Displaying items by tag: Youth Culture
Babylon Revisited
Released over thirty years ago, Babylon stands up today as a well-crafted, convincingly acted, hard-hitting piece of realistic drama.
Drill Music – The Urban Punks Causing Moral Panic
After the Mods: Carnaby Street Today
Nick Churchill on Clarks Desert Boots
As cultural icons go, the Clarks Desert Boot (other brands are available, but don't be fooled, there's only one that matters)
Chicago Stone Greasers – A History
Throughout the 1950s until the early 1980s, Chicago's youth was divided into two cultures: the Greasers and the Hippies.
Yarbles! A Clockwork Orange and Pop Culture, Part Two of Two
“…And so farewell from your little droog. And to all others in this story profound shooms of lip-music brrrrrr.
Yarbles! A Clockwork Orange and Pop Culture, Part One of Two
“‘What’s it going to be then, eh?’
Bovver Boys and Gothic Girls – Playground Society and Children’s Comics of the 70s, Part Two of Two
Spellbound
Spellbound was published by D.C. Thomson & Co. between 1976 and 1978, lasting just 69 issues. Launched on the 25th of September 1976 (with its run ending on the 21st of January 1978),
Bovver Boys and Gothic Girls – Playground Society and Children’s Comics of the 70s, Part One of Two
Went to college, studied art / To be an artist, make a start
Studied hard, gained my degree / But no one seemed to notice me …
Tried cartoons and comic books / Dirty postcards, woman’s looks
Here was where the money lay / Classic art has had its day
The Creation, ‘Painter Man’, 1966.
Bish, Bash, Bosh – Growing Up in 70s Aggro Britain, Part Two of Two
‘Come in from school / My head buzzing with rules’
Jook, ‘Crazy Kids’, 1974.
