{"product_id":"9780861490233-shuttered-arcade","title":"The Shuttered Arcade","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Shuttered Arcade makes essential reading for anyone who values the culture of the 1960s and wonders how we could have let such a glorious tapestry unravel…\u003cbr\u003eHow we had a culture but forgot where we left it.‘Our culture now no longer seems to belong to the history that produced it. It’s a non-sequitur, an answer that doesn’t fit the question. We all expect change but surely, we could have done better than this? Welded on to a heritage many are completely oblivious to, our present looks exactly what it is: phoney, stolen, ripped-off and botched…’ from The Shuttered ArcadeIn this follow-up to his earlier memoir Juke Box Karma, James Vollmar takes a nostalgic journey through the culture of the 1950s and 1960s he grew up in, from a childhood in Northamptonshire and seaside holidays in Norfolk, by way of a family heritage in Worcestershire to later travels in the Scottish islands where, in the remote farmhouse on Jura where George Orwell wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four, he finds an enduring metaphor for our times.Enlivened by portraits of musicians, comedians, writers and sporting figures from a golden age of entertainment The Shuttered Arcade makes essential reading for anyone who values the culture of the 1960s and wonders how we could have let such a glorious tapestry unravel…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41050819526753,"sku":"9780861490233","price":12.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28395816.jpg?v=1722584645","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780861490233-shuttered-arcade","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}