{"product_id":"9781800961739-heatwave","title":"Heatwave","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Summer of 1976 – Britain at Boiling Point. A BBC Radio 4 Book Of The Week.\u003cbr\u003eA rich examination of the cultural and political upheaval in Britain in the boiling hot summer of 1976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A teeming chronicle of those scorching months. Superbly researched.' \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Scorching, animated and essential reading.  Superb.'  \u003ci\u003eTHE MAIL ON SUNDAY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Grippingly captures the three months that shook Britain's cultural landscape' PAULINE BLACK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Scorching, seething and scintillating, \u003ci\u003eHeatwave\u003c\/i\u003e conjures a slow-burning collage of a country on the brink. I lived through those cruel months, and Williams recreates them with intense skill' SIMON GARFIELD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An absolute joy' PETE PAPHIDES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Engrossing.powerful.goes way beyond nostalgia' DAVID KYNASTON\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith temperatures soaring to 35ºC, severe water shortages and a sunburned population queuing at the standpipes, the summer of 1976 was always remembered as Britain's hottest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the wave that hit the UK that year was also cultural and political, with upheaval on the streets, in parliament, on the cricket pitch and on the radios and TV sets of a nation at a crossroads.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore this blistering summer, Britain seemed stuck in the post-war era, a country where people were all in it together - as long as you were white, male and straight. In July, Tom Robinson writes a song called \u003ci\u003eGlad to be Gay\u003c\/i\u003e, and by August bank holiday, Black youth are making the police run for their lives in the almighty riot at the Notting Hill Carnival.  But with the Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson suddenly quitting, the pound sinking and the economy tanking, a restless immigrant population and increasing dissatisfaction in the old world order, the weather seemed to boil up the country to the point where the lid blows off.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeaving a rich tapestry of the news stories of the year, with social commentary and dozens of first-person interviews with those that were there at the time, Williams's reappraisal of the summer of '76 is an evocative, sometimes nostalgic but always an unflinching read. \u003ci\u003eHeatwave\u003c\/i\u003e takes us back to relive the events of that summer and asks - have we really moved on as much as we would have liked?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56535709417846,"sku":"9781800961739","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41101690.jpg?v=1777529504","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781800961739-heatwave","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}