Described as 'one of the country's finest pop culture historians',
Travis Elborough is an acclaimed author and social commentator who
lives in London. His work delves into the ephemera of retro culture
as well as the history of London, geography, and a broad range of
other subjects. His Atlas of Vanishing Places won the Illustrated
Book of the Year at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards in
2020, and he has also written The Bus We Loved, a passionate love
letter to the Routemaster bus which defined London transport for
more than 50 years. His other works include A Traveller's Year, A
London Year, The Long-Player Goodbye, Being A Writer and A Walk in
the Park: The Life and Times of a People's Institution. Travis is a
regular contributor to Radio 4 and the Guardian, and has penned
articles on all aspects of travel and culture, from pirates in the
Caribbean to donkeys at the British seaside. He has written for the
Times, Sunday Times, New Statesman, BBC History Magazine and
Kinfolk among others, and is a visiting lecturer at the University
of Westminster, where he teaches creative writing.
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