{"id":23466,"date":"2025-03-05T14:22:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T14:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/?post_type=events&#038;p=23466"},"modified":"2025-09-20T19:59:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T18:59:55","slug":"from-basic-life-support-to-anarchist-utopia-a-lifetime-in-housing","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/events\/from-basic-life-support-to-anarchist-utopia-a-lifetime-in-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"Plotlands of Shepperton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Stefan Szczelkun will read from his book<em> Plotlands of Shepperton<\/em> &#8211; a unique artist\u2019s book on a massively under-researched area of the history of housing, soon to be re-released in large format. Szczelkun&#8217;s commentary on Britain&#8217;s plotlands reveals the houses to be haunted by their radical history. Do they contain a key to the \u2018housing problem\u2019 that the establishment dare not countenance?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive aligncenter wp-image-23605 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/STefan-PLotlands-cover-604x393.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/STefan-PLotlands-cover-604x393.png 604w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/STefan-PLotlands-cover-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/STefan-PLotlands-cover-768x500.png 768w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/STefan-PLotlands-cover-100x65.png 100w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/STefan-PLotlands-cover-270x176.png 270w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/STefan-PLotlands-cover-150x98.png 150w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/STefan-PLotlands-cover.png 910w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Following his reading, Stefan will discuss this and more in conversation with<span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"> BRHG&#8217;s Paul Smith.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stefan Szczelkun will read from his book Plotlands of Shepperton &#8211; a unique artist\u2019s book on a massively under-researched area of the history of housing, soon to be re-released in large format. 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