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Swinging London is a catchall term applied to a variety of dynamic cultural trends in the United Kingdom (centred in London) in the second half of the 1960s. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
It was a youth-oriented phenomenon that emphasized the new and modern. It was a period of optimism and hedonism, and can be described as a cultural revolution. One of the catalysts was the recovery of the British economy after the post-World War II period of austerity and rationing which lasted through much of the 1950s. Journalist Christopher Booker, one of the founders of the satirical magazine, Private Eye, recalled the "bewitching" character of the swinging sixties: "there seemed to be no one standing outside the bubble, and observing just how odd and shallow and egocentric and even rather horrible it was"[1]. A youth movement is any attempt to organize individual young people into a unified identity. ...
Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
Austerity is a term from economics that describes a policy where nations reduce living standards, curtail development projects, and generally shift the revenue stream out of the physical economy, in order to satisfy the demands of creditors. ...
Christopher Booker (born 1938) is an English journalist and editor. ...
Private eye may mean: Look up Private eye on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Private Eye a fortnightly British satirical magazine-newspaper, edited by Ian Hislop (as of 2005) A private investigator, a private detective for hire (see also crime fiction and detective fiction) Private Eye, a song by Alkaline Trio...
"Swinging London" was defined by Time magazine in its issue of April 15, 1966 and celebrated in the name of the pirate radio station Swinging Radio England that began transmissions shortly after the publication appeared. However, the term "swinging" (in the sense of hip or fashionable) had been used since the early 1960s, including by Norman Vaughan in his "swinging/dodgy" patter on Sunday Night at the London Palladium. In 1965, Diana Vreeland, editor of Vogue magazine, declared that "London is the most swinging city in the world at the moment." [2] Later that year, the American singer Roger Miller had a hit record with England Swings, which presented a stereotypical picture of England, with lyrics such as "Bobbies on bicycles, two by two." Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3571x2449, 851 KB) Retouched version of Image:Beatles. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3571x2449, 851 KB) Retouched version of Image:Beatles. ...
The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as part of their first tour of the United States, promoting their first hit single there, I Want To Hold Your Hand. ...
The Beatles London This article looks at the history behind some of the London landmarks famously associated with the Beatles for example the Abbey Road Studios & crossing etc The famous Abbey Road Zebra crossing Abbey Road Studios The Beatles first came to the Abbey Road studios on June 6th...
Time, (whose trademark is capitalized TIME) is a weekly American newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report. ...
The term pirate radio usually refers to illegal or unregulated radio broadcasting. ...
Swinging Radio England (SRE) was a top 40 offshore commercial station billed as the Worlds Most Powerful that operated briefly from 3 May to 13 November of 1966 from a ship anchored in the North Sea, three and a half miles off Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England. ...
Hip is a slang term, an adjective meaning fashionably current, referring to someone who is conversant with or deeply involved in a particular trend or subject. ...
Norman Vaughan (10 April 1927-10 May 2002) was an English comedian. ...
Sunday Night at the London Palladium was a television variety show made by ATV for the ITV network in the United Kingdom. ...
Diana Vreeland (July 29, 1906 in Paris, France – August 22, 1989) was a noted columnist and editor in the field of fashion. ...
For other meanings, see vogue. ...
A section of the album jacket for Golden Hits Roger Dean Miller (January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. ...
Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan 967 Area...
A Police Constable of West Yorkshire Police on patrol The United Kingdom (UK) does not have one single police service serving the general public; with the exception of various special police forces and of Northern Ireland (which has one unified force, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)), police forces...
Music Already heralded by Colin MacInnes' 1959 novel Absolute Beginners, the period of Swinging London was underway by the mid 1960s, and included music by The Beatles and other artists from what was known in North America as the British Invasion. This music was heard in the United Kingdom over pirate radio stations such as Radio Caroline, Wonderful Radio London and Swinging Radio England. Colin MacInnes (1914–1976) was an English novelist. ...
Absolute Beginners is a novel by Colin MacInnes written and set in 1958 London England. ...
