The Beatles’ film A Hard Day’s Night suddenly made the British Kitchen Sink movies appear just a little bit old fashioned. Even if you were from a grey Northern mill town and you'd just got your girlfriend pregnant or indeed you were pregnant, London was suddenly your oyster. In the world of art, music and fashion, England's capital city was the centre of all that was hip. It was the destination of anybody who was anybody and even if you weren’t.
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