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Dominic Sandbrook: Never Had It So Good – A History of Britain from Suez to the Beatles

Nicky Charlish, Culture Wars, 8 February 2006

WE THINK WE know the basics about the '60s and the social changes that they ushered in. Against a background of mini-skirts, mods and rockers, the forces of conservatism were dealt a mighty blow to the relief of all, and a new day dawned in whose light we have basked ever since.

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