Next Radical Walk is on Sunday 14 December 25

Meet at 2pm outside St Peter’s Church, Vere St, London, W1G 0DJ

The approach of Christmas leads to a huge intensification of manufacturing production at a global level. What exactly is behind the lights?

This will be a perambulation around the West End to explore Christmas traditions old and new, pagan festivals, the northern crown, commodity production, capital and profit and much more.

We’ll roam through St Christopher’s Place, visit Selfridges, take a peek at Oxford Street from a safe distance and press our noses up against the bullet proof glass of expensive jewellers.

The aim is observe the crowds but avoid them, to be dazzled by shiny baubles and flashing signs and lift commodity-image-objects to the electric light and see what lies hidden in their manufacture.

You can book in advance for a tenner, chip into the hat on the day or come for free. It’s the reverse of price surging.