Glossary

10 Downing Street The official home of the British prime minister.

apartheid The system of racial discrimination practised in South Africa between 1948 and 1994.

Art Deco A decorative style featuring bold colours and geometric designs, popular in the 1920s and 30s.

Artex A trademark name for a textured ceiling material.

Art Nouveau A decorative style of c.1900 featuring flowing organic designs.

baby-boomer A member of the generation born in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War.

CND The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

existentialism A system of philosophy stressing individual freedom and responsibility.

Fleet Street The British newspaper industry (formerly based in this London street).

GI An American soldier.

LSD Lysergic acid diethylamide, a powerful hallucinogenic drug.

Op Art A style of art which explores visual responses to patterns, often creating optical illusions.

Palais A once-popular name for a cinema.

prefab A factory-made, one-storey home assembled on site in reponse to the postwar housing shortage.

Scotland Yard The former headquarters of the Metropolitan Police.

Troubles, the The thirty years of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland, starting in the late Sixties.

white paper An official report outlining a proposed new government policy.