The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ...
World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ...
The appearance of The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964, was the breakthrough moment of the burgeoning British Invasion. ...
The term pirate radio usually refers to illegal or unregulated radio broadcasting. ...
Carolines second ship, MV Mi Amigo, c. ...
Wonderful Radio Londons transmitter ship, the MV Galaxy Wonderful Radio London or “Big L†was a United Kingdom unlicenced off-shore commercial station, with studios and transmitter aboard a former US Minesweeper anchored three and a half miles off Southeast England from late December 1964, until 3 p. ...
Swinging Radio England (SRE) was a top 40 offshore commercial station billed as the Worlds Most Powerful that operated briefly from 3 May to 13 November of 1966 from a ship anchored in the North Sea, three and a half miles off Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England. ...
Fashion During the time of Swinging London, fashion and photography were featured in Queen magazine, which drew attention to the ideas of Mary Quant. The fashion model Twiggy was another icon of Swinging London, and may have been the world's first supermodel. Twiggy has sometimes been called the "the Queen of mod," a label she shared with others, such as Cathy McGowan (who hosted the television rock show, Ready Steady Go! from 1964 to 1966).[citation needed] Mod-related fashions such as the miniskirt stimulated the rise of fashionable shopping areas such as Carnaby Street and the Kings Road, Chelsea. Queen (originally The Queen) magazine was a British society publication established in 1862 that also gave birth to the first daytime commercial pirate radio station serving London, England. ...
Mary Quant OBE FCSD (born February 11, 1934 in Kent, England) is an English fashion designer, one of the many designers who took credit for inventing the miniskirt and hot pants. ...
Twiggy (born Lesley Hornby September 19, 1949) is an English supermodel, actress, and singer, now also known by her married name of Twiggy Lawson. ...
Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen. ...
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Cathy McGowan on Ready Steady Go! (Rediffusion TV, 1965) Cathy McGowan (born 1945) was a British broadcaster and journalist, best remembered as the presenter from 1964-6 of Rediffusion television’s groundbreaking rock music show Ready Steady Go! // Ready Steady Go! (RSG) was first broadcast in August 1963, its launch...
RSG! studio floor with Manfred Mann performing. ...
A woman modelling a miniskirt The miniskirt (often hyphenated as mini-skirt) is a skirt with a hemline well above the knees (generally 20 cm - about 8 inches - or more above knee level). ...
Londons Carnaby Street is in the district of Soho and just to the east of Regent Street. ...
Kings Road is a major east-west street in Londons Chelsea. ...
Statue of Thomas More on Cheyne Walk. ...
Film The 1966 film Blowup, by Michelangelo Antonioni, both celebrates and mocks the Swinging London period. Other films about Swinging London included The Knack...and How to Get It (1965), Alfie (1966), Georgy Girl (1966), Up the Junction (1967) and Smashing Time (1967). The character James Bond was seen in many movies, including the comedy version of Casino Royale (1967). The Swinging London period has been parodied in the 1990s Austin Powers films. 007 - Casino Royale (1967) US 1 Sheet This is a copyrighted poster. ...
007 - Casino Royale (1967) US 1 Sheet This is a copyrighted poster. ...
Flemings commissioned image of James Bond to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (586x982, 152 KB) Cover of 1991 VHS video of Adam Adamant Lives! (BBC) This image is of a videotape cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the videotape or the studio which produced...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (586x982, 152 KB) Cover of 1991 VHS video of Adam Adamant Lives! (BBC) This image is of a videotape cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the videotape or the studio which produced...
Gerald Harper (born 15 February 1929 in London, England) is an actor, best known for his work on television, having played the title role in both Adam Adamant Lives! and Hadleigh. ...
Juliet Harmer in Adam Adamant Lives! (BBC TV 1966-7) Juliet Harmer (born 11 May 1943 [1]) is an English actress who was best known in the role of Georgina Jones in the BBC TV series Adam Adamant Lives! (1966-7). ...
