Competition 1) Lab 31, Con 28, LD 15, Ref 31 2) Lab 18, Con 16, LD 10, Ref 18 3) 7 4) 0 5) 2 6) 4 7) 163 seats 8) 2.3% CPI. 9) £107 billion 10) 1.6% 11) -1.0% 12) 0.8% 13) 142 14 4 nil Australia (View Post)

I really don't think so. Punk had a major and immediate impact on popular culture and music, as did the swinging sixties. National impact too. For example the 1963 film Billy Liar, set in a humd… (View Post)

I remember my dad on the Sixties (he was aged 25 in 1960, living in a flat in then run down Notting Hill). "It was a very depressing time, everyone was trying to emigrate" Indeed he tried t… (View Post)

Wasn't it specifically Londoners of the sixties? Perec Rachman ought to be in there. (View Post)

Coogan has turned out (like Hugh Grant), a much more talented character actor than he seemed when younger. The whole piece seemed very authentic to my memories of the Eighties. (View Post)