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How the Telegraph predicted Swinging London
A 1965 article in The Daily Telegraph was the first to herald London as the grooviest place in the world
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How the arrival of ‘barbaric’ rock’n’roll tore up 1950s Britain
70 years ago, Bill Haley’s Shake, Rattle and Roll hit the UK charts, thrilling its teenagers – and scandalising the nation
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Duke Ellington in London: how the jazz star’s UK tour changed Britain
The Duke’s 1933 tour made a huge impression on the musical life of the UK, and helped counter some of the country’s racist stereotyping
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How the mods and the rockers whipped up a media frenzy
Over Easter Weekend in 1964, two gangs from opposite sides of the cultural spectrum clashed at Clacton-on-Sea. It would never happen now
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