Tag: Popular culture AudioCulture Clash? Pop in a royal parkFriday 23 August 2019Fifty years ago, the Rolling Stones gave a concert in Hyde Park that turned into...AudioWriter of the month: Peter Doggett – Electric shock: From the gramophone to the iPhoneThursday 17 September 2015Peter Doggett argues that from the birth of recording in the 19th century to...Audio1974: forty years onFriday 31 October 2014Mark Dunton looks back at UK National events in 1974 in this illustrated podcast....AudioThe Post Office Tower: symbol of a new Britain?Tuesday 22 April 2014When the Post Office Tower was opened officially on 8 October 1965, it was...AudioThe last thing we need is a sequel: postwar cinema at The National ArchivesFriday 24 June 2011The National Archives’ exploration of the British government’s uneasy relationship with the film industry...AudioThe National Archives goes to the moviesMonday 21 June 2010Trace the history of cinema in Britain through the collections of The National Archives....AudioKapow! Fifties Britain versus the comics menaceTuesday 17 February 2009In the mid 1950s Britain woke up to the threat of an invasion: “American...