We've been previewing this for over a year, but various problems have pushed back the release date for I'm Not Like Everybody Else (aka The Mod Chronicles Volume 2) by Enamel Verguren. Although we did mention last month that a launch event was imminent – that's still the case. That […]

I'll be honest and admit I've not yet managed to read Bad Penny Blues by Cathi Unsworth, but a good friend and someone whose opinion I rate is currently raving about it – so I'm passing on that vibe. Set in 1960s Soho, ambitious PC Pete Bradley is assigned as […]

Still got some Christmas cash burning a hole in your pocket? or just fancy reading a book on life in the 60s? Either way, you might want to check out It’s My Life! 1960s Newcastle. Recently published by Tyne Bridge Publishing and now reviewed on this very site by The […]

We missed this when it hit the shelves last month, but London Babylon (The Beatles and The Stones in the Swinging Sixties) by Steve Overbury looks worthy of your attention. Don't be put off by the title, according to the spiel, the book is underpinned by the two bands, but […]

We featured the original of this way back in 2006 on Retro To Go, since when a second editon has been and gone, leaving us with a 3rd edition of Straight From The Fridge, Dad by Max Decharne, the dictionary of hipster slang. It's still the same concept – thousands […]

We were expecting it in September, then before Christmas, but now I'm Not Like Everybody Else (aka The Mod Chronicles Volume 2) by Enamel Verguren (the follow-up to This Is A Modern Life) has now been put back to February 2010. If you missed it previously, volume 2 takes things […]

If you've any interesting in 60s style, you'll want to get your hands on Photographing Fashion: British Style in the Sixties by Richard Lester. Published this week in hardback by ACC Editions, the book features 'newly discovered' images of British fashion taken by world famous photographers for The Sunday Times […]