The Architecture of Social Housing

#itaffectsme

The founder of #itaffectsme, Laura Darrall discusses the campaign. On the Button are proud to be supporting Laura in her campaign to break the stigma that surrounds mental health. Thanks to all the people who spoke to us for the recording - watch this space for podcasts discussing anxiety and mental health in the not too distant future. Huge Kudos and thanks to Roo Panes and CRC Music for lending us the beautiful track, Silver Moon.

The Architecture of Social Housing

In this episode we talk to Merlin Fulcher, architectural journalist about the architecture of social housing, and we discuss Berthold Lubetkin, a pioneer in Modernist Social architecture, with his biographer, John Allan from Avanti Architects.

Housing protests: songs and stories

In our Protest podcast, we are joined by Robin Grey and Rachel Rose Reid from Three Acres and a Cow, who talk to us about land rights, housing rights and why it's important to sing about it. Included in the programme are conversations with activists from housing campaigns across London.

A Return to Slum Conditions

A series of podcasts documenting our research for Britain’s Got Tenants, our new show about the housing crisis and the history of social housing, which will tour in May and June 2016. For this second episode we're joined by spoken word artist and poet Deanna Rodger to talk about slum conditions, precarity and homelessness. For more information, visit: http://onthebuttontheatre.org/bgt-podcast-slum-conditions

What is a housing crisis?

Welcome to our first Britain’s Got Tenants podcast! This is where we’re documenting our research for Britain’s Got Tenants, our new show about the housing crisis and the history of social housing, which will tour in May and June 2016. Playwright Che Walker, who will be writing the show with us next year, joins us, in this first episode to discuss “What is a housing crisis?” More information about the podcasts, the show and who we've interviewed at http://onthebuttontheatre.org/?p=199