Robert Elms
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Robert Elms (born 12 June 1959) is an English writer and broadcaster. Elms was a writer for The Face magazine in the 1980s, and has a self-confessed love of clothes and fashion. His book The Way We Wore, charts the changing fashions of his own youth, linking them with the social history of the times.[1][2]
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[edit] Biography
Elms was born in Hendon and educated at Orange Hill Grammar School after passing the eleven plus.[3] From there Elms studied at the London School of Economics, and became immersed in the club scene which was coalescing in London suburbs.[3] He became a columnist for both The Face and NME, writing on both music and fashion.[4] He championed the band Spandau Ballet, having suggested their name, and used to introduce the group at early concerts, performing poetry readings.[4][5] Elms also worked as a DJ at clubs including Palladium in New York.[6] Elms was a chronicler of the New Romantic movement of the early 1980s,[3] which saw him become a popular interview choice for the broadcast media. Elms then developed a broadcasting career of his own, working in both radio and television. He appeared as part of "Loose Ends" and presented the Channel 4 travel series "Travelog" during the 1990s.[7] In 1989 his first novel was published, In Search Of The Crack by Penguin Books.
In around 1996, Elms moved to Camden, an area of London he champions,[8] and where he has renovated a Georgian house. He lives there with his wife Christina, who is British-born Chinese, and their children Alice, Alfie and Maude.[9] Elms broadcasts a radio show on BBC London 94.9 (formerly GLR), in 1999 being referred to as "its top presenter".[10] An extract of the shows is published as a podcast every week.
Elms served as a patron for the Arts Council's Architecture Week until the demise of the event in 2007.[11]
[edit] Bibliography
- In Search Of The Crack (1989) Penguin Books Ltd ISBN 0-14-011276-6
- Spain - A Portrait After The General (1992) William Heinemann Ltd ISBN 0434228249
- The Way We Wore: A Life in Threads (2006) Picador ISBN 0-330-42033-X
[edit] References
- ^ Pauli, Michelle. "Robert Elms: The Way We Bore", The Guardian, 2 June 2005. Accessed 28 April 2009, archived 28 April 2009.
- ^ Taylor, Laurie. "The Way We Wore, by Robert Elms", The Independent, 15 April 2009. Accessed 28 April 2009, archived 28 April 2009.
- ^ a b c Meades, Jonathon (1984). "Carving a Career in Style: Robert Elms", CliveJames.com. Accessed 28 April 2009, archived 28 April 2009.
- ^ a b "Robert Elms" Panmacmillan.com. Accessed 28 April 2009, archived 28 April 2009.
- ^ White, Jim. "Review", The Independent, Jan 8, 1996, p. 20.
- ^ Todd, Bella. "Norman Jay on Robert Elms", Time Out, August 20, 2008. Accessed 28 April 2009, archived 28 April 2009.
- ^ "Robert Elms Biography" Channel 4". Accessed 28 April 2009, archived 28 April 2009.
- ^ Dowling, Stephen. "Camden - Britain's musical Mecca?", BBC, 11 Feb 2008. Accessed 28 April 2009, archived 28 April 2009.
- ^ Canessa, Joey. "My Home: Robert Elms" The Independent, 1 March 2006. Accessed 28 April 2009, archived 28 April 2009.
- ^ Robinson, Michael. "'Its a London thing', but sadly for GLR, Londoners are not listening", The Independent, 12 October 1999. Accessed 28 April 2009, archived 28 April 2009.
- ^ "Tom Bloxham MBE appointed as Architecture Week Patron", 11 May 2005, Arts Council press release. Accessed 28 April 2009, archived 28 April 2009.
