Croydonopolis: A Journey to the Greatest City That Never Was

*Though everyone from D. H. Lawrence and David
Bowie struggled with being there, and comedians have made it a byword for the
ugly and banal, this town halfway between London and Brighton has a remarkable
history at the centre of things.

Eleven archbishops are buried there. London's
first airport was there. In the sixties it was a daring experiment in
futuristic brutalist architecture. Its contribution to black culture began with our most notable black composer and
culminated in the first black British artist to headline Glastonbury. Its Brit
School produced everyone from Adele to Amy Winehouse and Raye. Still want to
diss Croydon?

Croydonopolis
tells the amazing story of this much-maligned town, whose only fault was to be
too far ahead of the curve, and always go for broke.