Get Yer 'Air Cut – Alan Clayson

The social revolution of the Swinging Sixties led to a renaissance of unchecked hair growth, and long hair, especially on men, was worn as a political or countercultural symbol of protest and as an expression of masculinity. No-one who was affected by one of a turbulent decade''s loudest controversies – or anyone who ever wondered what all the fuss was about – will fail to be interested in this personal account of when the ''us and them'' divide between youth and elders was most profound.