How can we account for this greatoutburst of creativity in this city atthat moment? Well,...
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How can we account for this great
outburst of creativity in this city at
that moment? Well, for a start, there were lots
of young people in the population, thanks to the post-war baby boom. And Liverpool being a port town, had
always had strong connections to the wider world and it absorbed lots of
cultural influences. But more than that, Liverpool has
always had a very strong sense of its own identity. A creative, nonconformist streak that's often found expression in
the arts
outburst of creativity in this city at
that moment? Well, for a start, there were lots
of young people in the population, thanks to the post-war baby boom. And Liverpool being a port town, had
always had strong connections to the wider world and it absorbed lots of
cultural influences. But more than that, Liverpool has
always had a very strong sense of its own identity. A creative, nonconformist streak that's often found expression in
the arts
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How can we account for this great
outburst of creativity
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in this city at
that moment?
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Well, for a start, there were lots
of young people in the population,
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thanks to the post-war baby boom.
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And Liverpool being a port town, had
always had strong connections to the
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wider world and it absorbed lots of
cultural influences.
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But more than that, Liverpool has
always had a very strong sense of
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its own identity.
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A creative, nonconformist streak
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that's often found expression in
the arts.
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Movie Summary
Historian David Olusoga charts 180 years of British history as lived by the successive inhabitants of a single home in a British city - from its construction to the present day.
