Robert Elms

🚨 It's time for Cover to Cover 📷 David Bowie V Nirvana. It's 'The Man Who Sold The World', but which one do you prefer? Call me on 0800 731 2000 📷 ☎️

🚨 It's time for Cover to Cover 📷 Nina Simone Vs Bob and Marcia. It's 'Young, Gifted and Black', but which one do you prefer? Call me on 0800 731 2000 📷 ☎️

It's time for Notes and Queries! 🔎 Simon has come across this grainy photo of an RAF bomber parked up in St Paul's Churchyard during the war. How did it get there? Why was it displayed? Who was involved? https://t.co/kvJSR8kXKi

🚨 It's time for Cover to Cover 🚨 Bruce Springsteen Vs Southside Johnny. It's 'The Fever', but which one do you prefer? Call me on 0800 731 2000 ☎️

RT @andytheblackca1: Listening to @EdwynCollins singing "Knowledge " On the @robert_elms @RobertElms show @BBCRadioLondon Simply fabulou…

🚨Notes & Queries is back🚨 Tim's up first. He would see this little section of railway track and equipment when coming into Waterloo, onto Platform 24. The building is on Leake Street, right next to the entrance to the Graffiti Tunnel. But who put this track there and why? https://t.co/qXrTmrZnQ8

Which London street would you name 'The Centre of the World'? In 1910 The Strand was given that great honour. Here @garyjkemp delves into the history of the 3/4 mile stretch of road. Listen below 👇📻 https://t.co/wbxiY8iUoC

RT @BBCLondonNews: This weekend @garyjkemp sits in for Robert Elms on BBC Radio London. Listen on @BBCSounds https://t.co/6aMZbMhDt4 "We s…

Today we're lucky to have @garyjkemp sitting in for Robert with a late 60s/early 70s Cover to Cover. Who does the best version of The Letter? Is it the Box Tops original or the Joe Cocker cover? 📨🪇🎙️🎶Vote below or phone on 0800 731 2000.

🎶It's @felixwhite sitting in today with a 60s Cover to Cover. The Bee Gees 1967 original of 'To Love Somebody' Vs Eric Burdon and the Animals' 1968 cover. One is twice as long as the other, but which is the best? Call Felix on 0800 731 2000☎️ or vote below 👇

🚨 It's time for Cover to Cover 🚨 an early Moody Blues hit Vs the original by Bessie Banks. It's 'Go Now', but which one do you prefer? Phone me up on 0800 731 2000 ☎️

London in the 70s, a journey of self discovery and a celebration of the people who choose to be Londoners. Author Amélie Skoda's novel 'Bethnal Green' brings to life the lives of women who came from Malaysia, and around the world, to join the NHS. 👂👇 https://t.co/YdbD2Jwwcy

RT @Daveograve: @RobertElms Did you know about the Wembley Park coal mine. Built in 1923 for the BEE, but the amazing thing is it’s still t…

It's Notes & Queries week and Paul wants to know about a gig that happened in 2008. Earl Green was playing a show in Forest Hill and suddenly it was announced that Eddie Floyd was there to perform! Paul wants to know why? What was their connection? Were you there? 🥁🪇🎸🎶 https://t.co/1wuzIjaPYl

Dangerous secrets, devious plots and a brotherhood of men. The plot of 'The Blackbirds of St Giles' takes place in Georgian London's infamous rookery, but the book delves deeper into London's intersecting histories. Listen below 📻 https://t.co/VKF0ED4ZBL

📻 Tune your ears to Cover to Cover 📻 Today it's two versions of a beautiful song. 'You Make Me Feel Brand New' by The Stylistics and Inner Circle. Soul vs Reggae. But which is the best? ☎️ Phone me up on 0800 731 2000 or vote below ⬇️

Best known for his acclaimed prison memoir 'Bang to Rights' (1958) and the smash-hit musical 'Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be' (1960), novelist, playwright and painter Frank Norman is worth knowing more about. https://t.co/lmWq4MVaKd