PRAISE FOR ALWYN W. TURNER

Rejoice! Rejoice! Britain in the 1980s

‘Put[s] into cold perspective what at the time we were too befuddled with emotion to understand. . . Turner has produced a masterly mix of shrewd analysis, historical detail and telling quotes. . . Indispensable’

James Delingpole, Mail on Sunday

‘One of the pleasures of Alwyn Turner’s breathless romp through the 1980s is that it overflows with unusual juxtapositions and surprising insights. . . The tone is that of a wildly enthusiastic guide leading us on a breakneck tour through politics, sport and culture’

Dominic Sandbrook, The Sunday Times

‘This kaleidoscopic history . . . provides a vivid and enjoyable guide to these turbulent years. Ranging broadly across popular culture as well as high politics . . .Turner brings the period alive and offers insights into both sides of a polarised nation’

BBC History Magazine, Pick of the Month

‘Turner’s account of the 1980s is as wide-ranging as that fractured, multi-faceted decade demands . . . deft at picking out devilish details and damning quotes from history that is less recent than you think’

Victoria Segal, MOJO

‘Turner does an excellent job in synthesising the culture and art of the day into the wider political discourse. The result is resolutely entertaining’

Metro

Crisis? What Crisis? Britain in the 1970s

‘Alwyn Turner has certainly hit upon a rich and fascinating subject, and his intertwining of political and cultural history is brilliantly done. . . This is a masterful work of social history and cultural commentary, told with much wit. It almost makes you feel as if you were there’

Roger Lewis, Mail on Sunday

‘Turner appears to have spent much of the decade watching television, and his knowledge of old soap operas, sitcoms and TV dramas is deployed to great effect throughout this vivid, brilliantly researched chronicle. . . Turner may be an anorak, but he is an acutely intelligent anorak’

Francis Wheen, New Statesman

‘An ambitious, entertaining alternative history of the 1970s which judges the decade not just by its political turbulence but by the leg-up it gave popular culture’

Time Out

‘Entertaining and splendidly researched. . . He has delved into episodes of soap operas and half-forgotten novels to produce an account that displays wit, colour and detail’

Brian Groom, Financial Times

‘Turner combines a fan’s sense of populism (weaving in references to a rapidly expanding popular culture) with a keen grasp of the political landscape, which gives his survey of an often overlooked decade its cutting edge’

Metro

‘Fascinating . . . an affectionate but unflinching portrait of the era’

Nicholas Foulkes, Independent on Sunday