In this episode design and feature journalist Helen Barrett kidnaps me in the boot of her Austin Maxi and takes me to the Wiltshire town of Swindon, where we explore the American-style relics of its optimstic twentieth century. Along the way we also find time to celebrate the hynotic rock edifice of Status Quo’s Down Down, and talk class, Norman Foster and Chelsea Girl.

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