Monstrosities Mon Amour

Monstrosities Mon Amour

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Monstrosities Mon Amour episodes

  • Monstrosities Mon Amour: Swindon with Helen Barrett

    In this episode design and feature journalist Helen Barrett kidnaps me in the boot of her Austin Maxi and takes me to the Wiltshire town of Swindon, where we explore the American-style relics of its optimstic twentieth century. Along the way we also find time to celebrate the hynotic rock edifice of Status Quo’s Down Down, and talk class, Norman Foster and Chelsea Girl.

    Monstrosities Mon Amour is a monthly podcast. Look out for the next episode in January.

    Theme tune by Lorna Rees and Rufus Rees Coshan. Logo by Richard de Pesando. You can support the podcast by subscribing through Substack or through Ko-fi. Thank you for listening.

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    32 min
  • Monstrosities Mon Amour: Corby Bus Station with Mike Althorpe

    Monstrosities Mon Amour is a new podcast celebrating places and cultural artefacts more usually slagged off or easily dismissed.

    In this first episode writer and geek John Grindrod (that’s me talking about myself in the third person, I must stop that) is ambushed by architectural historian and walking guide Mike Althorpe, otherwise known as The London Ambler. I find myself stowed away in the boot of an Austin Maxi, and driven back in time to the heyday of Corby Bus Station. Along the way Mike also shares his love of the 1987 sci-fi film *Batteries Not Included, and together we tackle nostalgia, robot Jane Jacobs and a shared love of greasy spoon cafés.

    Theme tune by Lorna Rees and Rufus Rees Coshan. Logo by Richard de Pesando. You can support the podcast by subscribing through Substack or through Ko-fi. Thank you for listening.

    Monstrosities Mon Amour is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.



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    36 min

About Monstrosities Mon Amour

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Monstrosities Mon Amour celebrates places and things that have been unfairly dismissed. Host John Grindrod (author of Tales of the Suburbs and Concretopia) is your excitable guide to a world beyond the lazy stereotypes of crap towns and guilty pleasures. He meets people who share their enthusiasm for monsters major and minor, places that get a bad press and cultural artefacts that need to be rescued from the bin.