Travis Elborough

An incredibly lovely review of A Walk in the Park by William Boyd in The Guardian.

‘William Boyd gives his definition of a park, and praises a wonderful book, full of learning and enthusiasm, that insists we need to cherish and protect these ‘people’s institutions’…

‘This is a fascinating, informative, revelatory book…’ Read in full online here:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/18/a-walk-in-the-park-the-life-and-times-of-a-peoples-institution-travis-elborough-review

Read online here:

http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/06/from-versailles-to-the-town-bandstand-the-story-of-the-public-park/

I am appearing at the Review Bookshop in Peckham on Thursday 23rd June at 6pm.

Book a ticket here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-walk-in-the-park-with-travis-elborough-tickets-25232767888

Amazing review of A Walk in the Park by Andrew Martin in the Financial Times:

Here he tackles public parks. The story of their evolution from aristocratic hunting grounds into public utilities might have taken on the dowdy parochialism often associated with the parks themselves. But Elborough is a social historian who also happens to be funnier than most supposed “humorists”… ‘

Read in full  here:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5b07fe36-2bf5-11e6-bf8d-26294ad519fc.html

Full list here:

http://www.worldtravelguide.net/holidays/editorial-feature/top-10-holiday-reads-june-2016

‘A Walk in the Park by Travis Elborough (Cape £18.99): beautifully written history of parks from their origins in commons and aristocratic estates to now.’

Read an extract from the introduction of A Walk in the Park online here:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/find-your-next-read/extracts/2016/jun/a-walk-in-the-park-by-travis-elborough/