Bombing Quote by Ian Mcewan

By the end of the 1970s Britain was in a mess.

— Anonymous

England was very frustrating in the Seventies for anyone who was trying to wake up. It was visible in punk, in clothes, and in…

— Genesis P-Orridge

I thought the 60s in London was normal, so when it stopped it was a shock.

— Rita Tushingham

London was a real dump in the 70s, when it belonged to me and my friends, because, like most cities, you kind of hand…

— Nick Lowe

Politically at that time, with Thatcher in Britain and Reagan in the White House, it wasn't looking too great for the Left. And we…

— Joe Strummer

I remember the '70s constantly being winter in Manchester and the Irish community in Manchester closing ranks because of the IRA bombings in Birmingham…

— Noel Gallagher

I remember, the first few years here, I didn't like London much: too big, too crowded, the physical difficulty of getting around.

— John Lanchester

I can walk about London and see a society that seems an absolutely revolutionary change from the 1950s, that seems completely and utterly different,…

— Penelope Lively

I'm not a bad boy now I'm living in Russia. London was great but there were too many distractions.

— Sergei Polunin

Britain's done a lot of changing in the past 50 years. The decline of manufacturing and heavy industry under Margaret Thatcher ripped the economic…

— Ash Sarkar

England in the late 1940s was famously grim. As I remember it, London back then was a very dirty place, from coal dust and…

— Alexander Cockburn

London was an exciting place to work at one point because, socially, it was very progressive - a catalyst. There were very interesting artists…

— Chris Ofili