Travis Elborough

Come see How We Used to Live at the brand new Curzon cinema in Victoria – followed by a Q&A with Pete Wiggs and Bob Stanley of Saint Etienne and me.

Full details here: http://www.curzoncinemas.com/library/films/3822/how-we-used-to-live/

A lovely review of the paperback of London Bridge in America by Claire Looby in The Irish Times.

Read in full here: http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/london-bridge-in-america-the-tall-story-of-a-transatlantic-crossing-1.1771335

Watch a clip from How We Used to Live and read a short interview about the film with director Paul Kelly and myself here:

http://www.nowness.com/day/2014/4/18/3815/how-we-used-to-live

Link here: http://www.eastendreview.co.uk/2014/04/11/how-we-used-to-live-travis-elborough/

How We Used to Live is screening at the Southend Film Festival on Bank Holiday Monday 5th May – book tickets here
http://www.visitsouthend.co.uk/thedms.aspx?dms=3&feature=5042&venue=0677435&easi=true&f=Southend+Film+Festival

A unique celebration of post-war London by acclaimed director Paul Kelly, created through a compelling use of rare footage drawn from the BFI National Archive and original music by Saint Etienne with a spellbinding narration by Ian McShane. Using only colour footage from 1950 – 1980 How We Used to Live covers the early days of the welfare state up to the opening years of Margaret Thatcher’s reign. From the shadow of the war and the great future created by the welfare state to the rise of individualism and the triumph of the consumer society, it is as much a lyrical cinematic meditation on life now as then.

We will welcome director Kelly and writers Bob Stanley and Travis Elborough for a post screening discussion.

Link here: http://www.curzoncinemas.com/events/details/2054/docdays-how-we-used-to-live-qa-with-director-and-writers/

I will be appearing at this Science Museum Late to talk about the Routemaster bus via Cliff Richard, The Festival of Britain and the Eagle comic.

Here I am speaking to Jo Good about A London Year on BBC Radio London,

Link here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01sv22b

A piece I wrote for the last issue of Kinfolk on pubs – you can now read it here online:
https://www.kinfolk.com/public-house/

I have a little something in issue 11 of Kinfolk magazine – you can order it here:
http://www.kinfolk.com/kinfolk-issue-eleven/