Join us for a walking tour through Lisson Grove, Edgware Road and Church Street, tracing the local roots of punk.About this Event
Slits Are Girls / Walking Tour with Paul Gorman
Saturday 16 May
11-1 pm
Tickets £6, concessions available ([email protected])
Join Paul Gorman for a walking tour through Lisson Grove, Edgware Road and Church Street, tracing the local roots of punk through the story of The Slits. Beginning at The Showroom, where Ângela Ferreira’s Slits Are Girls maps a radical cultural geography, we will explore the streets where punk’s formative energies took shape in the mid-1970s.
Paul Gorman is a writer, curator and guide-maker. His books include The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren, The Story of The Face: The Magazine That Changed Culture, The Wild World of Barney Bubbles, Totally Wired: The Rise & Fall of the Music Press, Straight with Boy George and Nine Lives with Goldie. His latest book is Granny Takes A Trip: High Fashion & High Times. London Calling is the latest in Gorman’s series of guides about pop and counter-cultural aspects of the UK capital published by Herb Lester, including The Look of London, Situation Vacant: Sex Pistols & Malcolm McLaren’s London, David Bowie’s London and Down The Road Apiece: The Rolling Stones’ London 1962-71.
Event Venue
The Showroom Gallery, 63 Penfold Street, London, United Kingdom
GBP 6.00
