# Travis Elborough
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travis elborough (born 1971, Worthing, Sussex, England) is the British author of The Bus We Loved: London's Affair With the AEC Routemaster (Granta Books, 2005); The Long-Player Goodbye: The Album From vinyl To iPod And Back Again (Sceptre 2008); and Wish You Were Here - England on Sea (Sceptre 2010) and A Walk in the Park (Jonathan Cape, 2016).
He reviews for The Guardian, and has contributed to New Statesman, The Sunday Times, Zembla and The Oldie.
Making Waves
This week, Larry Wolff immerses himself in a bold operatic vision of Melville's classic; and Travis Elborough on a boosterish attempt to rescue Croydon from its knockers.
'Moby-Dick', composed by Jake Heggie, Metropolitan Opera House, New York, until March 29
'Croydonopolis: A Journey to the Greate…
Let's Buy London Bridge
Oil tycoon Robert P. McCulloch purchased London Bridge for $2,460,000 on 17th April, 1968. The Victorian structure, which had been sinking into the River Thames at a rate of one inch every eight years, was then dismantled stone by stone and shipped to the USA, where it now bestrides Lake Havasu Cit…
The Lives of Gay Men in Postwar London
Peter Parker talks to Travis Elborough about “Some Men in London”, Peter’s recent, acclaimed and often witty two-volume collage of letters, diaries, and newspaper stories, chronicling gay male life between 1945 and 1968, the year when sex between consenting adult men was decriminalised. The discuss…
Monstrosities Mon Amour: Grafton Car Park, Worthing, with Travis Elborough
How and why was the chi-chi seafront in Regency Worthing modernised in the 1960s? And what is the appeal of a Swedish prog-rock album of Tolkien’s fantasy epic?
Worthing in West Sussex, long associated with the subversive observational wit of Jane Austen and Oscar Wilde, has since been scandalised …
The Summer of 1976
John L. Williams and Travis Elborough discuss John’s new book, “Heatwave”, which chronicles the famously hot and eventful British summer of 1976, a summer remembered bot just for its intense heat but also for riots, inter-racial violence, and the emergence of punk music.
London at War, 1939-1945
Jerry White and Travis Elborough in conversation about Jerry’s most recent book, “The Battle of London, 1939-45: Endurance, Heroism and Frailty Under Fire”.
Concrete Atlantis with Travis Elborough and Luke Murray: Uncanny Landscapes S3E6
An interview with Travis Elborough and Luke Murray (Stonecirclesampler, who also provided this week's music).
Visit Travis's website, or the Stonecirclesampler bandcamp page for more.
Subscribe to the Uncanny Landscapes substack for an exclusive album by Travis Elborough & Stonecirclesampler re…
How are Americans reacting to disruptions in travel and global events?
This week's Eye on Travel Podcast with Peter Greenberg - from Richmond, Virginia. Peter explores how Americans react as travelers to disruptions in travel and global events with Founder of Embark Beyond Jack Ezon. Then, Peter takes a look at how the real travel numbers are affected with Amir Eylon…
Monstrosities Mon Amour LIVE: Bradwell Nuclear Power Station with Gillian Darley
This episode was recorded live at the Horse Hospital in London on 10 May 2026 as part of Concrete Atlantis.
In this special episode, historian and biographer Gillian Darley kidnaps not just me but a whole audience at the Horse Hospital and takes us on a trip to the Essex coast, site of the long dec…
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