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Gentrification

Essayist Adam Gopnik talks to Shahidha Bari about city living. Plus artist Lucinda Rogers on depicting changes to a London market and a new report into prosperity.

New Yorker essayist Adam Gopnik talks to Shahidha Bari about city living. Plus artist Lucinda Rogers on depicting changes to a London market, a new report into prosperity and New Generation Thinker Alastair Fraser from the University of Glasgow shares his research .

At the Stranger's Gate by Adam Gopnik, a staff writer for the New Yorker, is a memoir recalling 1980s New York and the early years of his marriage.
Lucinda Rogers: On Gentrification Drawings from Ridley Road Market is on display at the House of Illustration in London until March 25th 2018.

Producer: Torquil MacLeod.

Image: The Gentrification of Lewisham in South London, England. 22 August 2017. Photo by Jack Taylor / Getty Images).

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45 minutes

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Role Contributor
Presenter Shahidha Bari
Interviewed Guest Adam Gopnik
Producer Torquil MacLeod

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  • Wed 29 Nov 2017 22:00

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