This a list of suggested reading and films to follow on from my lecture for Dr Rupa Huq’s 2nd year sociology module on Monday March 2nd 2015 11am. The title of course comes from The Young Ones (1961). It’s open to the public to attend. Penhryn Rd campus, Room JG 2008. Directions here
Features
Are the rich winning a cultural class war? (BBC News Online feature Feb 2015)
The enterprise allowance schemes old and new (Guardian 2011)
The Truth about “The Jam Generation” 80s Remix (May 2011)
Tories say what rocks their world (2004 BBC News)
Lessons from the Ghost Town generation: What the 60s and 80s had in common (June 2011)
1951 Then and Now: Britain mended and Britain on the make (2011)
Billy Liar and the birth of the dollybird (2013)
Viewing
The Young Ones (1961) Sidney J Furie
Privilege (1967) Peter Watkins
Breaking Glass (1980) Brian Gibson
How we made Breaking Glass (Guardian 2014)
Books/journalism
The Last Party: Britpop, Blair & the Demise of British Pop by John Harris (2003)
1 Response to While the flame is strong: Pop and politics (Kingston Uni class notes)