C20 Society: John Grindrod presents: Tales of the Suburbs (IHBC Recognised CPD Provider)

Date: Wednesday 27th May, 18:30–19:45

Where: Hybrid, Online and in-person, 70 Cowcross Street
London EC1M 6EJ
United Kingdom

Best-selling author of Concretopia (2013), Iconicon (2017) and Outskirts (2022) John Grindrod presents his latest book Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains.

Throughout LGBTQ+ history, suburbia has been seen as somewhere to escape from: a place where heterosexuality rules; where differences will not be tolerated; where you’ll never find a soulmate. But for many, those streets of twitching curtains and pebble-dashed semis were – or still are – a place to call home.

Join John Grindrod in conversation with the former Historic England architectural investigator Matthew Whitfield, author of England’s Suburbs 1820-2020 (2025), to discuss the past and future of the suburban life.

For further information and booking:

https://secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=62&EventId=1294

Cost: £16