Comments for Psychogeographic Review

Comment on Psychogeographic Review’s Recommendations – May 2013 by Billy Mills

Billy Mills — Sat, 04 May 2013 17:12:11 +0000

Schedules are good.

Comment on Psychogeographic Review’s Recommendations – May 2013 by Bobby Seal

Bobby Seal — Sat, 04 May 2013 07:44:19 +0000

Hang in there, Billy; we don’t cover existentialist dilemmas until August.

Comment on Psychogeographic Review’s Recommendations – May 2013 by Billy Mills

Billy Mills — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:48:19 +0000

Ford Maddox Ford and the Dead; are you me?

Comment on Psychogeographic Review’s Recommendations – May 2013 by Great Northern Cycle Way

Great Northern Cycle Way — Fri, 03 May 2013 06:50:31 +0000

Bobby,

The Houlder book remains elusive despite some heavy googling. However I did find this short review from ‘Welsh History Review’, Vol 8 pg 122 which illuminates the value base of seventies academia…

“Christopher Houlder, Wales: an Archaeological Guide (Faber and
Faber, 1974. Pp. 207, 29 plates, 40 figs. £ 4.50) provides a superbly-
illustrated list of 240 selected prehistoric, Roman and early-medieval
field monuments, divided into forty-five areas convenient for the tourist.
Priority has been given to accessibility, and there are full references to
the National Grid. The author provides a brief outline of the archaeology
of Wales and a helpful classified bibliography. Mr. Houlder, an official
investigator of Welsh ancient monuments, based at Aberystwyth, is
admirably equipped to encourage the archaeological enthusiast, profes-
sional or lay, to put on his gum boots.”

Comment on Psychogeographic Review’s Recommendations – May 2013 by Bobby Seal

Bobby Seal — Thu, 02 May 2013 20:20:58 +0000

Yes, I know Barter Books – an amazing place. You’d probably need to go somewhere like that for Houlder’s book. I got my copy in the 1980s and I think it’s out of print now; which is pretty typical of the Psychogeographic Review approach: recommending out of print books!

‘Wales: An Archaeological Guide’ has got more on Offa’s Dyke than it has on Wat’s, but I guess that reflects the fact that we know more about the history of one than the other.

If you like any of Nick Papadimitriou’s other work, such as the ‘Ventures and Adventures in Topography’ podcasts from Resonance FM, you’ll like ‘Scarp’. I think the guy’s brilliant, a total original.

Comment on Psychogeographic Review’s Recommendations – May 2013 by Great Northern Cycle Way

Great Northern Cycle Way — Thu, 02 May 2013 19:16:42 +0000

So much stuff; so little time! Will be Spotify-ing Infinity a little later. Will be googling Barter Books in Alnwick for the Wales Antiquities Guide. (If you’ve not been to Barter Books put it on your life-list). Is there much on Wat’s or Offa’s Dyke in it? Did I dream it or did Scarp get some off-ish reviews from The Grauniad?

You only need to add Renaissance “Turn of the Cards” for this to be the ‘capo di tutti capi’ of all lists

Comment on Clerkenwell: drift and prams by Billy Mills

Billy Mills — Wed, 01 May 2013 10:38:15 +0000

Very interesting read, thanks.

Comment on The Chalets of Farndon by Bobby Seal

Bobby Seal — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:59:13 +0000

Some interesting comments – thanks guys. It would have been nice to have explored some of the the community aspects of the chalets but, unfortunately, I was only able to observe from the outside.

Comment on Clerkenwell: drift and prams by Diana Hale

Diana Hale — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:36:31 +0000

This is great – I love the abandoned pram images and the nostalgia.

Comment on The Chalets of Farndon by Diana Hale

Diana Hale — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:32:11 +0000

Have just seen something similar at Snettisham Beach in Norfolk – love them! Went to a talk on Colin Ward a few months ago too and am reading one of his books. Great stuff.