Anyone wanting to find out about life in the 1950s should come along to a special event at the Honeywood Heritage Centre this month. The Fabulous… ...

ALL things 1950s were celebrated at a one-off festival at the weekend. Enthusiasts packed out the Mima art gallery in Middlesbrough where the Art and Optimism in 1950s Britain festival was held.

WHEN I went back to the 1950s for the opening scenes of the novel I’d begun to write I realised this was not about imagining a different world – it was going back to it.