I recently had a very enjoyable, wide-ranging chat with Jean Franco of Farsang Journal, looking back at seven years of South London Stories. Along with publishing it as an interview, Farsang also produced this watercolour portrait which has generously de-aged me by about 15 years…
It’s lovely to be given an opportunity to talk about the project in such depth, and to be taken back to some of the earlier points in its gestation. In fact, after reading the interview, my friend Sarah, who worked in the homelessness sector for 20 years and played a pivotal role in the development of the project, texted me to say how nostalgic it made her feel. Those early days were an absolute education – and I miss having the time I had to spend on it at that point.
You can read the interview on Farsang’s substack here: https://farsangjournal.substack.com/p/farsang-interviews-james-hopkirk
It’s a really unusual. interesting and varied publication, and I’d highly recommend subscribing.
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