Book of the Week - Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire
Neil Pearson reads Iain Sinclair's account of the chequered history and inhabitants of Hackney in East London and his own life there
Book of the Week - Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire - Hackney Brook
Iain attempts to locate the lost river of Hackney and in so doing finds himself on the set of EastEnders, by way of the Olympic construction site.
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Book of the Week - Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire - London Fields
Neil Pearson reads Iain Sinclair's account of the chequered history of Hackney in East London. The cement pearly king and queen and an assailant with an egg.
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Book of the Week - Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire - Mare Street
Neil Pearson reads Iain Sinclair's account of the chequered history and inhabitants of Hackney in East London. The cult of the cyclist and the history of the Town Hall.
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Book of the Week - Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire - Millfields
The story of Joe Kerr, head of Critical and Historical Studies at the Royal College of Art and a Hackney bus driver.
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Book of the Week - Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire - The Triangle
How Jayne Mansfield came to Hackney - together with half the world's paparazzi - and the philosophy of arch criminal Tony Lambrianou, stout defender of the Kray brothers.
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