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UNSUNG ICONS: THE FILOFAX

The second half of the 20th century brought some seismic cultural shifts. In the 1950s, it was rock and roll and the rise of the teenager. In the 1960s, it was Brit Pop and the civil rights movement. In the 1970s, we were still talking peace, love and macrame and towards the end, flares and disco.

In the 1980s, however, such thoughts of altruism evaporated like white powder up a

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