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Britain’s Swinging Sixties: everything you wanted to know

Dominic Sandbrook answers popular search queries and listener questions about Britain in the 1960s

Dominic Sandbrook answers popular search queries and listener questions about Britain in the 1960s. (Image by Getty Images)

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Did the Sixties really swing? Why did the decade see such an explosion of popular culture? And what were the top sellers in the supermarket? Historian, author and broadcaster Dominic Sandbrook answers popular search queries and questions you submitted about Britain in the 1960s.

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