Frills, tassels and hats: Arrivals at the New Romantics ball, 1981. Photographed © by Caroline Greville-Morris
➢ 1981, New Romantics have their day — rearranging the deck-chairs at the posers’ ball
➢ 1944, “Go to work, Slim” — Lauren Bacall offers a musical treat for Valentine’s Day
➢ Guardian makes Shapersofthe80s an internet pick of the week
➢ 1961, No wonder The Beatles changed the shape of music after 456 sessions practising in public
The Beatles’ beat look, 1960: honed in Hamburg by photographer Astrid Kirchherr who took this picture when guitarist Stuart Sutcliffe was in the lineup
➢ The Kemp Brothers cook up a mystical morsel
➢ EMI chief confirms record company sale highly likely
➢ Rivals sniffy about Murdoch’s Daily — more an iPad magazine than a newspaper
➢ 1981, Birth of Duran’s Planet Earth — when other people’s faith put the Brummies into the charts
Duran Duran in 1980: Birmingham’s fluffiest New Romantics
