You Had To Be There

'Gallops through the pre-mobile phone era with wit and chaotic energy.' Sunday Times'A joyous rags-to-riches tale.' Financial Times'Nostalgic, salacious and bitingly witty.' Joe Lycett'A delicious, neon-soaked fever dream.' Munroe Bergdorf'I couldn't put it down.' Annie MacmanusThe defining book on the iconic noughties-era of pop culture in London as told by DJ Jodie Harsh, who saw, did and survived it all. Jodie Harsh arrived in London aged fifteen in 2001, heading straight off the train from Canterbury to her first club night at the Astoria. Intoxicated by this initial taste of city nightlife, she didn't leave the party for years, falling in with the right wrong people and exploring the sides of London best experienced under cover of darkness. Throughout the noughties, from Camden and Soho to Mayfair, from Notting Hill and Primrose Hill to Hackney Road, the city was a messy, beating, slick and sordid melting pot. New music, new fashion, new art, all came together in a mad,...