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 (1914—1956)
18 November 2025
Echoes of the past above the Rio Cinema
Hidden above the ceiling of the Rio Cinema on Kingsland High Road are the remnants of an Edwardian picture palace. Accompanied by someone who knows the building's history inside out I've been lucky enough to take an up-close look...
Nigel Smith
27 September 2025
Jane Crowther’s Cinema Memories
Jane Crowther, magazine editor and author of Silver Screens, shares her most memorable cinema experiences, from childhood frights to royal premieres and legendary international venues.
Jane Crowther
11 September 2025
From Foyer to Flicker: How Cinemas Enchanted Audiences Before the Lights Went Down
RJ Verity’s novel Poole of Light is set against the backdrop of Britain’s cinema boom before World War II. Here she writes about some of the real-life influences on the book.
RJ Verity
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
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
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
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
3 December 2024
Jamie Benning’s Cinema Memories
Jamie Benning, writer and host of the Filmumentaries podcast answers the Memory Palaces questionnaire.
Jamie Benning
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
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
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
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