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Francis Wheen's 'Strange Days Indeed'

Dec 2009

Speakers: Francis Wheen

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Francis wheen discusses his book Strange Days Indeed: The Golden Age of Paranoia (2009), which chronicles the fear and paranoia that pervaded the 1970s. In these videos, Wheen explains three stories from the book that perfectly capture the spirit of the decade.

Chapters

• Carlton House Terrace

  2 min 17 sec

• Lord North Street

  2 min 51 sec

• The Old Bailey

  1 min 59 sec

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