{"product_id":"9780571394180","title":"Blitz","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Elms is one of the greatest chroniclers of our age. He was born to write this book.'\u003c\/b\u003e Dylan Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fantastic! It is like time travel . . . [to] the most exciting, innovative, outrageous, wildest, most creative club ever.'\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Dagger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Elms was not only in the room where it happened, he was at the very heart of it.'\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Kemp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The perfect witness and commentator: open-minded, outward looking, and an expert and shrewd cultural analyst.' \u003c\/b\u003eLavinia Greenlaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sharp, funny and caked in two-day old eyeliner.'\u003c\/b\u003e Jodie Harsh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA history of the club that set the ‘80s alight, by the much-loved presenter, writer and Blitz attendee Robert Elms.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe short-lived Blitz club in London’s Covent Garden was more than somewhere to hang out or be seen: it was a catalyst for cultural explosion, a counter-culture blast against everything Thatcher's leadership had ushered in by the dawn of the 80s. Tuesday nights boasted a ferocious, fearless cast – from Boy George and Spandau Ballet to Grayson Perry and Peter Doig, to Michele Clapton, Sade and Alexander McQueen. This was the vanguard of a different England; socially liberal, loud, proud and diverse, fiercely individualistic and determined to succeed. Britain was black and white; the Blitz Kids switched on the colour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBlitz\u003c\/i\u003e, Elms reflects on a club night founded by working-class kids, one whose impact reverberated beyond its doors, through the worlds of Art, Literature, Fashion and Music, and into the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Elms","offers":[{"title":"Faber \u0026amp; Faber |  Hardback  |  2026-01-13","offer_id":47353620758783,"sku":"9780571394180","price":44.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_47a0f459-d43b-45ef-b316-feb34a6bb3dc.jpg?v=1760542474","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780571394180","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}