Iain Sinclair
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Iain Sinclair is a writer, poet, documentarist, film maker and urban shaman, examining futures through their relationship with the past. He has lived in Hackney, East London for 40 years and much of his writing and research focusses on this area and its inner workings.

Ghost Milk - Calling time on the Grand Project

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We live in the age of the Grand Project, when political and economic elites decide that big visions are required to improve districts and cities. The London 2012 Olympics encapsulate this trend towards "retro-futurism" and they will be extremely damaging to East London.

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