Notting Hill the event contributes around £93 million to the London and UK economy. Notting Hill provides the setting for novels by G.K. Chesterton ("The Napoleon of Notting Hill"), Colin MacInnes ("Absolute Beginners"), Michael Moorcock (the Jerry Cornelius quartet), R. C. Sherriff ("The Hopkins Manuscript"), and Alan Hollinghurst ("The Line of Beauty"). Dan Waddel's "The Blood Detective" is a murder novel set in the past and present - featuring Notting Dale. The area's newer, wealthy residents are satirised in Rachel Johnson's novel "Notting Hell" (2006) set in grand houses surrounding a fictional communal garden. The area is also the setting of the
Electric Cinema, Notting Hill re-establish the commercial viability of the theatre. The critical element was acquiring the shop next door which would provide space for greatly upgraded WCs and air conditioning plant and a restaurant. It is a Grade II* Listed building. On 9 June 2012, the building was evacuated due to a fire, and remained closed until it reopened on 3 December 2012. Electric Cinema, Notting Hill The Electric Cinema is a movie theatre in Notting Hill, London, and is one of the oldest working cinemas in Britain. The Electric Cinema first opened in London's Portobello Road on 24 February 1910 and was