Shiny and New

''A wholly successful endeavour carried along by waves of infectious enthusiasm'' Mojo
''Fascinating'' New Statesman

The ''80s were about big ideas writ large - new money, new style, gender fluidity, gay pride, attritional politics, the ''special relationship'', nuclear fear, AIDS, cocaine, ecstasy, tabloid royalty, the rise of urban pop, and ultimately geopolitical chaos. Dylan Jones'' history of t...