Uncool Britannia
Steve Punt presents a three-part history of the Britain that's ubiquitous yet unashamedly uncool
Uncool Britannia - The Austin Montego Years
Steve Punt overturns the image of the 80s as a decade of yuppies, conspicuous consumption and flash cars, concluding that it's the practical Austin Montego which sums up the period.
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Uncool Britannia - The James Last Years
Steve Punt makes an assault on punk, claiming it was James Last and his orchestra rather than Sid Vicious and his safety pins who embodied the 1970s.
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Uncool Britannia - The Pakamac Years
Steve Punt explores how practical rainwear epitomised the 1950s and 60s and argues that it wasn't beatniks that epitomised the spirit of the era but the foldaway mac.
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