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How was it that the Mini became ‘cool’ during the Swinging Sixties? We investigate by attempting to separate fact from fiction

When I was a child, we had a tortoise called Winnie who had belonged to my father when he was a boy in the 1950s. He called his pet Winston after Churchill, but this name had to be changed when he dis

For 10 years, from 1965 to 1975, snapper BARRIE WENTZELL was the all-seeing eye of the UK music scene. His new book, previewed here, captures the biggest stars at their least guarded. DANNY ECCLESTON is agog.

An unforgettable, androgynous portrait helped unleash Patti Smith’s career on to the world stage, writes Steve Fairclough

Michael Henderson on Radio

Lee Miller threw herself into life, dancing at Surrealist balls, taking fashion to Blitz-torn streets and dreaming up blue-spaghetti recipes, all the time intoxicating men and fighting inner demons, as Mary Miers reveals