Dapper … and dangerous. STUDIOCANAL September 14, 2015 Legend portrays Kray twins through prism of current attitudes to violent crime Mike Rowe, Northumbria University, Newcastle The folklore of the Krays is recast in order to shine light on current attitudes toward crime deviance and in particular, violence.
It’s all your fault! HONDA STAN HONDA / PA Archive/PA Images September 8, 2015 Blaming the Baby Boomers does today’s young people no favours Jennie Bristow, Canterbury Christ Church University It's become fashionable to blame those born in the post-war baby boom for all today's economic woes. But this is unfair – and wrong.
Michael Warwick/Shutterstock.com September 3, 2015 From paper kites to kinky capers: the long history of psychedelia Rob Chapman, Lancaster University Psychedelia is too often dismissed as a product of the decade and the drugs, but the phenomenon has a far richer history than that of the swinging 60s.
The Beatles on Salisbury Plain whilst filming Help! PA/PA Archive July 29, 2015 The Beatles, Help! and the creation of the modern British man Martin King, Manchester Metropolitan University The first film to see The Beatles in technicolour is 50 years old.
Classic combination: brains, beauty and brawn. PA / PA Archive/Press Association Images June 26, 2015 Patrick Macnee: gallant Steed who personified the Swinging Sixties Sunday Swift, Lancaster University The actor always said that John Steed was a slightly exaggerated version of himself.