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Deep into the Sixties

Britain 1965–66

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Deep into the Sixties

De : David Kynaston
Lu par : David Kynaston, Mark Meadows
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Bloomsbury presents Deep Into the Sixties by David Kynaston, read by Mark Meadows and David Kynaston.

‘This glorious historical monument slows, expands and luxuriously stretches to encompass one of the defining moments of change in our history’ PHILIP HENSHER, SPECTATOR
'The poet of postwar Britain . . . In a league of his own' JONATHAN COE
‘My goodness, [the series] rockets along: every page contains something surprising, something funny, something sad' CRAIG BROWN, SUNDAY TIMES

The sixth book in the celebrated ‘Tales of a New Jerusalem’ series – named one of the best books of the 21st century by the Sunday Times

It’s the heart of the Sixties in Britain – the Beatles and the Stones vie at the top of the charts, England win the World Cup, and optimism and patriotism percolate through the streets. But this is not the full story of those years. Disaffection on the political left increasingly focuses on the escalating Vietnam War; and the ambitious hopes of Harold Wilson’s Labour government start to founder on the parlous state of the pound.

This was a time of looking both backwards and forwards – sweeping reforms to secondary education, huge swathes of urban redevelopment, and the irresistible rise of a confident, free-spending youth culture. Yet everyday life for many, especially beyond the big cities, bore striking resemblance to decades earlier.

Covering the short but intense period from after Churchill’s death in early 1965 to England’s Wembley triumph in July 1966, David Kynaston uses a plethora of contemporary sources, including diaries of ordinary people, to paint a richly nuanced picture of unrivalled detail. Deep Into the Sixties continues to revolutionise how we see post-war Britain.©2026 David Kynaston (P)2026 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Europe Grande-Bretagne
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The sixth volume in David Kynaston’s history of postwar Britain covers the eighteen months between the death of Winston Churchill and England’s victory over Germany in the World Cup . . . Indeed, there was already hope in the air – what Kynaston describes as a palpable sense that possibilities were opening up . . . On the other hand – and this is the burden of Kynaston’s story – continuity was probably more marked than change . . . The daemon of Kynaston’s saga is in the detail. It is animated by minutiae, thumbnail sketches, arcane vignettes, evanescent slices of life . . . [A] magnificent series (Piers Brendon)
Many of the most celebrated moments in ‘the Sixties’ are here present . . . Wonderfully interesting and enjoyable . . . An unforeseen magic is creeping over the sequence as it progresses . . . Most books I get sent to review get dispatched to the charity shop quite quickly; these books of Kynaston's have remained on a much-cherished shelf (Philip Hensher)
Wonderfully whopping . . . Remarkable . . . A sequence of colossally researched, witty, well-crafted, fun-loving and quietly impassioned social histories . . . Kynaston’s books are little (or rather, large) miracles of research, oozing with primary sources
There is no better guide than David Kynaston’s epic chronicling of postwar Britain, the sixth volume of which is as immersively readable history as anyone could wish (David Robinson)
An intimate and extensive dive into the heart of British life in the Sixties – a period today that is cherished for its great cultural richness. Yet Kynaston details how this ‘swinging’ era was far more unsettled than what The Beatles and a free-thinking youth might suggest. Progress was slow. In many ways the Sixties that we think of, he explains, would take until the Seventies to get going. Covering one landmark year - from after Churchill's death in early 1965 to England's Wembley triumph in July 1966 - Kynaston uses a plethora of contemporary and historic sources to demystify and inform. The latest instalment in his acclaimed series, Tales of a New Jerusalem, and named one of Sunday Times Best Books of the twenty first century, Deep into the Sixties makes very real this increasingly faraway time, interweaving the hopes and pains of domestic life with the global news stories that shaped the years to come
The most humane and even-handed chronicler of our time
The poet of postwar Britain . . . Modern history has never been more popular, but the scale and detail of Kynaston's work puts him in a league of his own (JONATHAN COE, author of The Proof of My Innocence)
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