Steve Ely’s collections Oswald’s Book of Hours (2013) and Englaland (2015) cut unique trajectories into concepts of England and the English, presenting an unapologetic and paradoxical affirmation of a bloody, bloody-minded and bloody brilliant people.
Danish huscarls, pit-village bird-nesters, ageing prize-fighters, flying pickets, Falklands war heroes and jihadi suicide-bombers parade through the books.
In this performance, Ely reads from his work and discuss the people, history and landscapes that lies behind it.