I’d been drawn to it, when it had appeared one day in the middle nineties, bursting upon a patch of wasteland on the way to Roman Road, where my favourite morning market had offered cut-price clothes. My mother and I had gone to the market every now and then, and we’d punctuated our chilly trawl down the long, stall-congested street…
Tag: London
The Stories Heathrow Tells About Itself
To mark its 70th anniversary, Heathrow Airport launched a project to curate stories about itself. Years later, only a few of these narratives have survived…
A Walk around Heathrow Airport
We walked around the ragged, disputed edges of Heathrow Airport. From ancient coaching inns to robot cars on raised roads, here’s what we found…
The Park Where There Used to Be a Palace
“Crystal Palace Park still carries the name of something that is no longer there, a building of plate glass and iron from the high Victorian age…”
An Interview with Dawn Hart
Dawn Hart participated in the Heathrow Airport Residency in September 2018. We spoke to her about another recent residency, her MA studies, and beekeeping.
The Ghost Flights of Heathrow Airport
A plane takes off or lands at London’s Heathrow Airport approximately once every 45 seconds during its operational hours. Some of them are empty, and they are empty on purpose…