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Jonathan (Turner) Meades (born 21 January 1947 , Salisbury , England ) is a British writer on food, Architecture , and Culture , as well as an Author and Broadcaster . Meades studied at the Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art (RADA) c. 1967 .http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article2533980.ec He is an Honorary Associate of the .http://www.humanism.org.uk/site/cms/contentviewarticle.asp?article=2356&splash=yes FOOD WRITING He has written reviews and articles for '' Glenfiddich Awards .http://www.winedine.co.uk/page.php?cid=242 TELEVISION WORK He is well known to British television audiences for his series about architecture ''Abroad with Jonathan Meades'' and its sequels ''Further Abroad with Jonathan Meades'', ''Even Further Abroad With Jonathan Meades'', ''Further Abroad'' and ''Abroad Again''.http://www.tvfactual.co.uk/abroad_again_in_britain.htm These visually-innovative documentaries look at neglected forms of British architecture such as caravan parks and golf courses, and at the place that famous buildings hold in the British popular imagination. Meades' television work also includes two separate one-off documentaries about the architectural legacy of both the Third Reich , ''Jerry Building'', and Stalin's Russia , ''Joe Building.'' Meades has also written and presented a documentary called ''Surreal Film'' (2001) for BBC2 (although the onscreen title was "tvSSFBM EHKL", the words encoded in appropriately surreal fashion)http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/reviews/2001/tvssfbmehkl.htm, which sought to expound on surrealism in a manner that fitted the subject. Perhaps inevitably, given Meades' approach and his choice of topic, some found it bewildering and often psychedelic. However, it was nevertheless distinctive and humorous in a field often populated only by ''de rigueur'' and ''comme il faut'' offerings. His latest series ''Jonathan Meades : Abroad Again'' was shown on BBC Two in May 2007. It uses his familiar style of jaunty camera angles often showing him from behind, going down escalators, sitting on walls or even not at all as he is walking away from the camera. He talks directly to the camera and often his speeches are split up from different angles or positions. There are times of silence or with only music where shots of the building he is talking about is shown. All of these mean the programme has a very different feel to documentaries such as David Starkey 's. Equally he often uses scathing remarks to criticise other buildings such as an occasion when he refers to the Millennium Dome as a "Museum of Toxic Waste".http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/abroad-again.shtml PUBLISHED WORKS
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