03 August 2017, The Tablet

Our house … was our castle and our keep


Radio

 

Julie Myerson once produced a book in which she attempted to track down everyone who had ever lived in her south London house. In the week-long series Door Stepping (31 July to 4 August), Jude Rogers had the equally bright, if slightly easier, idea of revisiting every home in which she herself had resided.

The prompt was her recent relocation from a cramped metropolitan terrace to the sheep-filled expanses of the Black Mountains, and her tearful arrival here in the middle of nowhere stoked the suspicion – confirmed in spades as the series proceeded – that psycho-geography was vitally important to her sense of self.

Get Instant Access

Continue Reading


Register for free to read this article in full


Subscribe for unlimited access

From just £30 quarterly

  Complete access to all Tablet website content including all premium content.
  The full weekly edition in print and digital including our 179 years archive.
  PDF version to view on iPad, iPhone or computer.

Already a subscriber? Login