Adam Adamant Lives! was a television series that ran from 1966 to 1967 on the BBC. The show was the BBCs attempt to emulate the success of ITVs The Avengers, with a comedy adventure theme that would take a satirical look at life in the 1960s through the...
Blowup (also rendered as Blow-Up) is an award-winning 1966 British-Italian art film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, his first English language film. ...
Michelangelo Antonioni (born September 29, 1912) is an Italian modernist film director whose films are widely considered as some of the most influential in film aesthetics. ...
The Knack . ...
Alfie is a 1966 film starring Michael Caine. ...
Georgy Girl is a 1966 British film, based on a novel by Margaret Forster. ...
Up The Junction was the third single released from Squeezes second album, Cool for Cats. ...
Smashing Time is a 1967 comedy film starring Rita Tushingham and Lynn Redgrave. ...
Flemings commissioned image of James Bond to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ...
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Parody of Back to the Future In contemporary usage, a parody is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ...
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Television One television series that reflected the spirit of Swinging London was The Avengers. The BBC Television show Take Three Girls (1969) is noted for Liza Goddard's first starring role, an evocative folk-rock theme song ("Light Flight" by Pentangle), and for many scenes in which the heroines were shown dressing or undressing. In an episode of BBC's Adam Adamant Lives!, Adamant (Gerald Harper), an Edwardian adventurer who had been suspended in time since 1902, was told firmly, "This is London, nineteen sixty-six — the swinging city."[3] A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ...
The Avengers is a British 1960s television series featuring secret agents in a fantasy 1960s Britain. ...
BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which began in 1932. ...
Liza Goddard (born 20 January 1950, in Smethwick, West Midlands, England) is a television and stage actress best known for her work in the 1970s and 1980s. ...
Folk rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ...
Pentangle is a British folk-rock band. ...
Adam Adamant Lives! was a television series that ran from 1966 to 1967 on the BBC. The show was the BBCs attempt to emulate the success of ITVs The Avengers, with a comedy adventure theme that would take a satirical look at life in the 1960s through the...
Gerald Harper (born 15 February 1929 in London, England) is an actor, best known for his work on television, having played the title role in both Adam Adamant Lives! and Hadleigh. ...
The Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. It succeeded the Victorian period and is sometimes extended to include the period up to the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, the start of World War...
Symbols The British flag, the Union Jack, became a potent symbol, assisted by events such as England's home victory in the 1966 World Cup. The Mini-Cooper car (launched in 1959) was used by a fleet of mini-cab taxis highlighted by advertising that covered their paintwork. Flag Ratio: 1:2 The Union Flag (also known as the Union Jack) is the national flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ...
Qualifying countries 1966 was a year of triumph for the host nation, England, which won the final beating West Germany 4-2. ...
For the new MINI, see MINI (BMW). ...
Bibliography Jeff Nuttall (July 8, 1933 - January 4, 2004) was an English poet, publisher, actor, painter, sculptor, jazz trumpeter, anarchist sympathiser and social commentator who was a key part of the British 1960s counter-culture. ...
(Henry) Bernard Levin CBE (August 19, 1928 - August 7, 2004) was an English journalist, author and broadcaster. ...
Jonathan Cape has been since 1987 an imprint of Random House. ...
George Melly (born: 17 August 1926 in Liverpool, England) is a British jazz and blues singer. ...
Penguin Books is a British publisher founded in 1935 by Allen Lane. ...
Dominic Sandbrook (born 1974) is a British historian and writer. ...
Little, Brown and Company is a publishing house established by Charles Coffin Little and his partner, James Brown. ...
Dominic Sandbrook (born 1974) is a British historian and writer. ...
Little, Brown and Company is a publishing house established by Charles Coffin Little and his partner, James Brown. ...
Footnotes - ^ Christopher Booker (1980) The Seventies
- ^ Quoted by John Crosby, Weekend Telegraph, 16 April 1965
- ^ Episode, Beauty is an Ugly Word (1966)
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