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‘Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire’ shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize‘Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire’ has been shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize, which will be announced at a dinner on Monday, May 24.
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just bought a 2 hand copy of london orbital, and reminded of the impression the film made a few years ago now.
i spent a few years in the 80s hitching around so quite familiar with the lurid yet fascinating world of the motorway siding. but i agree M25 has a strangeness above most others.
but my experience most similar to that of lon.orbital was when i was studying events in paris of 1870-71.
a trip to a prittified capital where even the commune is on the tourist trail. but back in london
by chance i stumbled on a privately printed copy of an account of the siege, virtually unknown. i resolved to find out more. the author was a priest called rev. brine but very little else was known apart from his place of deceasement, which turned out to be a forgotten church by the westway, all the exiting traffic thundering past oblivious. but he didnt seem to be the vicar there, so another mystery. i went in to enquire further and got yelled at by a tour guide who thought id tried to sneak in with her troupe. an odd day out, not much solved, and very sad.