Garage punk band singer and author of the 224-page Car Park Life Gareth E. Rees can officially be classified “the expert on Britain’s car parks.” His favourite is the one close to where he lives at Morrisons in Hastings, Sussex and amongst things he’s found in them whilst touring them are people dogging Stan Collymore-style and a dead body even. Of what he terms a study of an area of “psychogeography” and spaces that he bizarrely likens to botanical gardens, in November 2019, this father of two commented: “Racist attacks, road rage, homelessness, child grooming, gun crime, heat-absorbing tarmac, rain run-off. The heart of darkness is not at the end of an exotic river. It’s outside your supermarket.”
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Robin Leach (1941 – 2018)
“With champagne wishes and caviar dreams” was the famous signoff of London born Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous host Robin Leach. Harrow High School educated, this one-time Daily Mail reporter moved to the US in 1963 with $145 in his pocket and after briefly becoming a shoe salesman founded a music publication named Go […]
Panagiotis “Taki” Theodoracopulos
A Spectator columnist since 1977, this controversial Greek-born journalist and socialite most definitely enjoys the “High Life.” He’s a judo champion and thinks nothing of criticising the Israeli government and mocking Princess Michael of Kent. Don’t get him started on Libya or Tony Blair. The titles of two of his books give much away about […]
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Eccentricity is to be encouraged but car parks to me seem to be just places where the lifts stink of piss and drug deals go on.
I cannot say I’ll be rushing out to buy a copy.
You do find some very odd subjects. And they do amuse me for one.
Who would read a book about car parks??????????? That’s just MADNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Weird
Perhaps write a book on where the bloody hell we can find a Carpark when we need one, might be more useful.
What a load of drivel.