Life in Suburbia
Anne McElvoy discusses suburbia with novelist Adam Thirlwell, academic Nick Hubble, graphic artist Richard McGuire and photographer Hannah Starkey.
Anne McElvoy talks to the novelist Adam Thirlwell about his latest book, described as 'suburban noir'; its setting "a kind of absence, without a focus or centre". The academic Nick Hubble takes issue with the cultural representation of suburbia and the snobbery surrounding it. When Richard McGuire created his graphic masterpiece 'Here' he collapsed millennia of history into the corner of one suburban house, and the photographer Hannah Starkey looks back at photos from the end of the twentieth century to see what they say about changing Britain.
Producer: Katy Hickman.
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Adam Thirwell
has twice been named on Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists list. As well as his two novels, Politics and The Escape, he is also the author of a novella Kapow!Μύ
His latest book, Lurid and Cute Μύis available now, published by Jonathan Cape 2015.
Nick Hubble
is Senior Lecturer in English at Brunel University, College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences, London.
Brunel : Μύby Nick Hubble
Richard McGuire
regularly contributes to the New Yorker magazine and is an illustrator, graphic designer, animator, children's book author and musician.
published by Random House is available now.
Hannah Starkey
is a photographer and one of the artists curating the exhibition, at the Hayward Gallery: 10th FebruaryΜύto 26th April 2015.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Anne McElvoy |
| Interviewed Guest | Adam Thirlwell |
| Interviewed Guest | Nick Hubble |
| Interviewed Guest | Richard McGuire |
| Interviewed Guest | Hannah Starkey |
| Producer | Katy Hickman |
Broadcasts
- Mon 9 Feb 2015 09:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Mon 9 Feb 2015 21:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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