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Bureau Of Lost Culture

The Bureau of Lost Culture broadcast curious, rare, forgotten and half-remembered countercultural stories.

Join host Stephen Coates and a wide range of guests to hear oral testimonies, rare audio and tales from the counterculture, the 20th Century underground and beyond.

Every Sunday at 11am.

For more on the Bureau:
www.thebureauoflostculture.com

ALL EPISODES

Bureau Of Lost Culture – Albion Dream: A Brief History Of British LSD (08/05/2022)

Bureau Of Lost Culture – Albion Dream: A Brief History... (08/05/2022)

Experimental treatment of the insane, secret tests by MI5 on volunteers th...

Bureau Of Lost Culture – On the Road … with Johnny Marr (24/04/2022)

Bureau Of Lost Culture – On the Road … with Johnny Mar... (24/04/2022)

From Colin Wilson to Tony Wilson, Patti Smith to Mark E Smith, what was it...

Bureau of Lost Culture: Dennis Bovell (10/04/2022)

Bureau of Lost Culture: Dennis Bovell (10/04/2022) (10/04/2022)

He stepped off a plane from Barbados onto a wet and windy runway at Heathr...

Bureau of Lost Culture: The Exploding Galaxy (27/03/2022)

Bureau of Lost Culture: The Exploding Galaxy (27/03/2022) (27/03/2022)

In 1967 and and 1968, an ordinary north London house contained an Explodin...

Bureau of Lost Culture: A Countercultural History of Camden Town (13/03/2022)

Bureau of Lost Culture: A Countercultural History of Camden ... (13/03/2022)

The Bureau of Lost Culture broadcast curious, rare, forgotten and half-rem...

Bureau Of Lost Culture: The Man Who Drilled a Hole in his Head (13/02/2022)

Bureau Of Lost Culture: The Man Who Drilled a Hole in his He... (13/02/2022)

Cannabis, mescaline and LSD were not enough for Joey Mellen in his quest t...

Bureau of Lost Culture – Soundtrack for a City (30/01/2022)

Bureau of Lost Culture – Soundtrack for a City (30/01/2022) (30/01/2022)

In the twelve years before his early death in 2021, Ian Rawes engaged in a...

Bureau of Lost Culture – The Life and Times of Michael Moorcock (16/01/2022)

Bureau of Lost Culture – The Life and Times of Michael... (16/01/2022)

Multi-award winning writer, musician, editor, essayist and inventor of the...

BUREAU OF LOST CULTURE – The Self Made Record (02/01/2022)

BUREAU OF LOST CULTURE – The Self Made Record (02/01/2022) (02/01/2022)

We revisit the wonderfully odd, lost culture of the coin-operated machines...

Bureau of Lost Culture – Ms. Freedom (19/12/2021)

Bureau of Lost Culture – Ms. Freedom (19/12/2021) (19/12/2021)

Diana Crawshaw’a journey took her from a small north Yorkshire town to the...

Bureau Of Lost Culture – The Blank Generation (21/11/2021)

Bureau Of Lost Culture – The Blank Generation (21/11/2021) (21/11/2021)

Gary Lachman returns to the Bureau to tell of his time in the New York und...

Bureau of Lost Culture: Women Against The Bomb (26/09/2021)

Bureau of Lost Culture: Women Against The Bomb (26/09/2021) (26/09/2021)

In the late summer of 1981, a group of women walked from Wales for over a ...

Bureau of Lost Culture: Child of the Counterculture (12/09/2021)

Bureau of Lost Culture: Child of the Counterculture (12/09/2021) (12/09/2021)

He was a Zelig, a holy fool, a trickster, a black magician, a sociopath, a...

Bureau of Lost Culture: William Burroughs and Friends (29/08/2021)

Bureau of Lost Culture: William Burroughs and Friends (29/08/2021) (29/08/2021)

The ghosts of William Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Alan Ginsberg, John Giorno ...

Bureau of Lost Culture: Stories and Sounds of Central Asia (15/08/2021)

Bureau of Lost Culture: Stories and Sounds of Central Asia (... (15/08/2021)

Bird markets, sacred springs, border crossings, silk weavers, street drumm...

Bureau of Lost Culture: The Lost World of Pirate Radio – Part One (01/08/2021)

Bureau of Lost Culture: The Lost World of Pirate Radio ̵... (01/08/2021)

Pirate radio first erupted in the UK in the early 1960s when stations such...

Bureau of Lost Culture: The Acid Techno Squat Party (18/07/2021)

Bureau of Lost Culture: The Acid Techno Squat Party (18/07/2021) (18/07/2021)

In these days of a constantly CCTV-snooped, property over-developed London...

Bureau of Lost Culture: Cancelled! The Counterculture of Ideas (04/07/2021)

Bureau of Lost Culture: Cancelled! The Counterculture of Ide... (04/07/2021)

Forbidden! Taboo! Shouldn’t be allowed! Do you ever find yourself cens...

Bureau of Lost Culture: Comics, Drugs and Rock ’n’ Roll (23/05/2021)

Bureau of Lost Culture: Comics, Drugs and Rock ’n’ Rol... (23/05/2021)

Bureau of Lost Culture: Comics, Drugs and Rock ’n’ Roll He has pu...

Bureau of Lost Culture: Blinded by The Light – A Countercultural History of Spectacles (09/05/2021)

Bureau of Lost Culture: Blinded by The Light – A Count... (09/05/2021)

Morrissey, Dorothy Parker, Le Corbusier, Harold Lloyd, Janis Joplin, Andy ...

Bureau Of Lost Culture (25/04/2021)

Bureau Of Lost Culture (25/04/2021) (25/04/2021)

When Leslie Woodhead was asked by Granada TV to film a new young music gro...

