John Grindrod
@grindrod.bsky.social
Social historian of modern places. Wrote Concretopia and Iconicon. Tales of the Suburbs, on LGBTQ+ history, out March 2026. Also, maps. Disappointingly unserious. Podcast: Monstrosities Mon Amour
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My other books, Concretopia on Britain’s postwar rebuilding, Iconicon, on the stuff built since the 80s, and Outskirts, on the green belt, make a loose trilogy about our weird and wonderful modern places www.johngrindrod.co.uk/books
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
My other books, Concretopia on Britain’s postwar rebuilding, Iconicon, on the stuff built since the 80s, and Outskirts, on the green belt, make a loose trilogy about our weird and wonderful modern places www.johngrindrod.co.uk/books
The novelisation gives zero fucks about correcting that
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The novelisation gives zero fucks about correcting that
The most wonderful time of the year
November 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The most wonderful time of the year
Oh blimey! That is special skillz
November 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Oh blimey! That is special skillz
I think there was an hour in 1996 where I felt like I was in step with the world. Not a clue before or since.
November 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I think there was an hour in 1996 where I felt like I was in step with the world. Not a clue before or since.
In the meantime you can catch up with my previous guest, John Boughton, sharing his most monstrous municipal dreams, in all of those nice podcast downloady listeny type places they have now. johngrindrod.substack.com/podcast
November 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
In the meantime you can catch up with my previous guest, John Boughton, sharing his most monstrous municipal dreams, in all of those nice podcast downloady listeny type places they have now. johngrindrod.substack.com/podcast
(More running obsessiveness of a 1993 sort on my most recent Substack) open.substack.com/pub/johngrin...
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
(More running obsessiveness of a 1993 sort on my most recent Substack) open.substack.com/pub/johngrin...
That is very kind of you x
November 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
That is very kind of you x