The Groundwater Diaries: Trials, Tributaries and Tall Stories from Beneath the Streets of London. Tim Bradford

      THE GROUNDWATER DIARIES

       Trials, Tributaries and Tall Storiesfrom beneath the Streets of London

      TIM BRADFORD

       Dedication

      To Cindy, Cathleen and Seán

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Dedication

AUTUMN

1. A Bloody Big River Runs Through It

2. Special-Brew River Visions (No Boating, No Swimming, No Fishing, No Cycling)

       London Stories 1: The Dogpeople

WINTER

3. Football, the Masons and the Military-Industrial Complex

       London Stories 2: A Young Person’s Guide to House Prices

4. From Eel to Eternity: William Morris and the Saxon-Viking Duopoly

       London Stories 3: Going to the Dogs

5. Spa Wars

       London Stories 4: The Secret Policeman’s Bar

       6. Invisible Streams

       London Stories 5: Triumph of the Wilf

       SPRING

       7. The Pot and the Pendulum

       London Stories 6: Catching Muggers, Starsky-and-Hutch Style

       8. Can You Feel the Force?

       London Stories 7: Our Man in a Panama Hat

       9. Danish Punk Explosion Dream

       London Stories 8: Suspicious Mind

       10. Big Sky Over Norton Folgate

       London Stories 9: Hidden Art Soundscapes in the Aura of Things

       11. River of Punk

       London Stories 10: The Secret Life of the Market Trader

       12. Fred the Cat and the River of the Dead

       SUMMER

       13. Acton Baby!

       London Stories 11: How to Fuck Your Knees Before You’re Fifty

       14. The Suburban River Goddess at the Brent Cross Shopping Centre

       London Stories 12: Swedish DIY Fascism

       15. The Unbearable Shiteness of Being (in South London)

       London Stories 13: 30 Love in the Time of Henmania

       16b. Sorry to Keep You

       17. The Tim Team

       18. Doing the Lambeth Walk

       London Stories 14: Welcome to Shakespeare Country – Britain’s Heritage Industry

       AUTUMN

       19. Bridge Over the River Peck

       London Stories 15: A Night Out at the Ministry of Sound

       20. The Black Wicked Witch Knife and Fork in Old Ed’s Dinertown

       London Stories 16: An Alternative Global Financial System Written on the Back of a Beermat

       22. Up Shit Creek

       London Stories 17: Dome Time

       23. The Tao of Essex

       London Stories 18: The Eighties Were Shit But Free Jazz Pool Was Great