Bureau Of Lost Culture: NICO (11/04/2021)

Bureau Of Lost Culture: NICO (11/04/2021) (11/04/2021)

She was a singer, songwriter, musician, muse, model, actress and artist. S...

Bureau of Lost Culture: Skinhead – The Counter-Counterculture (28/03/2021)

Bureau of Lost Culture: Skinhead – The Counter-Counter... (28/03/2021)

Beatniks, Bootboys, Black GIs; Suedehead, Ska, Subculture; Rude Boys, Regg...

Bureau of Lost Culture: The GLF and Queer Counterculture (14/03/2021)

Bureau of Lost Culture: The GLF and Queer Counterculture (14/03/2021) (14/03/2021)

Bureau of Lost Culture: The GLF and Queer Counterculture 1967 may have ...

Bureau of Lost Culture: The Legend, Legacy and Lyrics of Syd Barrett (14/02/2021)

Bureau of Lost Culture: The Legend, Legacy and Lyrics of Syd... (14/02/2021)

The story of SYD BARRETT, the doomed original founder of Pink Floyd has fa...

Bureau of Lost Culture: The Lost History of Skiffle with Billy Bragg (31/01/2021)

Bureau of Lost Culture: The Lost History of Skiffle with Bil... (31/01/2021)

BILLY BRAGG pays a visit to the Bureau to give us a whirlwind tour through ...

Bureau Of Lost Culture – Days In The Life + The Language of Counterculture (01/11/2020)

Bureau Of Lost Culture – Days In The Life + The Langua... (01/11/2020)

Chick.Trip. Dope, Pad. Heavy. Cool. Scene. Man. Beat. Freak. Weed. Bang. Sq...

Bureau Of Lost Culture – Hawkwind: Days of the Underground (16/08/2020)

Bureau Of Lost Culture – Hawkwind: Days of the Undergr... (16/08/2020)

Bureau of Lost Culture: The Mysteries of T. C, Lethbridge – with Gary Lachman (19/07/2020)

Bureau of Lost Culture: The Mysteries of T. C, Lethbridge &#... (19/07/2020)

The Bureau Of Lost Culture: The Strange life of Arthur Machen (04/07/2020)

The Bureau Of Lost Culture: The Strange life of Arthur Mache... (04/07/2020)

The Bureau Of Lost Culture – The Rise and Fall of BIBA (21/06/2020)

The Bureau Of Lost Culture – The Rise and Fall of BIBA... (21/06/2020)

The Bureau Of Lost Culture: Tales from The Flamingo Club with Pete Watts (07/06/2020)

The Bureau Of Lost Culture: Tales from The Flamingo Club wit... (07/06/2020)

The Bureau Of Lost Culture: The Birth Of Goth Music (24/05/2020)

The Bureau Of Lost Culture: The Birth Of Goth Music (24/05/2020) (24/05/2020)

The Bureau Of Lost Culture: The Smallest Country In The World (10/05/2020)

The Bureau Of Lost Culture: The Smallest Country In The Worl... (10/05/2020)

Bureau of Lost Culture: A Short History of Soviet Counterculture (26/04/2020)

Bureau of Lost Culture: A Short History of Soviet Countercul... (26/04/2020)

Was counterculture possible in the oppressive, repressive circumstances of ...

Bureau of Lost Culture: The Strange Art of Lathe Recording (12/04/2020)

Bureau of Lost Culture: The Strange Art of Lathe Recording (... (12/04/2020)

Bureau of Lost Culture: The English Underground with Nick Laird Clowes – Part 2 (29/03/2020)

Bureau of Lost Culture: The English Underground with Nick La... (29/03/2020)

Bureau of Lost Culture: The English Underground with Nick Laird Clowes – Part 1 (15/03/2020)

Bureau of Lost Culture: The English Underground with Nick La... (15/03/2020)

Bureau of Lost Culture – The Secret History of Mescaline (20/01/2020)

Bureau of Lost Culture – The Secret History of Mescali... (20/01/2020)

We return with part 2 of a wonderful personal journey through the English U...

Bureau of Lost Culture: Sweat, Drums and Rock ‘n’ Roll – With Twink (23/12/2019)

Bureau of Lost Culture: Sweat, Drums and Rock ‘n’... (23/12/2019)

Drummer and songwriter, John Alder or Mohammed Abdullah, best known as Twin...

Bureau of Lost Culture – Soviet Hippies (25/11/2019)

Bureau of Lost Culture – Soviet Hippies (25/11/2019) (25/11/2019)

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VINYL SESSIONS

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Sam Dotia joined us at Soho Radio as part of the Supernova Sessions collab...

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Poppy Ajudha: Soho Radio Vinyl Session (15/12/2020)

The wonderful Poppy Ajudha joined us at Soho Radio to perform two tracks li...

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The Snuts joined us at Soho Radio to perform their single Maybe Calif...

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Joel Culpepper performed his latest single Return live at Soho Radio. This ...

Native Dancer – Currents: Soho Radio Vinyl Session

Native Dancer – Currents: Soho Radio Vinyl Session (13/11/2020)

The wonderful Native Dancer joined us at Soho Radio // #JagerSoho to perfo...

MckNasty: Soho Radio Vinyl Session

MckNasty: Soho Radio Vinyl Session (05/11/2020)

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Reuben James – BBQ Energy: Soho Radio Vinyl Session

Reuben James – BBQ Energy: Soho Radio Vinyl Session (20/10/2020)

Reuben James joined us live at Soho Radio to perform BBQ Energy ...

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Hejira – Thread Of Gold: Soho Radio Vinyl Session

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Edwyn Collins – I Guess We Were Young: Soho Radio Vinyl Session

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