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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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: ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The style in the Sixties was defined by leading men like Robert Redford, Warren Beatty and Paul Newman; for women, icons were ...
Exhibition curator Stephen Calloway with two versions of the sleeve design for the Rolling Stones' album 'Their Satanic Majesties Request'. The original is on the right Psychedelic swirls, bubble ...