What happened to the English seaside? | A Drink with Madeleine Bunting

Author of The Seaside: England’s Love Affair Madeleine Bunting talked to Idler editor Tom Hodgkinson about the state of the English seaside and what it says about our country today.
In this clip, Madeleine talks about how the decline of the seaside came to pass.
Madeleine Bunting is the author of several acclaimed works of non-fiction, including Labours of Love: The Crisis of Care, which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize; Love of Country: A Hebridean Journey, which was shortlisted for the wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize and the Saltire Non-Fiction Book of the Year award; The Plot: A Biography of My Father’s English Acre, which won the Portico Prize and was shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize, and Willing Slaves: How the Overwork Culture is Ruling Our Lives. She is also the author of two novels: Island Song and Ceremony of Innocence.
This conversation was recorded as part of the Idler's weekly online event, A Drink with the Idler. The full recording is available to magazine and Academy subscribers. Visit the website to join: www.idler.co.uk/

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I've just come back from a weekend in Blackpool, we had a fab time! you see the run down areas, and notice the places that have closed, but i will always go back, even in the winter.
The money injected to tidy the front up has it looking much better, but we always have good fun there regardless, and the people are lovely and warm. if only the government would invest in these areas. people work hard and need a fun escape, especially those on lower wages who can't afford to go abroad. and the kids of poorer families would treasure those memories, as i have from my childhood. Some people I know won't go, because they think it's a 'dive'. I think they're just plain boring 😂 long live the British seaside! ❤🎉