Travis Elborough

‘Travis Elborough charts the rise and fall of the antique, examining how, ultimately, the present always dictates which bits of yesteryear we deem worthy of collecting.’

Full details about each of the episodes here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bf4ln4/broadcasts/upcoming

‘In an era where the liberties we often take for granted are under threat, Letters To Change the World is a collection of inspiring letters offering reminders from history that standing up for and voicing our personal and political beliefs is not merely a crucial right but a duty if we want to change the world.

Edited by Travis Elborough, the collection includes George Orwell’s warning on totalitarianism, Martin Luther King’s ‘Letter from a Birmingham Jail’, Albert Camus on the reasons to fight a war, Bertrand Russell on peace, Emmeline Pankhurst rallying her suffragettes, Nelson Mandela’s letter to his children from prison and Time’s Up on the abuse of power.’
Read more at https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1116503/letters-to-change-the-world/#7dH9RvD3aRF1jHrj.99

Full details here:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1116503/letters-to-change-the-world/

I will be appearing at the Port Eliot Festival over the weekend of the 28th and 29th July.

Full details here:

https://porteliotfestival.com

‘A 90 – 120 minute walk with Travis Elborough: a revealing exploration of Battersea Park, from it’s inception, it’s radical history, and how it has become a ‘jewel’ valued by local people as well as developers.’

To book a place:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/parks-pleasure-politics-a-walk-through-battersea-park-tickets-47214743569

Picture by Lisa Jane Persky

‘Ranging from Jane Austen to Agatha Christie and to the Prince Regent via Billy Butlin and Brighton Rock, Travis Elborough explores our often masochistic love affair with the seaside.

Travis Elborough traces the development of the British seaside in order to examine how our ideas about health, wealth and happiness evolved. Our aspirations and snobbery, our attitudes to sex, our keen sense of fair play, our chequered relationship with national pride and our ability to laugh at ourselves have all been played out against a backdrop of stormy skies, pebbly beaches and sticks of rock.’

Read more at https://www.rmg.co.uk/see-do/exhibitions-events/maritime-lecture-series-england-on-sea#XZzHfS2ZtRfBB8XX.99

‘It is now seventy years since Columbia records launched their long-playing record in the summer of 1948. This revolutionary innovation ushered in the era of vinyl as the format for the music that would soundtrack so many lives.

First published ten years ago when the iPod ruled supreme and a vinyl revival seemed an unlikely prospect Travis Elborough’s The Long-Player Goodbye was immediately acclaimed as a brilliant piece of popular history that explored how vinyl changed our world.

The book became the basis for the BBC4 documentary When Albums Ruled the World in which he also appeared.

In Going For A Song Garth Cartwright charts the secret history of the UK record shop, from the age of the wax cylinder to the days of dubstep and the resurgence of vinyl and covering the whole colourful story of UK record-buying, from market traders selling music-hall 78s to ravers demanding Detroit techno.’

More info and to book for tickets here:

https://mattersofvinylimportance.com/blogs/news/on-the-record-with-garth-cartwright-travis-elborough-thursday-14th-june

Picture with Gabriella Apicella @storytails