Reimagining the City

Writers and musicians present alternative guides to cities with which we think we are already familiar.

Radio 4,11 episodes

Episodes

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Series 3
Reykjavik
Musician John Grant on Reykjavik, a city he fell in love with on tour.
03 Dec 2016,30 mins
Series 3
Preston
Artist Lubaina Himid on Preston, an unexpectedly creative city.
26 Nov 2016,30 mins
Series 3
Barcelona
Colm Toibin reimagines Barcelona - a city he first fell in love with in the 1970s.
19 Nov 2016,30 mins
Series 2
Birmingham
Soweto Kinch offers a different vision of a city he's loved all his life - Birmingham
25 Jan 2014,30 mins
Series 2
London
Lavinia Greenlaw offers a personal vision of London, a city she's loved all her life.
01 Feb 2014,30 mins
Series 2
Calcutta
Amit Chaudhuri offers a different vision of Calcutta, a city he's loved all his life.
08 Feb 2014,30 mins
Series 1
Istanbul
Writer Elif Shafak invites us to reimagine Istanbul, a city she has loved all her life.
19 Jan 2013,30 mins
Coventry
Singer and musician Pauline Black invites us to re-imagine Coventry.
26 Jan 2013,30 mins
Dublin
Writer Joseph O'Connor invites us to re-imagine Dublin.
12 Jan 2013,30 mins
New Orleans
Writer Nik Cohn invites us to "re-imagine" New Orleans, a city he's loved all his life.
05 Jan 2013,30 mins
Belfast
Artist Bill Drummond shares his vision and memories of Belfast.
09 Mar 2010,30 mins