Travis Elborough

#iainsinclair Lud Heat 50th special ltd edition of just 200 with a piece by me in the appendix - available from @swedenborghouse.bsky.social now

#NowSpinningOnVinyl🎧🎶🔥 Raven - @stonecirclesampler / @traviselborough Released on Feral Child ( @dom_feralchild )

Photos from the event at The Waves bookshop, Hastings with Travis Elborough and Jake Arnott. @dickon-edwards.bsky.social's book, 'Diary at the Centre of the Earth vol. I 1997-2007' is available from there, and from P&H Books online: poniesandhorsesbooks.com/product/dick... #booksky 📷Krissie Nicolson

Hastings/St Leonards event excursion last weekend with @dickon-edwards.bsky.social Jake Arnott & Victoria Redfern at The Waves Bookshop www.flickr.com/photos/mylif...

We were honoured to host @stevemasonofficial.bsky.social at The Long Play Sessions earlier this month, where he was joined by @improbableatlas.bsky.social to discuss his brilliant book Failure Is Always An Option.

The Battle of Cable Street 90th March Canon T50 35mm film shots www.flickr.com/photos/mylif...

Concrete Atlantis present: The Megalithic Imperative Sunday 25 Oct at 2pm @thehorsehospital.bsky.social @strangeattractor.bsky.social 3rd Stone editor Neil Mortimer in conversation + live music from Urthona Tickets £10 + booking fee www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-megali...

***ONE WEEK TO GO*** The Long Play Sessions: Steve Mason - Failure Is Always An Option. We cannot wait to welcome @stevemasonofficial.bsky.social from @thebetaband.com to discuss his book with Travis Elborough nxt Saturday in London. Tickets available below: www.gigantic.com/the-beta-ban...

Join us next Tuesday at The Wood Street Bear (Walthamstow) for The Philosophy of Vinyl with Travis Elborough. Bring some records too. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2000963295...

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-philos... This Tuesday at the Wood Street Bear E17

I’m taking my book on The Shadows on tour, talking about the group’s unique magic with esteemed fans. Why not pop along? A signed copy makes the perfect Xmas present for someone you love. Oct 12, Foyles London, with Warren Bennett and Travis Elborough, 7pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-shadow...

📻 Travis Elborough was @RobertElms guest on Saturday discussing The Philosophy of Vinyl. Listen here (1hr 35m in). www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

No 3 in the admittedly slightly niche 'Amazon Best Sellers in Musical Philosophy & Social Aspects' chart @britishlibrary.bsky.social #vinyl

NEW The Philosophy of Vinyl Travis Elborough Walthamstow 6 Oct @woodstbear.bsky.social 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2000963295...

Echo and the Bunnymen T-shirt from the merch stall at their amazing Regent's Park gig on Wed - I bought the same shirt at the Brighton Centre in 1987... god knows where it went though

I’ve spent the last 2 nights at the beautiful Regents Park Open Air Theatre watching 2 incredible Echo & the Bunnymen shows…… 📸 1) with Clair Dolphin, @improbableatlas.bsky.social , @emmatricca.bsky.social & @willsergeant.com

www.flickr.com/photos/mylif... Jake Arnott in the Green Room @foylesforbooks.bsky.social Charing X Road before our event about his wonderful folk horror novel Netherwood @titanbooks.bsky.social

Today's post - new issues of @northernearth.bsky.social & the Idler with my Elborough's Eye column featuring books on the 1960s, The Shadows, Edgar Allan Poe and @jakearnottauthor marvellous Hastings-set folk horror novel Netherwood

NEW The Philosophy of Vinyl Travis Elborough Walthamstow 6 Oct @woodstbear.bsky.social 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2000963295... @garywigg72.bsky.social

'Title aside, Bagpuss rather than Beatnik and Basil Kirchin rather than Jack Kerouac are the touchstones here; a branch of library music well stocked with Shell guides...' thequietus.com/quietus-revi... my review of Gilroy Mere's wonderful album Furlongs @thequietus.com @claypipemusic.bsky.social

Maybe It's Because I'm A Londoner! Soho Square Open House event 35 mm film shots Canon T50 www.flickr.com/photos/mylif...

