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27/10/2026

Here's a new Radical Walk you could try out in Vienna.

Or if you're not in Vienna, you can do the virtual walk.

Introduction This is a relatively short and compact walk in which a whole ensemble of Red Vienna can be seen and experienced. A good starting point is Enkplatz. There is the U-Bahn station of the s…

21/09/2026

Next Radical Walk is Saturday 26 September in Vienna.

It's a walk along Wahringer Strasse (with diversions) exploring some of the histories of Red Vienna.

This will be a walk along Währinger Strasse (and beyond) to look at some of the architecture and history of Red Vienna

17/09/2026

...becoming absorbed into District XV, Wien

I arrived in Vienna after a two day train journey across Europe. The owner of the apartment I’m staying in met me, explained how everything worked and handed over three keys, to the front doo…

11/09/2026

A two day train journey across Europe

Europe is over. The sages have met. A small, but self-important clique. They imagine themselves as Zimmerwald, though few can speak European languages. Nor have they ever operated in conditions of …

17/08/2026

Next Radical Walk is on Sunday 6 September.

Pattern 10: Magic of the City

A walk around the edge of Covent Garden exploring the ideas of Christopher Alexander's 'Pattern Language'....and a tribute to Conrad Taylor.

19/07/2026

The next Radical Walk is on Sunday 16 August, 'Hazy Cosmic Jive: Marx & Bowie in Soho'.

We will stroll through back streets and alley ways and explore commodity fetishism, pop music and how David Bowie performing Starman on Top of the Pops helped to change the world.

Details in the link below.

04/06/2026

The next Radical Walk is on Sunday 21 June as part of the London Festival of Architecture. The theme of the the festival is 'belonging'.

So this walk is called 'Belonging needs housing'.

It will be a gentle perambulation from Churchill Gardens Estate to the Millbank Estate exploring the fine tradition of public housing built in London from the 1890s to 1980.

With references to the Dream in Bricks of Amsterdam, the Garden Cities of the Île-de-France, Neues Frankfurt and Red Vienna.

A walk from Churchill Gardens to Millbank Estate exploring the fine legacy of public housing in London

31/05/2026

The June edition of the Radical Walks newsletter. Message me if you would like to subscribe.

A walk from St Pauls along Fleet Street asking the question, who owns London?

12/05/2026

Next Radical Walk is on Monday 1 June and is part of the London Festival of Architecture

A walk from St Pauls along Fleet Street asking the question, who owns London?

12/05/2026

Next Radical Walk is on Monday 1 June and is part of the London Festival of Architecture

Danny Bee organises radical walks and talks across London and the south-east. These generally cover social and socialist movements, the development of mass production and consumerism, housing, urban planning and design, offices, department stores, technologies, taste and fashion, anecdotes and remi....

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