Les mecs, Deaf culture, and playing in the ashes

With Lauren Elkin, Sarah Marsh, and Katrina Porteous

I spent the weekend finally reading Orbital, and talking to two excited six-year-old boys. Perhaps esoterically, their excitement was on account of having discovered 1950s seaside culture. Their teacher had set them a project to learn about it and their little minds were full of beach huts, candy floss, slot machines, and did I know – they asked me eigh…