Up All Night
- Author Imogen Willetts
- Narrator Emily Pennant Rea
- Publisher Orion
- Publish Date 14 May 2026
- Run Time 12 hours and 39 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre History of music, Popular culture, Popular music, Social and cultural history, Social groups: alternative lifestyles, Urban arts, Urban communities.
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What to expect
Barely four centuries ago, music, fashion, sex, architecture, art and booze first fused to create what we now call nightlife. It happened, strangely enough, in 17th-century Japan, in a remote marshland outside the shogun's capital. This den of hedonism and iniquity became a breeding ground for new ideas - and while the venues have changed, nightlife has been at the frontier of cultural innovation ever since.
Up All Night is the story of the good times and the great ones. Who invented jazz? What did 18th century Londoners do for entertainment? Why was Detroit the birthplace of techno? Who built Las Vegas? And what, in our increasingly online lives, are we missing when we pass up the chance of a big night out?
Join party historian Imogen Willetts for a guided tour of history's wildest nights out - piecing together tantalising ephemera and foggy reminiscences from shogunate Japan to noughties Hollywood, and every iconic scene in between.
'Spills over with colourful anecdotes . . . Reading Up All Night makes you want to put it down - if only to step out into the seductive, thrilling night' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'A sparkling cultural history . . . Its procession of nocturnal scenes is immersive, intoxicating and full of surprises' MIKE JAY, author of PSYCHONAUTS
'A jaunty, jam-packed history of big nights out that revels in spectacle and theatricality' EMMA WARREN, author of DANCE YOUR WAY HOME
| Author | Imogen Willetts |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Emily Pennant Rea |
| Duration | 12 hours and 39 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781399617109 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Orion |
| Genre | History of music, Popular culture, Popular music, Social and cultural history, Social groups: alternative lifestyles, Urban arts, Urban communities |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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