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 (1914—1956)
11 August 2025
Film historian Margaret O'Brien looks back on how her love affair with the world’s first repertory cinema began...
Margaret O'Brien
22 March 2025
Kennington Bioscope programmer and presenter Michelle Facey recalls her quest that brought a rare silent movie from Los Angeles to London.
Michelle Facey
22 March 2025
Michelle Facey, programmer and presenter with Kennington Bioscope, the silent film screening group, answers the Memory Palaces questionnaire.
Michelle Facey
1 January 2025
Philip Ilson, co-director of the London Short Film Festival, answers the Memory Palaces questionnaire.
Philip Ilson
3 December 2024
Jamie Benning, writer and host of the Filmumentaries podcast answers the Memory Palaces questionnaire.
Jamie Benning
8 May 2024
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
8 May 2024
Annette Kuhn, Emeritus Professor in Film Studies at Queen Mary University of London, answers the Cinema Memories questionnaire.
Annette Kuhn
8 May 2024
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
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