Beach Hut People: Stories from the Beach Hut

Beach Hut People Stories from the Beach Hut

'A charming snapshot of a slice of the British seaside, the humble beach hut, their occupants, and a tiny corner of Essex serving here as a brilliant microcosm for a larger story about our island nation's idiosyncrasies’. -Travis Elborough

Writer Nancy Stevenson will be sharing stories from her book Beach Hut People which takes us beyond the colourful hut exteriors and uncovers the way of the beach hut community. Exploring traditions, changes, challenges and personal expression and style, Nancy shares her reflections on beach hut culture on the North Essex Coast. Based on conversations with 60 people who own or regularly visit beach huts, it is a collection of shared stories: experiences, routines, of things that people collect and display in their huts, and the way they choose to style them.

Nancy began her journey unconvinced; she loved the beach but was always on the…