Introduction
Chapter 1 - The East Village
A tour of the London Athletes' Village after the Olympics and a circuit of the Olympic development zone and Stratford City, also takes in Leyton.
Chapter 2 - The Second Circuit
An orbital walk around the Olympic zone with a former resident of Clays Lane Housing Co-op, passing through Hackney Wick and Carpenters Estate.
Chapter 3 - A New Era/ A New Hope
A return to Carpenters Estate for the Focus E15 protest and the story of the New Era campaign in Hoxton with residents and Russell Brand.
Chapter 4 - Save Soho/Save Tin Pan Alley
Tim Arnold of Save Soho gives a tour of the musical heritage of the area on the day the 12 Bar Club in Denmark Street closed. The Save Tin Pan Alley campaign recount the legacy of 'the street of music' and what is being lost to development
Chapter 5 - Viva Sweetstopia
The inspiring story of how protestors established an independent microstate in North London on the Sweets Way Estate following the eviction of the council tenants.
Chapter 6 - Areas of Opportunity
Starting with the opening of the Trew Era Café in Hoxton and an interview with the Artist Taxi Driver we meet some of the other activists and campaigns in 2015/2016 including Save Earls Court and Reclaim London.
Chapter 7 - Punk Epping Forest & The Lea Valley Burial Mound
The meeting with the Bermondsey Joyriders on the Foyles Rooftop leads to an exploration of the punk heritage of Epping Forest and a journey to a Bronze Age burial mound in the Lea Valley which opens unexpected lines of enquiry
Chapter 8 - The Road to Easneye pt.1 - Leytonstone to Rye House
Following the associations opened by the Lea Valley tumulus I embark on a journey from Leytonstone to Easneye Wood near the Lea on the trail of another burial mound. The route takes me from Leytonstone through Walthamstow and Chingford to Sewardstone on the edge of London. This chapter picks up on the influence of the Buxton family on the development of London and continues the Punk Epping Forest theme.
Chapter 9 - The Road to Easneye pt.2 - Stanstead Abbots to Easneye Wood & Widbury Hillfort
Continuation of the journey to Easneye and an exploration of the ancient origins of London.
Chapter 10 - Beating the Bounds with Iain Sinclair
An account of a number of walks I undertook with the writer Iain Sinclair from his memory grounds around the East End to the development zone around Old Oak Common in the company of film-maker Chris Petit (Radio On). We're joined at points by film-maker Andrew Kötting.
Chapter 11 - The Open City
Commissioned by the United Nations to shoot scenes of economic activity in London to illustrate a thesis developed for the Habitat III Conference in Quito I head to Peckham Queens Road, Hackney Wick, and the Olympic Park.
