Love and Let Die: Bond, the Beatles and the British Psyche

'Smart, analytical and enormously good fun' - Stuart Maconie, Mail on Sunday

'Ingenious . . . conjures a whole cultural history of the past six decades' - The Spectator

'Strikingly insightful . . . page after page of glorious anecdotes' - The i Newspaper

'A book to leave you shaken and and stirred' - Independent

'Poignant and entertaining' - Observer

'If you take popular culture seriously, this is the book for you' - Jeremy Deller

Dr No, the first Bond film, and 'Love Me Do', the first Beatles record, were released on the very same day. Most countries can only dream of creating a phenomenon on this scale; Britain, however, produced two on one windy October afternoon.

Told over sixty dramatic years, Love and Let Die is the story of two cultural touchstones that continue to define our aspirations and fantasies. It's a tale of opposing values, contrasting visions of Britain, and differing ideas about male identity. The book explores how a fundamental clash between working-class liberation and establishment control dramatically exploded onto the global stage, shaping popular culture for decades to come.