BLITZ

A history of the club that set the 80s alight by the much loved presenter writer and Blitz attendee Robert Elms The short lived Blitz club in London s Covent Garden was more than somewhere to hang out or be seen it was a catalyst for cultural explosion a counter culture blast against everything Thatcher s leadership had ushered in by the dawn of the 80s Tuesday nights boasted a ferocious fearless cast from Boy George and Spandau Ballet to Grayson Perry and Peter Doig to Michele Clapton Sade and Alexander McQueen This was the vanguard of a different England socially liberal loud proud and diverse fiercely individualistic and determined to succeed Britain was black and white the Blitz Kids switched on the colour In Blitz Elms reflects on a club night founded by working class kids one whose impact reverberated beyond its doors through the worlds of Art Literature Fashion and Music and into the present day