Your location: When Louis met ROOF
26 August 2008
Broadcaster and journalist Louis Theroux reveals his best and worst experiences of housing in this month’s edition of ROOF, Shelter’s independent magazine.
Louis describes working as a teacher and living in a basic, overcrowded bungalow in Zimbabwe, shared with two local teachers and their extended families. He says;
‘It was communal living. You brought food in, but had no rights to it…if you’re hungry you eat what’s there. You can’t stick a Post-It note on it saying ‘Louis’s milk’.’
By contrast, his favourite home is his current house in Harlesden, London.
‘People think (the area) is ridden with crime’ Louis says. ‘In reality, it’s no worse than anywhere else. In this part of north-west London, we’re very multicultural, and all the richer for it’.
Also writing in this month’s edition of ROOF are Michael Eavis, organiser of the Glastonbury Festival, and Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats.
In recent months, AL Kennedy, Ben Okri, Oona King, Billy Bragg, Diane Abbot and Beryl Bainbridge have all contributed to the magazine.
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