{"product_id":"blitz-8th-oct","title":"Blitz (8th Oct)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e: The Club That Created the Eighties\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA history of the club that set the '80s alight, by the much-loved presenter, writer and Blitz attendee Robert Elms. The 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTuesday 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Blitz, 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\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Elms is one of the greatest chroniclers of our age. He was born to write this book.' Dylan Jones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Fantastic! It is like time travel . . . [to] the most exciting, innovative, outrageous, wildest, most creative club ever.' Steve Dagger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Elms was not only in the room where it happened, he was at the very heart of it.' Gary Kemp\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The perfect witness and commentator: open-minded, outward looking, and an expert and shrewd cultural analyst.' Lavinia Greenlaw\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Sharp, funny and caked in two-day old eyeliner.' Jodie Harsh\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book House (Thame)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56348455502209,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0280\/7873\/5421\/files\/9780571394197.jpg?v=1791046713","url":"https:\/\/shop.thebookhousethame.co.uk\/products\/blitz-8th-oct","provider":"The Book House Thame","version":"1.0","type":"link"}