Christopher Beanland keynote speaker

Christopher Beanland is a writer, comedian and presenter.

Author of non fiction books with a focus on travel, architecture and urban history: Lido, Unbuilt, Concrete Concept - Brutalist Architecture Around The World, Station, City Parks, and Architecture For Cars .

Author of the novels The Wall in the Head and Spinning Out of Control.

Working on screenplays and short films.

Written for most major newspapers and magazines from Moncole to The Guardian to the BBC to The Telegraph to The Times.

Presenter, producer and writer of the podcast Park Date which interviews writers, thinkers and comedians and was a finalist at the 2023 and 2024 Independent Podcast Awards.

Appeared at Edinburgh Book Festival, Glasgow Book Festival, Oxford University, Leeds University, Design West Bristol, Architecture Association, RIBA Bookshop, Stanfords, Picturehouse Cinemas (Ritzy, Hackney and Greenwich Picturehouse), Midlands Arts Centre, PinkComma in Boston, USA etc.

Host of live events, onstage Q&As, film nights, interviewer, standup comedian and MC who has played Edinburgh Fringe, appeared on numerous podcasts presented by people like Ed Milliband and on numerous radio shows like Andrew Marr, ABC Australia, BBC Radio etc. Presenter on TV shows including The Architecture The Railways Built (Yesterday TV UK). Profiled on ARTE TV across Europe in 2022.