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David Elliott
- Jun 22
- 1 min
The Art of Chichester opens
My exhibition, celebrating 60 years of creativity in my hometown, opens this week. It's been a labour of love, an idea conceived four...
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David Elliott
- Nov 25, 2021
- 1 min
TLS review
My book was published a year ago today. Coincidentally, I've just seen a review of it in the Times Literary Supplement - an honour. It's...
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David Elliott
- Apr 2, 2021
- 1 min
Mojo review
'One Year in UK pop told with obsessional verve'. Yep, I'll take that. 'Fan-driven account [...] rather than theoretical overview'. I'll...
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David Elliott
- Mar 26, 2021
- 1 min
Burning Shed
Happy to announce that 1984 is now also available through my favourite mail-order outlet, Burning Shed. You can still order direct from...
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David Elliott
- Mar 3, 2021
- 1 min
Svenska Dagbladet
Two 1984 books in one feature - in this case Swedish national newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. The other 1984 book is the US-focussed Can't...
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David Elliott
- Jan 22, 2021
- 1 min
4 stars in Record Collector
Happy to see very positive review of my 1984 book in January's issue of Record Collector. "...warm and well-written - Elliot knows his...
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David Elliott
- Jan 8, 2021
- 1 min
The Hot List
1984 book makes the Hot List in Classic Pop's February issue.
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David Elliott
- Dec 9, 2020
- 1 min
#7 in Books of the Year list
Nice to see my book in the new issue of Electronic Sound. And happy & humbled that it made #7 in Books of the Year amidst such...
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David Elliott
- Nov 26, 2020
- 1 min
Published!
The book is published today. 500 artists, 28 chapters, 390 pages, 205 photos. It's been a labour of love, roughly 5 years in the making...
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David Elliott
- Nov 21, 2020
- 1 min
Sounds of the 80s / The Quietus
Yesterday evening, BBC Radio Two's Gary Davies gave my book a plug on his Sounds of the 80s show. "A brilliant read" he said. Why thank...
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David Elliott
- Nov 18, 2020
- 1 min
1984 Spotify playlist
I've created a playlist of 100 songs from 1984. They're mainly singles with the occasional B-side or album track., (* British or UK-based...
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David Elliott
- Nov 5, 2020
- 1 min
To print!
After some intense final editing, indexing, sorting out some formatting issues (ever tried putting endnotes before the index?),...
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David Elliott
- Oct 11, 2020
- 1 min
Six weeks to go
Three weeks to go until 1984 goes to print and then another three weeks until publication. Final editing, moving pictures around, fixing...
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David Elliott
- Oct 10, 2020
- 1 min
Wonder Woman 1984
Why is the upcoming Wonder Woman film set in 1984? Is it a significant year or something? Apparently much of it was shot in Britain. Does...
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David Elliott
- Oct 2, 2020
- 1 min
1984 and Brazil
This month, 36 years ago, the Michael Radford-directed, Virgin-produced film version of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four was released. It...
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David Elliott
- Sep 21, 2020
- 1 min
Rock in Opposition
Arguably, 1984 was British rock and pop’s most politicised year, before or since. Whether it was responding to unemployment,...
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David Elliott
- Sep 21, 2020
- 1 min
Can judge a book by its cover?
This week, Wolfgang sent me designs for my 1984 book. We've known each other for 40 years (having met thanks to one of our musical...
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