Jonathan Meades

Jonathan Meades

Birth : 1947-01-21, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK

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Jonathan Turner Meades is an English writer and film-maker, primarily on the subjects of place, culture, architecture and food. His work spans journalism, fiction, essays, memoir and over fifty highly idiosyncratic television films, and has been described as "brainy, scabrous, mischievous", "iconoclastic" and possessed of "a polymathic breadth of knowledge and truly caustic wit".

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Jonathan Meades

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Franco Building with Jonathan Meades
Writer
Writer and broadcaster Jonathan Meades turns his gaze onto Spanish dictator Francisco Franco.
Franco Building with Jonathan Meades
Self
Writer and broadcaster Jonathan Meades turns his gaze onto Spanish dictator Francisco Franco.
Ben Building: Mussolini, Monuments and Modernism
Writer
Having previously investigated the architecture of Hitler and Stalin's regimes, Jonathan Meades turns his attention to another notorious 20th-century European dictator, Mussolini. His travels take him to Rome, Milan, Genoa, the new town of Sabaudia and the vast military memorials of Redipuglia and Monte Grappa. When it comes to the buildings of the fascist era, Meades discovers a dictator who couldn't dictate, with Mussolini caught between the contending forces of modernism and a revivalism that harked back to ancient Rome. The result was a variety of styles that still influence architecture today. Along the way, Meades ponders on the nature of fascism, the influence of the Futurists, and Mussolini's love of a fancy uniform.
Ben Building: Mussolini, Monuments and Modernism
Himself
Having previously investigated the architecture of Hitler and Stalin's regimes, Jonathan Meades turns his attention to another notorious 20th-century European dictator, Mussolini. His travels take him to Rome, Milan, Genoa, the new town of Sabaudia and the vast military memorials of Redipuglia and Monte Grappa. When it comes to the buildings of the fascist era, Meades discovers a dictator who couldn't dictate, with Mussolini caught between the contending forces of modernism and a revivalism that harked back to ancient Rome. The result was a variety of styles that still influence architecture today. Along the way, Meades ponders on the nature of fascism, the influence of the Futurists, and Mussolini's love of a fancy uniform.
Bunkers, Brutalism and Bloodymindedness: Concrete Poetry with Jonathan Meades
Writer
Jonathan Meades dives deep into the motives behind Brutalist architecture, the story of its fall from grace and its unapologetic continued relevance.
Bunkers, Brutalism and Bloodymindedness: Concrete Poetry with Jonathan Meades
Jonathan Meades dives deep into the motives behind Brutalist architecture, the story of its fall from grace and its unapologetic continued relevance.
Joe Building: The Stalin Memorial Lecture
Writer
Jonathan Meades examines the cult of Stalinism through its buildings and monuments.
Joe Building: The Stalin Memorial Lecture
Himself - Presenter
Jonathan Meades examines the cult of Stalinism through its buildings and monuments.
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
The Nihilist
A comic drama about the weird and wonderful world of Salvador Dali and the Surrealists. This film charts Dali's meteoric rise from obscurity to the world's most publicised artist.
tvSSFBM EHKL
Writer
A surreal film about surrealism.
tvSSFBM EHKL
Himself - Presenter / Various Characters
A surreal film about surrealism.
Jerry Building: Unholy Relics of Nazi Germany
Writer
Jonathan Meades explores the architecture of Nazi Germany, from its holiday camps to its concentration camps.
Jerry Building: Unholy Relics of Nazi Germany
Himself - Presenter
Jonathan Meades explores the architecture of Nazi Germany, from its holiday camps to its concentration camps.
L'Atlantide
Writer
A mythical land who must be discover. Or invented. In an impressive library, two old men. One is a great Polish archaeologist at the end of his work. The second- his best friend. They are masters of a substantial slice of human history: legendary Atlantis. It is refuge and masterpiece, propriety and treasure.