Peggy Biderman

United States
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Peggy Biderman (left) and Jaimie Robinson (right) (unknown year)

Peggy Biderman

Stonewall Riots

Global / Rest of the world United States Rainbow flag (LGBTQ+)
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Gay rights demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom (1970)

Stonewall Riots

Dennis Hopper

United States
Rochester Institute of Technology, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of Dennis Hopper (1973)

Dennis Hopper

Gerry Marsden

United Kingdom
Photographer: Paul Schumach, Metropolitan Photo Service, New York City., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo of Gerry and the Pacemakers musical group taken during their first trip to the United States, likely to appear on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (1964)

Gerry Marsden

Celia Birtwell

United Kingdom
Elisa.rolle, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped)
Lamborghini trouser suit made by Celia Birtwell and Ossie Clark (1969)

Celia Birtwell

Victoria Brooke

United Kingdom
Victoria Brooke

Victoria Brooke

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Influential people

Allen Ginsberg

United States
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Allen Ginsberg crowned 'King of May' at his speech, Praga, Czech Republic (1965)
Poet, Writer & Political Campaigner

Allen Ginsberg

Marianne Faithfull

United Kingdom
Photographer: A. Vente, CC BY-SA 3.0 NL, via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped)
Marianne Faithfull singing at the Dutch TV programme 'Fanclub' (1966)
Singer & Songwriter

Marianne Faithfull

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At the heart of the sixties

Nicky Samuel met many key figures from the Sixties. Her memoirs capture the essence of the decade and a panorama of the sexual revolution and counterculture.

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Tilted hardback book cover mock-up of 'Nicky Samuel: My Life and Loves'

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Carnaby Street

United Kingdom
H. Grobe, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
'Irvine Sellars' and other boutiques in Carnaby Street, London, United Kingdom (1968)
Fashionable London Street

Carnaby Street

Middle Earth

United Kingdom
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Entrance of what once was the 'Middle Earth' club in the late 60s in 43 King Street, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom (2016)
London Hippie Club

Middle Earth

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