Sixties man
Sir: Nicholas Garland (The Sixties', 25 June) found it 'difficult now to think of anything of value that came out of the Sixties. The comforts . . . are irreversible ...but what else lasted?' The songs of Chuck Berry Bob Dylan, Lennon, McCartney et al, the new figuration and pop art of Peter Blake, Hamilton, Hockney, Kitaj et al, the jazz and folk poetry of Ferlinghetti, Ginsberg, Grass, Logue, Mitchell, Stevie Smith et al, the free jazz of Ornette Coleman, Col- trane, Mingus, Stan Tracey et a!, innova- tory independent publishing from New Departures to Private Eye, the demystify- ing cartoon styles of Heath, Scarfe, Stead- man and Garland, the worldwide civil rights, CND, anti-war, women's and green movements, a new multiracial Bri- tain belatedly embracing the diverse supra- national humanity of the whole planet, not forgetting notions like 'I think positive', OK?
Michael Horovitz
Piedmont, Bisley, Stroud, Gloucestershire
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