Soho in the Fifties and Sixties (Character Sketches)
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (786 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1855142341 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 64 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This issue focuses on Soho in the 1950s and 1960s.. The National Portrait Gallery's "Character Sketches" series provides biographical sketches of a specific group of historical figures from the Gallery's collection of portraits. Introductions to each volume give a comprehensive account of the lives featured from a critical perspective. Journals, letters, diaries, anecdotes, poems and novels are all used to create portraits in words as well as images. Each volume examines the public images and private faces, the characters and relationships that gave each group its identity and importance
S Riaz said Soho in the Fifties and Sixties. Soho is a part of London which is still thought of as slightly bohemian, possibly also slightly seedy, and has always seemed to appeal more to people who live in the city than to tourists. This short book shows us that it was the same in the 1950's and 1960's, when Soho was full of clubs, bars, after hours drinking, artists, writers and musicians.This book gives us brief portraits of the various people linked to Soho d