Space Race Escalates as Soviets Leave Planet, Britain Proudly Perfects Queueing System London, April 1961. News has reached Britain that a Soviet citizen has left the Earth entirely and returned alive, prompting a mixture of admiration, unease, and quiet reflection…
Britain Experiments With Colour Television | Wonders If Black and White Wasn?t Perfectly Adequate
Britain Hears Rumours of a Brighter Tomorrow | Politely Requests Further Details
Britain Introduces Youth Television | Politely Asks Parents to Remain Seated
Britain Discovers Leisure Time | Unsure What to Do With Hands
Britain Introduces Parking Meters | Motorists Question the Morality of Time Itself
Britain Notices Women Asking Questions | Assures Everyone This Is Entirely Respectable
Britain Watches Youth Fashions Shorten | Assures Public That Fabric Is Not Disappearing Entirely
Britain Introduces Dual Carriageways | Quietly Accepts That Overtaking Is Now a Moral Choice
Britain Embraces Modern Consumer Credit, Immediately Promises to Use It Sensibly London, 1961. The British public has shown increasing enthusiasm for modern methods of purchasing goods it does not yet own with money it does not currently possess, a development…
