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Bureau Of Lost Culture

The Bureau of Lost Culture collect curious, forgotten and half-remembered counterculture stories.
Join musician Stephen Coates and photographer Paul Heartfield as they dig beneath the surface and broadcast tales from the 20th Century underground, with special guests and rare audio.

Every Sunday at 3pm listen to conversations with musicians, artists, writers and cultural commentators as they share their stories and personal experiences in an informal oral history of the counterculture on Soho Radio.

www.bureauofostculture.com

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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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