I’ve always been fascinated by the secret spaces in cities – the abandoned tube stations in London, or the catacombs in Paris which I wrote about in The Scar-Crow Men and Lord of Silence.
Here’s an interesting article about moves to use all those mysterious, lost spaces under our cities. Worth a read.
There was a tv series called Cities of the Underground that I found fascinating. I think they are available on DVD. You might look into them.
Be very interested in that. Will check it out.
Had the double pleasure of hearing Irving Finkel speak o the Lewis Chess pieces and relevent to the topic his vision of turning a redundent underground station as depository for the diaries of all.word gets around and he found himself bieng the custodian of freely given diaries statched where he could find space.
A few months ago I happen to tune in to radio 4 and lo and behold the idea is taking shape .A vibrant man. Keeper-interprator of cuniform script.