The final screening of How We Used to Live on the national Picturehouse cinemas tour is on Sunday 17th August at 6pm with post screening Q&A with myself, Bob Stanley and Paul Kelly.
Link here: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse/film/How_We_Used_To_Live/
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The next screening of How We Used to Live – plus a Q&A with Bob Stanley and myself is on Sunday 10 August 2pm at the Ritzy in Brixton. Full details here:
http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Ritzy_Picturehouse/film/How_We_Used_To_Live/
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‘Architecture and the City hosted by Musicity – Chaired by Broadcaster Ruth Barnes. Hosted by Musicity, founded by BBC Radio Broadcaster Nick Luscombe, in collaboration with Modern Culture founder Martin Colthorpe, this event will explore the sound of London’s streets and music as part of its DNA or social capital. Panelists include author Travis Elborough, Bob Stanley (St.Etienne) and Dai Watts.’
More details here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/art-social-14-tickets-11945341839
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Pete Wiggs and myself will be doing a Q&A after a screening of How We Used to Live at the Port Eliot Festival, St Germans on Friday 25th July at 7pm in the Round Room.
More details here: http://www.porteliotfestival.com/
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July 15, 2014 · 10:34 am
I was interviewed by the Museum of London about London Bridge as part of their fantastic ‘Bridge’ exhibition .
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Shot in front of the Butterfly Dome in Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, here it is on the inner flap of Geoff’s new novel The City Under the Skin published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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A clip from ‘How We Used to Live’ featuring narration by Ian McShane.
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June 30, 2014 · 10:14 amA lovely review of the Sheffield Doc Fest screening of How We Used to Live and the Q&A
How We Used To Live (Photo credit: Heavenly Films)
It may come as a surprise to learn that none of the members of Saint Etienne – that quintessentially ‘London’ of London bands – was born in the capital. If ever a band was defined by a city, it is St Etienne. It has exerted a profound influence, colouring much of the band’s creativity. The clues were there, in the Billy Liar quoting sophomore effort, So Tough: ‘a man can lose himself in London.’
There is another nod towards Billy Liar in the band’s filmic love-letter to London, How We Used To Live: montage shots of post-war housing – high-rise flats, leafy suburban vistas, culled from hundreds of hours of documentary footage – are underscored with archive sound-bites from Housewives’ Choice. The tone is set…
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Travis Elborough 