Gresham College Lectures

London's Lost Rivers: The Hackney Brook and other North West Passages

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Iain Sinclair takes a look at the rivers of London which have either faded out of the minds of Londoners or else disappeared completely. He considers what relationship these 'lost' rivers have with the idea of 'northness' within London and beyond.

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