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Christopher Beanland

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London
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Covers:  comedy, life, love, architecture, culture, media, foreign, travel, music, technology, art, cities, design
Doesn't Cover: hairpieces, sparrows, tables, frankfurters, norfolk, suffolk, economics, buffalo
Flâneur / Farceur / Écrivain: The Wall in The Head etc 🎙️Park Date parkdate.co.uk

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Christopher Beanland’s Biography

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Writer.

  • I write comedy. Please come and have a laugh ;-) God knows these smug 'look at me I'm great' profiles are enough of a joke.

  • My podcast is called Park Date Insta Twitter Website Please do like, subscribe and review.

  • I've written two novels (The Wall in The Head and Spinning Out of Control). I'm working on a third, and a screenplay and other film ideas.

  • I've written a book about brutalism, one about lidos, one about unbuilt architecture and one about parks. I'm writing one about t…

Christopher Beanland’s Journalist Portfolio

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The real-life Brutalists: the architects who inspired the Oscar-nominated film

The real-life Brutalists: the architects who inspired the Oscar-nominated film

Marcel Breuer, Erno Goldfinger and others feed into Adrien Brody's troubled Hungarian architect Lazlo Toth. P…

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Extra: How cars shaped modern architecture - Monocle

Extra: How cars shaped modern architecture - Monocle

Writer Christopher Beanland considers the cultural and architectural impact of cars in shaping our built envi…

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Europe's most beautiful lidos

Europe's most beautiful lidos

Lidos are places of peace in a crazy world. Outdoor swimmers cherish the relaxation that their daily lengths …

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Park Date Podcast at 50

Park Date Podcast at 50

Park Date Podcast at 50

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These are seven of the world's greatest railway stations

These are seven of the world's greatest railway stations

In his new book, Christopher Beanland writes about some of the world's coolest railway terminals - here are s…

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On the trail of Tashkent's bizarre Soviet relics

On the trail of Tashkent's bizarre Soviet relics

Visiting Uzbekistan's Communist remnants is like taking a time machine back to a world of USSR surrealism

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Articles

The quirky South Coast harbour town loved by artists with an iconic lido nearby

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The world’s most amazing brutalist hotels

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Brutalism may be the Marmite of the architectural history world. But a great many hotel designers are very much sold on exposed concrete and outlandish sculptural elements. With flats in the Barbican fetching a fortune and a wholesale reappraisal of mid-century design, is it any wonder that we are keen to stay in these nostalgic but pioneering buildings?
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The European escapes without EES queues this summer

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Awards

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The Times Student Awards

Best Online Writer

Independent Podcast Awards

2024

Finalist - Park Date Podcast

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Independent Podcast Awards

2023

Finalist - Park Date Podcast

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TravMedia Awards

2022 - Travel Writer of The Year

Finalist

TravMedia Awards

2025 - Travel Writer of The Year

Finalist

West End New Comedy Act

2025 - One To Watch

Winner

Architecture Book of The Year

2024

Finalist

Travel Media Awards

2022 - Green Writer of The Year

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