Middle Earth

United Kingdom
Spudgun67, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrance of what once was the 'Middle Earth' club in the late 60s in 43 King Street, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom (2016)

Middle Earth

John Paul Getty Jr

United Kingdom
Keystone / Getty Images, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped)
John Paul Getty Jr. inside a car with (1966)

John Paul Getty Jr

Mustique Island

St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Megmcgriff, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Crystal clear waters from the Gelliceaux Beach in Mustique, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2018)

Mustique Island

Martin Luther King Jr

United States
David Erickson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Martin Luther King Jr. giving a speech (circa 1963)

Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister, author and the leading American civil rights campaigner of his generation

David Litvinoff

United Kingdom
David Litvinoff

David Litvinoff

Bill Willis

United States
Bill Willis

Bill Willis

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Influential people

John Paul Getty Jr

United Kingdom
Keystone / Getty Images, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped)
John Paul Getty Jr. inside a car with (1966)
Philanthropist & Book Collector

John Paul Getty Jr

Paul Newman

United States
Studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped)
Portrait of Paul Newman (1954)
Actor, Film Director, Race car driver & Entrepreneur

Paul Newman

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At the heart of the sixties

Nicky Samuel met many key figures from the Sixties. Her memoirs capture the essence of the decade and a panorama of the sexual revolution and counterculture.

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Tilted hardback book cover mock-up of 'Nicky Samuel: My Life and Loves'

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The Black House

United Kingdom
Holloway Road, Lower Holloway by David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Holloway Road, Lower Holloway, London, United Kingdom (2008)
Black Power Commune

The Black House

The Factory

United States
Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped)
Low angle photograph of the Decker Building, 33 Union Square West, New York City, New York, USA (2008)
Andy Warhol's Creative Studios

The Factory

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