The 1960s: the decade that refuses to die | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

When one decade is peddled by the media as the pinnacle of human achievement, it's hard for another generation to competeIt's been 50 years since 1962, the year that the Beatles released their first single, Love Me Do, and James Bond made his first appearance on the big screen in Dr No. They're not the only anniversaries to have piqued the media's interest this year – 5 August marked the day 50 years ago that Marilyn Monroe was found dead after an overdose of sleeping pills, and later in the m...

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