Wednesday 20 October

Dominic Sandbrook State Of Emergency: The Way We Were: Britain, 1970-1974

Birmingham Conservatoire, Paradise Place, Birmingham B3 3HG     

7.15 – 8.30pm     

　     

In Association with the RSA     

 

　     

In the early 1970s, Britain seemed on the brink of the abyss. Under Edward Heath, the optimism of the Sixties had faded. Headlines were dominated by strikes, blackouts, unemployment and inflation. Britain seemed to be tearing itself apart. Yet amid the gloom glittered a creative and cultural dynamism.     

In this brilliant new history, Dominic Sandbrook recreates that gaudy, schizophrenic atmosphere – where unions marched, the socialist revolution seemed at hand, but feminism, permissiveness, pornography and environmentalism were also transforming lives.     

Whether you were a child, an adult or weren’t yet born in the seventies, Dominic will take you there.     

Tickets: £6(£4.50)     

Box Office: 0121 303 2323   or BOOK ONLINE