Faster Than A Cannonball: 1995 and All That by Dylan Jones George Hirst

George Hirst

while problematically blurring the lines between fact and fiction

Barrington StokeISBN: 9781800902206Extent: 104 pages

PaperbackPublication: 16 Sept 2021

ISBN: 9781454953371Extent: 496 pages

Faster Than A Cannonball: 1995 and All That by Dylan Jones George HirstDecades tend to crest halfway through, and 1995 was the year of the Nineties: peak Britpop (Oasis v Blur), peak YBA (Tracey Emin's tent), peak New Lad (when Nick Hornby published High Fidelity, when James Brown's Loaded detonated the publishing industry, and when pubs were finally allowed to stay open on a Sunday). It was the year of The Bends, the year Danny Boyle started filming Trainspotting, the year Richey Edwards went missing, the year Alex