Much has been written in these pages about the political upheavals of the 1960s and the radical changes they have brought to every aspect of our cultural and intellectual life. What has now come to be ...
‘It wasn’t the Stones’ show any more. They were just providing the soundtrack to the Hells Angels, whose violence was the most memorable performance of Altamont’ (Rex) The Sixties are turning 50. Not ...
Australian journalist Richard Neville, central editor of Oz magazine, with his girlfriend Louise Ferrier in London in September 1966 (Getty) It was never just about the hair. Maybe it had a quite lot ...
If you’re writing a novel about the nineteen-sixties, then you’re writing a historical novel, for the nineteen-sixties were a long time ago, and everyone knows how things turned out. And if you're ...
On The Sixties: Cultural Revolution in Britain, France, Italy, and the United States, c.1958–c.1974 by Arthur Marwick. “One is clever and knows everything that has ever happened: so there is no end of ...
John McMillian’s new book, “Smoking Typewriters: The Sixties Underground Press and the Rise of Alternative Media in America,” is a lively account of an oft-overlooked aspect of the anti-war movement: ...
Tethered to the rather sobering notion that the youngest baby boomers are turning 50 this year, CNN’s “The Sixties” provides a nostalgic if not particularly insightful look at that tumultuous decade, ...