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Writing about architecture, virtual worlds and places that are not on maps. Author *Chernobyl: A Stalkers’ Guide* @FuelPublishing. PhD in monuments.

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Darmon Richter is a British writer and photographer with a particular fascination for ideological architecture. His writing has appeared on a wide range of platforms including Atlas Obscura, Foreign Affairs and CNN; while his photographs have been featured by news media around the world, and have appeared in exhibitions in five countries - including an installation of his architectural photography at the North Macedonian Pavilion for the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale.

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Here We Come a-Wassailing

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By Darmon Richter Verified
| Substack
Growing up in cider country, it seemed the most natural thing in the world for bearded men in rag coats and clogs to go dancing through the streets on a winter night, clacking sticks; as the townsfolk formed a long and noisy procession – shouting, singing, banging pots and pans – that snaked its way to the orchard, where they would serenade an apple tree and hang toast from its limbs. Then I spent 20-or-so years away – most of it abroad.
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I Developed a Formula for Predicting the Plot of Doctor Who Stories

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By Darmon Richter Verified
| Substack
My relationship with Doctor Who is long and complicated. I started watching in the late 1980s, and haven’t missed an episode since. That is not because it is always particularly good, but it certainly can be, and anyway for better or worse I am pathologically unable to look away. As of this weekend, Doctor Who is back on television with a new series. Showrunner Russell T Davies (hereafter “RTD”) is back too, after his previous stint in the role from 2005-2010.
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10 Unique Works of Brutalist Architecture in Skopje

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By Darmon Richter Verified, Roy Duffield
| Travel Mag
Cities rarely have the opportunity to completely reinvent themselves. In the case of Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, it has happened twice now in the past 60 years. Skopje’s first, Brutalist architectural makeover owes itself to a powerful earthquake on 26 July 1963, when around 80% of the city’s buildings were destroyed.
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