About this episode

John Grindrod discusses his latest book Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains with Neil Denny.

John Grindrod is the author of Concretopia: A Journey Around the Rebuilding of Postwar Britain , Outskirts: Living Life on the Edge of the Green Belt (shortlisted for the 2018 Wainwright Prize for UK travel and nature writing), and Iconicon: A Journey Around the Landmark Buildings of Contemporary Britain . He hosts the podcast Monstrosities Mon Amour. On this episode of Little Atoms he talks to Neil Denny about his latest book Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Neil Denny

Guest: John Grindrod

Topics covered

• LGBTQ+ lives
• suburban life
• postwar Britain
• cultural commentary
• literature

Keywords

• John Grindrod
• Tales of the Suburbs
• LGBTQ+
• suburbs
• postwar Britain
• cultural commentary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Monstrosities Mon Amour

Books & works: Concretopia: A Journey Around the Rebuilding of Postwar Britain, Outskirts: Living Life on the Edge of the Green Belt, Iconicon: A Journey Around the Landmark Buildings of Contemporary Britain, Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains

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