A highly popular broadcaster on BBC Radio London, Robert Elms started out as a journalist and is the author of four previous works of non-fiction and a novel.

As the unofficial patron saint of all things London, Robert is writing the definitive book about the Blitz Club, the legendary club in London’s Covent Garden which was the catalyst for a cultural explosion at the end of the ‘70s.

Tuesday nights at the Blitz Club in 1979 changed a whole host of worlds. They certainly changed Robert Elms and the 120 or so Blitz regulars - almost none over 23 – who went on to have a global impact as pop stars, writers, fashion designers, photographers, choreographers and artists. And still remain at the top of their tree today.

Take Boy George and Spandau Ballet, Steve Strange and John Galliano, Peter Doig and Grayson Perry, Michelle Clapton and Michael Clarke. Add in Sade and George Michael, Bananarama Depeche Mode, Duran Duran and Ultravox, and you have a cast which set the ‘80s alight and set the parameters for the future.

Blitz: The Club that Created the 80s, will be published by Faber in October 2025 to coincide with a major Blitz exhibition at the Design Museum in London.

Robert lives in London with his wife and children.

‘Elms’ observations are fresh, incisive… revelatory… His love of his city shines from every page.’

The Observer