The Long Play Sessions: Steve Mason - Failure Is Always An Option. We cannot wait to welcome @stevemasonofficial.bsky.social to discuss his new book with @improbableatlas.bsky.social next month. It will be an unmissable event! Tickets available here: gigantic.com/the-beta-ban... #betaband

Not sure if this got the love it deserved but currently up on @bbciplayer.bsky.social recent-ish adaptation of Jim Crace's Harvest by Athina Rachel Tsangari, folk horror-ish but cartography, capitalism, class, the highland clearances, enjoyed a lot at the cinema www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Ahead of tonight's repeat, here's another. The Telegraph has republished a piece I wrote for the launch of #PendasFen Scene by Scene back in June 2025. Some exclusive stuff here about calls to the BBC duty log.... (gift link) www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/6926bf7...

www.flickr.com/photos/mylif... The Carshalton Straw Jack - 35mm shots with Canon T50 #analogue #film

The Megalithic Imperative: A 3rd Stone Reader by Neil Mortimer presents a selection of articles originally published in the magazine, alongside new commentaries from people like Jenny Blain and Paul Devereux. Buy here strangeattractor.greedbag.com/buy/the-mega...

Join me for a skeetalong-a- #PendasFen this Wednesday night when BBC4 reruns it from 10.15pm. Behind the scenes stories, pics and things to spot. If you've seen the play before, then follow live. If it's new to you, give it proper attention and then join the # on catch up. Link in bio to the book.

Straw Jack - Carshalton

The Long Play Sessions: Steve Mason - Failure Is Always An Option. Excited to welcome @stevemasonofficial.bsky.social from @thebetaband.com to discuss his new book from @newmodernbooks.bsky.social with Travis Elborough in October. This will be an unmissable event! dice.fm/partner/tick...

Philosophy of Vinyl a festive gift pick from Books Are My Bag

The Philosophy of Vinyl out 18 Sept 26 @britishlibrary.bsky.social publishing #vinyl pre-order a signed copy from Rough Trade @roughtraderecords.bsky.social here: www.roughtrade.com/.../the-phil...

Join Sunday Times bestselling author Jake Arnott in conversation with Travis Elborough at Foyles, Charing Cross. They'll be discussing Jake's upcoming release NETHERWOOD, a modern British folk horror set in the seaside town of Hastings... 🌊🖤 Get your tickets here: https://tinyurl.com/4kz5hp4w

Launching 1st of October! My project to publish the lost occult poetry of Victor B. Neuburg! The poet best known via Aleister Crowley & Dylan Thomas, Neuburg's own 1924-25 occult poems have NEVER been published before. Until now. Sign up for updates! Help our algos! tinyurl.com/vinepress

www.flickr.com/photos/mylif... Mannings of Margate

Joining him in conversation will be Travis Elborough for what will be an unforgettable night. Doors open early to allow for travel back; there are also a limited number of early-bird tickets available for £5 below. wegottickets.com/f/25167 #stevemason #thebetaband #90smusic #00smusic #booktalk

I'm going all-in on 'making stuff and losing money' so here's a new one: This Sudden Eden, a perambulation of the estate at West Dean, West Sussex, with photographer Rachel Poulton (of 'Unseen'), designed by Stefan Musgrove. jackdawshivers.bandcamp.com/merch/this-s...

Stonehenge, Richmond, Virginia

The finale to my Slacker Shakespeare season at @riocinema.bsky.social is Shakespeare in Love sponsored by @fivepointsbrew - is on Sunday 19 July 2pm - riocinema.org.uk/Rio.dll/What... spaces are limited so book now to avoid disappointment -

Hosting the launch of #CathiUnsworth's Dressed in Black compilation @thecolonyroom.bsky.social @acerecords.bsky.social

Do come! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dickon-edw...

Happy solstice all - the Rollright Stones

new show, up now!

My Slacker Shakespeare season at the @riocinema.bsky.social and sponsored by @fivepointsbrew - kicks off this Sunday 21 June at 2pm with @gus_van_sant My Own Private Idaho riocinema.org.uk/Rio.dll/What...

www.flickr.com/photos/mylif... From last Sunday's event at The Dublin Castle, Camden

In the company of @paulreesauthor.bsky.social's’ ‘Raised on Radio – Power Ballads, Cocaine & Payola’, Travis Elborough dips into the history of Adult Orientated Rock — the sound of a confident, car-driving North America www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/06/rais...

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@malcolmgarrett.bsky.social 70th!

My latest Elborough's Eye books column in the new issue of @idlermagazine