East End Walk following W.G Sebald's Austerlitz (4K)

A walk through the East End of London tracing the route of one of the walks undertaken by characters in W.G Sebald's celebrated novel Austerlitz. I'm joined by artist Bob and Roberta Smith (watch my documentary about Bob here    • Make Your Own Damn Art - full documen...  .

The route was provided by Iain Sinclair who walked these streets with the poet Stephen Watts who guided Sebald on his East End walks from Liverpool Street Station to Alderney Road in Stepney. An account of this walk can be found in Iain Sinclair's book The Last London https://amzn.to/36qNboz (affiliate link).

The key locations are:
- The Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool Street Station, Toynbee Hall, Greatorex Street, Brady Street Jewish Cemetery, Alderney Road, Tower Hamlets Cemetery, St. Clement's Hospital (site of).

Austerlitz by W.G Sebald is highly recommended
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The Iain Sinclair footage was shot on a walk from Haggerston to Shadwell for our London Overground documentary which you can watch here    • Make Your Own Damn Art - full documen...  

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Backpack: Berghaus TwentyFourSeven 30 litre rucksack
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Waterproof jacket: The North Face Men's Sangro Jacket
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Water bottle: Nalgene Everyday Weithals Bottle
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Power Bank: Omars Power Bank
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Boots: Merrell Men's Moab 2 Mid GTX High Rise Hiking Boots
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Camera: Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GX80KEBK Compact Digital Camera with 12-32mm Lens
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Music used in this video:
Lone Harvest by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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Gymnopedie No 1 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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Gymnopedie No 2 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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