About the Author

Ian Nairn (1930-1983) was a British architectural critic and topographer
who coined the term "subtopia" for the areas around cities that had in his
view been failed by urban planning, losing their individuality and spirit of
place. In the 1960s he contributed to the volumes on Surrey and Sussex in Nikolaus Pevsner's Buildings of England series and published a number of his own books, including Nairn's Paris and Nairn's Towns, both published by Notting Hill Editions.

Travis Elborough is the author of many books, including Wish You Were
Here- England on Sea, The Long-Player Goodbye, Through the Looking
Glasses- The Spectacular Life of Spectacles, and Atlas of Vanishing Places,
winner of Edward Stanford Travel Book Award in 2020.