1950s Britain: everything you wanted to know

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

Published: December 3, 2023 at 6:50 PM

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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 – in the words of Harold Macmillan – “never had it so good”? Speaking with Jon Bauckham, Alwyn Turner separates fact from fiction and answers listeners’ questions about a decade that saw the birth of rock’n’roll, the Suez Crisis, and the crowning of a new queen.

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Jon BauckhamDigital commissioning editor

Jon Bauckham is the digital commissioning editor at HistoryExtra

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