Link to the Show / Show NotesLaurie Taylor discusses the enduring appeal of Suburbia. 3 out of 4 British people live there, yet the term 'suburban' can be a short hand for small mindedness and lack of individuality. According to the writer Paul Barker, planners and architects deride suburbia, but many are drawn to its safety, space and freedom. Also Lynsey Hanley, author of Estates: An Intimate History, will be comparing suburban existence to life on a housing estate. Also why modernity and forgetfulness go hand in hand. In an era of mega cities, electronic media and casualised work, are we losing the foundations of shared memory? The Social Anthropologist, Paul Connerton charts the ways in which contemporary life damages our collective and individual memories.
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