Travis Elborough has been a freelance writer, author and cultural
commentator for more than a decade now. His book include..The Bus
We Loved, a history of the Routemaster bus;The Long Player Goodbye,
a hymn to vinyl records; and..Wish You Were Here, a survey of the
British beside the seaside...
Elborough is a regular contributor to the Observer and the Guardian
but has written for the Times, Sunday Times, New Statesman, the
Oldie, TATE etc., BBC History magazine and Kinfolk among others and
frequently appears on BBC Radio 4 and Five Live.
“ ‘A compendium of unlikely, curious and plain odd locales’ seems
something of a natural habitat for Travis Elborough, a cultural
historian with a touch of the Betjemans and a lick of the Meades
about him. From deserted mining towns in Nagasaki to the
ever-decreasing Holland Island in Maryland, he and cartographer
Horsfield do us a great service: making the world feel bigger.”
*Monocle magazine*
“If you are one of those people whose mind is beginning to wander
long before the bread sauce has gone cold, there should be only one
book on your Christmas wish list this year… Atlas of Improbable
Places by Travis Elborough and Alan Horsfield has that rare,
through-the-wardrobe quality. It is a delightful compendium of the
strangest places on the planet…”
*Daily Telegraph*
“non-formulaic, deeply researched – and really worth your
time. Co-author and cartographer Alan Horsfield brings a
scientific rigour to its scope and design.”
*GQ magazine*
“This is a deliciously gloomy, sometimes spooky and often kooky
collection of essays…”
*The Age, Australia*
“The author makes a witty and well-informed guide to some of the
world’s most curious and bizarre locations.”
*World of Cruising magazine*
“With its identical towns, global corporations and digital
landscapes, the modern world can seem quite uninspiring. But, for
the British author Travis Elborough, interesting places do exist,
you just need a way to find them.”
*Jocks & Nerds*
“informative and enthusiastic, scholarly and amusing….once started
it’s nigh on impossible to put down.”
*Hackney Citizen*
“an elegant, atmospheric remedy for creeping world-weariness.”
*The Lady*
“Elborough’s worldwide search for the curious, the surprising, the
forgotten gems or the just plain eccentric is complemented
splendidly by Horsfield’s impeccable maps of those places that are
so far off the beaten track that their very existence is virtually
unknown - or even officially restricted. ...a worthy addition to
any bookshelf, coffee table or E-reader…”
*Aga Living*
“Atlas of Improbable Places: A Journey to the World’s Most Unusual
Corners by Travis Elborough, with maps by Alan Horsfield, is a
curated guide to places that just don’t quite make sense. Elborough
organized the book by theme– “Dream Creations,” “Floating Worlds,”
“Otherworldly Spaces,” and more– rather than geography, which makes
it easy to decide what genre of oddity or improbability you want to
consider based on your mood. The large black and white photographs,
coupled with beautifully simple maps, gives this book an air of
sophistication and inspires more than a little awe.”
*Book Riot*
“this engrossing book traverses the heights and depths, the beauty
and terror, of our world.”
*The Observer*
“Guaranteed to whet the appetite of all budding urban explorers and
teenagers wondering where to go on their gap year.”
*Metro*
“The photos are a treasure trove. The paper is divine. Travis
Elborough’s writing is sublime, and the cartographic skills of Alan
Horsfield make this a gift you will not want to part with. So buy
yourself something nice this Christmas.
*DJ Magazine*
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