OUR PATCH FEBRUARY 2014
H
ammersmith’s Sophie EllisBextor chose a venue close
to her home – and heart –
to return to the stage to
unveil her fifth album.
“Wanderlust means an
impulse to travel. So it’s kind of funny
that I’m launching the album about 10
minutes from my home,” she laughs.
Luckily, 10 minutes from home for her
means Uxbridge Road’s Bush Hall, in
all its red velvety, chandelier splendour.
The perfect venue for a highly polished
pop princess.
Born in Twickenham to former
Blue Peter present Janet Ellis and film
director and producer Robin Bextor,
she moved to Hammersmith at the age
of 11, when she joined St Stephen’s
Primary School – right across the
road from the Bush Hall – and later
Godolphin and Latymer public school.
Mum Janet is also a Hammersmith
lifer, having lived in the same house
for some 23 years and playing an active
role in the local c