Submitted by
mute on Monday, 22 May, 2006 - 14:41
This pod is a collection of material on the development of the so-called Thames Gateway, which Mute is aiming to publish some articles about in our next issue (June 06).
'They had sailed from Deptford, from Greenwich, from Erith – the adventurers and the settlers; kings' ships and the ships of men on 'Change; captains, admirals, the dark "interlopers" of the Eastern trade, and the commissioned "generals" of East India fleets. ...
"And this also," said Marlow suddenly, "has been [will be] one of the dark places of the earth."'
– Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness.
Contents of this cluster
- Lammas land grab - Olympics strike again in east London
- The Thames Gateway: here be monsters
- Thames Gateway.... welcome to the future?
