Bonus Features

Welcome to the DVD extras!

My love of cinemas and their rich history can’t be contained by just stories about 100 of them and walks in London.

Here you’ll find articles where I enthuse about film and cinemas more broadly as well as guest contributions and regular Q&As where you can read the cinema-going memories of a wide range of people.

Tower, Peckham 1

Tower, Peckham (1914—1956)

Everyman, Hampstead 7

11 August 2025

Falling in love with the Everyman Hampstead

Film historian Margaret O'Brien looks back on how her love affair with the world’s first repertory cinema began...

Margaret O'Brien

The sideshow poster

22 March 2025

The saga of screening The Sideshow

Kennington Bioscope programmer and presenter Michelle Facey recalls her quest that brought a rare silent movie from Los Angeles to London.

Michelle Facey

Michelle Facey

22 March 2025

Michelle Facey’s Cinema Memories

Michelle Facey, programmer and presenter with Kennington Bioscope, the silent film screening group, answers the Memory Palaces questionnaire.

Michelle Facey

Philip Ilson, founder and co-director of London Short Film Festival

1 January 2025

Philip Ilson’s Cinema Memories

Philip Ilson, co-director of the London Short Film Festival, answers the Memory Palaces questionnaire.

Philip Ilson

Jamie Benning outside Skywalker Ranch in California

3 December 2024

Jamie Benning’s Cinema Memories

Jamie Benning, writer and host of the Filmumentaries podcast answers the Memory Palaces questionnaire.

Jamie Benning

Neil Irving and his collection of Time Out magazines

8 May 2024

Celebrating London’s cinemagoing habit one advert at a time

Since 2021 Neil Irving has posted pictures of old print adverts for films creating an incredible snapshot of cinemagoing, graphic design and cinemas past and present.

Neil Irving

Cinema Memories: Annette Kuhn

8 May 2024

Annette Kuhn’s Cinema Memories

Annette Kuhn, Emeritus Professor in Film Studies at Queen Mary University of London, answers the Cinema Memories questionnaire.

Annette Kuhn

A visit to Kent MOMI

8 May 2024

A visit to Kent MOMI

I do like to be beside the seaside. Even more so when there’s an excellent museum dedicated to the history of film a few minutes’ walk from the beach, which is exactly what you’ll find in Deal on the Kent coast.

Nigel Smith