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Imagination and the Suburbs

Laurie Taylor discusses how imagination and reality combine to create the environments in which we live. With writer Iain Sinclair and sociologists Paul Barker and Nick Hubble.

IMAGINATION AND THE SUBURB
Why is the dream of suburbia so often portrayed as a nightmare? In part two of a series exploring how imagination and reality combine to create the environments in which we live, Laurie Taylor discusses facts and fantasies of suburban life with writer Iain Sinclair and sociologists Paul Barker and Dr Nick Hubble.

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  • Wed 20 Aug 200816:00
  • Mon 25 Aug 200800:15

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