Never Had It So Good

from cappybear

The book begins with Britain on the eve of the Suez Crisis and ends with the arrival of Sir Alec Douglas-Home in 10 Downing Street, but deals chiefly with the years when Harold Macmillan was Prime Minister. This was a time of national decline, internationally, industrially and imperially, covered...

from pierthinker

This is the first volume of a trilogy by Dominic Sandbrook covering the history of Britain from the mid-1950s to the early 1980s. This volume begins with the Suez Crisis in 1956 and ends with the rise of Beatlemania in 1963 and sets the scene for a significant change in government in 1964. Sandbr...

from bevok

The first of Sandbrook's 'post-war' series, this is well researched, full of detail and covers a diverse array of material. It escapes the fixation of many history books with politics (I had to wait a long time for an account of the Profumo Affair) although gives creditable coverage. The sections...

from Eyejaybee

Dominic Sandbrook set out to write a large book recounting British history during the 1960s, but was faced with the problem of determining at which point to start. The obvious answer might have seemed to be either 1960 or 1961. History is, however, a continuum rather than am infinite series of di...

from stephengoldenberg

I enjoyed it because I like reading history and this book covered a period of my childhood so it was lived history where I could compare the author's descriptions with my own memories. It's well-written and easy to read. Particularly strong on social and cultural history although sometimes spent ...