Robert Elms

Join me and the expert panel who selected the 150 exhibition posters, for an evening of conversation and film during which the panel explain how and why these posters made the cut, and also reveal their favourite posters from the whole exhibition. The evening will consist of two short films each followed by a panel conversation to delve into the history and background of poster art and design on the Underground and explore the role of commissioners and commissioning. To round off the evening there will also be the opportunity for a Q&A with members of the poster exhibition selection panel.

coming up at the v & a on friday 19th April,  I will be joining in the discussion on how Bowie has influenced myself and lots of other devotees.    should be a great event, but you need to book in advance.

Appearing at the wonderfully atmospheric Bishopsgate Institute this  wednesday 30th January, interviewing an East End legend Eddie Johnson about his book Tales From The Two Puddings. He was governor of this famed Stratford boozer for half a century and has fantastic tales to tell of rogues and regulars, villains and heros, a real look back at life in a working class London institution.

my lovely maude baked 100 cupcakes today for tomorrow’s sale of lovely merchants – they taste great, but are little consolation for my football team losing again.

The legendary Mick the Fish, my next door neighbour and noted gourmand, is finally sharing his remarkable culinary skills with us all. He is a splendid amateur cook which you would know if you had been to any of his parties. And now he is taking them to a professional kitchen to provide brilliant meals for my wife’s Lovely Merchants. You can book for lunch, which I will certainly be doing. You can also taste my daughter Maude’s cakes, she is a pretty mean baker herself.

Lovely Merchants for Xmas
25th November 2012, from 12-5.30pm
with pop up lunch restaurant by Mick Adventures.(click on lovely merchants link to see menu)

Upstairs at the Victoria Pub, 2 Mornington Terrace, London NW1 7RR.
MORNINGTON CRESCENT TUBE.  DECENT PARKING.

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I will be hosting an evening of conversation with the Museum’s Director Sam Mullins about the new book Underground – How the Tube shaped London – on Monday 29th October.  We will be joined by Sam’s co-authors and former London Transport Museum curators Oliver Green and David Bownes for an entertaining discussion about how London’s Underground system became the beating heart of the city.  Tickets are available online from the museum.

An Evening with the Rapha Condor Sharp Team

On 17th of October I will be chairing an evening with the Rapha Condor Sharp Tour of Britain riders including King of the Mountains winner, Kristian House.

This will be a fascinating insight into life on a major stage race, from Kristian’s experienced view to the first-time trials and tribulations of the under-23s.   It will be an entertaining evening in the newly opened cycle club near Regent Street.

Entry is free but an RSVP is a must.

look out for the series of events at the London Transport Museum;  Subterranean London has been changed from 16th october to 19th november.  together with Will Self and Stephen Walter we will be exploring underground to see out London’s treasures.

love this miniature steam engine that you can take from Dungeoness to Hythe through the Romney Marshes.