The White Negro (Fall 1957)
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Shane Meadows wants to make This Is England ’00
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"To all friends of Jaelee, Jaelee has asked me to write this and I do so with the heaviest of hearts. Earlier this afternoon Jaelee’s mum, the beautiful and vivacious spirit that was Millie Small passed away. Millie suffered a
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Mods v Rockers! The beach battles that rocked Britain in 1964 – and terrified bank holiday tourists
50 years ago the nation was shocked by violence which accompanied our first true youth culture. One man at the notorious Brighton brawl looks back on the chaos The bank holiday began with tourists flocking to the coast but ended with
