When: Friday, 12. February 2010 6.30pm
Where: London, Edmond J Safra Lecture Theatre, King’s Building, Strand Campus, King’s College, WC2R 2LS
Host: English PEN
Contact: (susie.christensen@kcl.ac.uk or lara.feigel@kcl.ac.uk)
More info: www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/hrc/life/dissecting/subchild.html

It was commissioned as part of a series of authored films about British architecture and broadcast in 1979. In the film, Frayn chose to tell the remarkable story of the exponential growth of suburbia by focusing on his own childhood home district of Ewell in South West London.

Through the minute details of ordinary life as perceived by an eleven year old child, Frayn and Marks painted a picture of the dream of the rural within the urban which inspired the builders of a century ago. Twenty years later, Frayn revisted the same wartime suburban streets and made them the background for his acclaimed novel Spies.

Here, a screening of the film will be followed by a discussion between Frayn and Marks about their childhoods in the suburbs and their experience of making the film.

The talk is followed by a drinks reception.  It is free and open to the public but booking is essential. 
To book, or for more information, please contact susie.christensen@kcl.ac.uk or lara.feigel@kcl.ac.uk