Tales of the Suburbs audiobook.
‘Breaks new ground’
David Kynaston
‘Grindrod is one of the best chroniclers of British life’
Jude Rogers
‘[A] fantastically entertaining alternative history of queer life in Britain . . . Tales of the Suburbs is ultimately about what it means to call somewhere home’
Guardian
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Living Room – a Radio 4 documentary.
John Grindrod reflects on the influential 1961 report Homes for Today and Tomorrow and how past efforts to improve housing space standards can shed light on the present crisis. Produced by Emma-Louse Williams. Listen here.
Introducing Iconicon.
Welcome to Milton Keynes for a quick introduction to Iconicon.
Iconicon Audiobook.
Here’s an extract of Iconicon read by John Grindrod from the audiobook.
BBC News – Meet the Author.
Author John Grindrod set out to discover how blitzed Britain became a space age land of concrete and steel. He has travelled around the country studying post-war architecture and charts his journey in the book Concretopia. He showed the BBC's Nick Higham around one particular project, London's Barbican. Recorded in 2013, you can watch it here.
Concrete Thoughts at the Bluecoat, with Lynsey Hanley and Owen Hatherley.
May 3, 2022 Two acclaimed writers on architecture and society, John Grindrod and Owen Hatherley, joined author and journalist Lynsey Hanley, at this in conversation event exploring the legacy of modernist architecture. Grindrod's Iconicon and Hatherley's Modern Buildings in Britain are new key texts exploring some of Britain's most iconic and distinctive modern and contemporary buildings. Introduction from Bryan Biggs. Subtitles by Michael Lacey.
Backlisted.
Memento Mori by Muriel Spark.
Addington Hills.
The view from Addington Hills, for a National Trust campaign on London views.
Backlisted.
Edith’s Diary by Patricia Highsmith.
Croydon: The High Rise and Fall.
Interviewed as part of a film for the Architecture Foundation.
Ladybird Modernism.
Recorded at the Conway Hall, with Samira Ahmed, Tim Dunn and Helen Day.
Ladybird Modernism.
Recorded at Conway Hall, with Samira Ahmed, Tim Dunn and Helen Day.