{"product_id":"blitz","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\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 John Galliano. 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":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57499272970613,"sku":"9780571394197","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780571394197.jpg?v=1786694588","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/blitz","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}