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7 produkter
Before It Went Rotten
The Music That Rocked London's Pubs 1972-1976
Häftad, 2023
253 kr
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Before It Went Rotten takes a trip back to the world before punk.When Anarchy in the UK appeared, London enjoyed one of the most vibrant music scenes in the world. A network of mainly Irish owned pubs and clubs provided music every night, much of it free of charge, whilst working as a testing …
Looking for a New England
Action, Time, Vision: Music, Film and TV 1975 - 1986
Häftad, 2021
192 kr
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Looking for a New England covers the period 1975 to 1986, from Slade in Flame to Absolute Beginners.A carefully researched exploration of transgressive films, the career of David Bowie, dystopias, the Joan Collins ouevre, black cinema, the origins and impact of punk music, political films, comedy, …
House in the Country
Where Our Suburbs and Garden Cities Came From and Why it's Time to Leave Them Behind
Häftad, 2022
229 kr
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\'Anyone interested in the challenges of housing policy will want to read this methodical analysis of what went well and what did not over much of the last century\' - LORD HESELTINEFor nearly 150 years, living in a house in the country has been what many of us aspire to. This book explores how …
Free Your Mind!
Giovanni 'Tinto' Brass, 'Swinging London' and the 60s Pop Culture Scene
Häftad, 2023
214 kr
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Between 1967 and 1970 Italian auteur Giovanni 'Tinto' Brass directed four feature films in London, each starring a woman as the main character.Exploring the political, cultural and sexual ideas of their time, often in a deliberate pop-art style, they contain much priceless footage of now forgotten …
Everything and the Kitchen Sink
UK Film, Music and TV before The Beatles
Häftad, 2025
225 kr
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Everything AND the Kitchen Sink analyses 'kitchen sink realism' and the birth of 'pop cinema' in the context of contemporaneous debates surrounding politics, civil liberties, sexuality, race, immigration and urbanisation.Covering the lives and careers of well-known figures such as Alan Sillitoe, …
Study in Failure
Churchill at the Admiralty, 1939-1940
Inbunden, 2026
288 kr
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Every politician's rise to power is a story of success and failure, accompanied by tantalising what-might-have-beens.The career of Winston Churchill was no exception, with his eight months prior to becoming Prime Minister as First Lord of the Admiralty marked by the loss of important warships, the …
Psychedelic Celluloid
British Pop Music in Film and TV 1965 - 1974
Häftad, 2016
218 kr
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The definitive guide to the decade when swinging London was the film capital of the worldAfter The Beatles stormed America, every Hollywood and European production company descended on London to be part of the new swinging scene... and they didn't leave until they'd signed up every able-bodied pop …
