1976

<p><strong>Searing heat, political turmoil, revolution in popular culture: relive the scorching year of 1976 in all its glory.</strong></p><p>On the political scene, Harold Wilson abruptly resigned as prime minister; Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe resigned in advance of his arrest and sensational Old Bailey trial for conspiracy and incitement to murder; and the Tories elected ''Milk Snatcher'' Margaret Thatcher as their party leader. The IRA’s long-running demands for the reunification of Ireland exploded into a campaign of wholesale terrorism on the British mainland.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Black Panther was finally arrested and brought to justice, and the curious case of John Stonehouse, the UK’s last Postmaster General, came to its climax.</p><p>Throw in the fact that Southampton defied 500:1 odds to win the FA Cup, and the irresistible rise of punk rock, triggered by the iconic moment when the Sex Pistols were let loose on an unsuspecting teatime-television audience, and 1976 proves itself a truly pendulum year that divides the old from the new - recaptured here in fully living, human detail.</p><p><strong>Inside <em>1976</em>:</strong></p><ul> <li> <strong>Season-by-season account of the events</strong> of this bumper year</li> <li>Stories from across the <strong>UK, USA, Europe</strong> and the <strong>Soviet Union</strong> </li> <li> <strong>Political rivalries</strong> in a Cold War era, including the early rise of <strong>Margaret Thatcher</strong> and the demise of <strong>Harold Wilson</strong> </li> <li>Celebrities of the era, including <strong>David Bowie, Sid James and the Sex Pistols, ABBA</strong> and the <strong>Bee Gees</strong> </li> <li>Massive breakthroughs in criminal justice, such as the arrest of the <strong>Black Panther</strong>, and the conclusion of the case of <strong>postmaster general John Stonehouse</strong> </li> </ul><p>Leaving no stone unturned and no story untold, <em>1976</em> is a book of pure nostalgia for those who lived through it, and an eyeopening experience for those who didn''t: a page turner right to the end.</p>