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Alwyn Turner takes us on a whistle-stop tour of 1950s Britain: a time of rationing and postwar austerity, but also an era in which exciting new possibilities were blossoming <\/p>

By Jon Bauckham\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Sunday, 03 December 2023 at 07:39 AM<\/p>

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Was 1950s Britain a grim, grey nation, haunted by the spectre of the Second World War, or was it a vibrant, forward-thinking country that had \u2013 in the words of Harold Macmillan \u2013 \u201cnever had it so good\u201d? Speaking with Jon Bauckham, Alwyn Turner separates fact from fiction and answers listeners\u2019 questions about a decade that saw the birth of rock\u2019n\u2019roll, the Suez Crisis, and the crowning of a new queen.<\/p>\n\n

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