Journal 5: The Festival of Britain

Festival of Britain: Edited by Elain Harwood and Alan Powers

Published 2001, new edition 2011, £19.95

Format 255 x 197mm, 176pp, colour and b/w illus and colour cover

ISBN: 0 9529755 6 4

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The Festival of Britain, 1951, left behind more memories than solid structures. This collection of essays brings together the recollections of those who took part with studies of personalities such as Sir Gerald Barry, the main London sites at South Bank, Battersea and Lansbury, and some of the many activities outside London.

At its centre is a recreation and tour of the South Bank. As the only publication celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Festival, it reproduces more pictures in colour and black and white than have ever been published before, with articles that are informative, entertaining and challenging to received opinions.