patrick Wright is a writer and broadcaster with an interest in the cultural dimensions of modern life. He is the author of a number of highly acclaimed best-selling history books, including The Village that Died for England, Tank (described by Simon Schama as 'a tour de force'), and Iron Curtain, which John le Carre described as 'a work of wit, style and waggish erudition.'
He has written for many magazines and newspapers, including the London Review of Books, the Guardian, the Washington Post, the Independent, and the Observer, and has made numerous documentaries on cultural themes for both BBC Radio 3 and 4. His television work includes The River, a four-part BBC2 series on the Thames.
He is also a Professor at the Institute for Cultural Analysis at Nottingham Trent University, and a fellow of the London Consortium.
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