Wild spaces: Great Moss
Scafell (left) and Scafell Pike (right) from Great Moss In England, wild camping is an activity that is generally discouraged and is usually dependent on getting landowners’ permission. However, in...
View ArticleChronopolis: Detroit’s time zones
The Imagination Station opposite Michigan Central Station In a peculiar instance of art imitating life, I happened to read J. G. Ballard’s 1960 short story ‘Chronopolis’ during a recent stay in...
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I-94 Industrial Park, Detroit Even as cities die they leave traces, remaining inscribed upon the landscape as patterns of streets long after the buildings have disappeared. Like diverted rivers that...
View ArticleGathered time: Lincolnshire’s redundant churches
St Boltoph’s, Skidbrooke With 350 UK buildings in their care, the Churches Conservation Trust is a national charity that saves historic churches at risk. All of these churches are handed over to the...
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