Being Part of the Revolution
Post- War British Babies were born into a period of social revolution which they built upon in the 60s.
Working Class children went off to university, then were criticised because they had been educated and questioned anything and everything. They didn’t comply with the ‘done thing’.
Hence it was probably the most incredibly Creative Era in the UK since William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement.
The Visual Arts saw a break from the traditions of academic painting and the conventions of classical art - It was a period of experimentation and exploration featuring various motifs and subjects – often mundane ones – but also varying means and methods and not always traditional art materials.
In Popular Music, there were the rebellious Rolling Stones but more importantly, the revolutionary Beatles who vocalised the feelings of their generation.
It was also a vital period where the centres of creativity gravitated to the North of England especially in Literature and the Theatre. Moreover, it gave voice to the Working Class, no longer the domain of the Upper and Middle Classes; ‘Lucky Jim’ was their swansong.
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