Episode 3 Part 3 - Different Class

Barely Gettin' By

3.1 Things Can Only Get Better

3.2 Goodbye, England’s Rose

3.3 Different Class

In this episode, Emma and Chloe cross the Atlantic, moving on from ‘New Democrats’ to talk about ‘New Labour’. The 90s in Britain were a time when politicians, princesses, and pop stars promised modernisation of tired, worn-out traditions. But looking back on Tony Blair’s rise and the tragic death of Princess Di suggests not all was well beneath the surface of ‘Cool Britannia’. Chloe then goes on to explain why, in her opinion, some of the best explanations of what was really happening in Britain in the 90s came, in fact, from culture.

Links and sources

‘Blair aide asked Keating for hate lessons’, SBS, 23 August 2013.

http://.https:/www.sbs.com.au/news/blair-aide-asked-keating-for-hate-lessons

Jonathan Davis, ‘History didn’t end with the fall of the Berlin Wall – but only now is the new battleground clear’, The Conversation, 7 November 2019.

https://theconversation.com/history-didnt-end-with-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall-but-only-now-is-the-new-battleground-clear-125768

Noel Gallagher on *that* visit to Downing Street

‘Tony Blair told Princess Diana her relationship with Dodi Fayed was a problem’, Guardian, 1 September 2010.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/sep/01/tony-blair-diana-relationship-fayed

Thomas Dixon, ‘History in British Tears’, The History of Emotions Blog, 10 September 2015.

https://emotionsblog.history.qmul.ac.uk/2015/09/weeping-britannia/

Hilary Mantel, ‘Royal Bodies’, London Review of Books, 21 February 2013.

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v35/n04/hilary-mantel/royal-bodies

‘Greek finance minister responds to claim that wife was inspiration behind Pulp hit’, Guardian, 12 May 2015.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/12/greek-finance-minister-responds-claim-wife-inspiration-pulp-common-people

Owen Hatherley, ‘Pulp matter more than ever in today’s cowed cultural landscape’, Guardian, 15 June 2011.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/jun/14/pulp-festivals

Owen Hatherley, Uncommon: An Essay on Pulp, Zero Books, 2011.

And one video on Princess Di conspiracy theories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I38T7_uLio0

Common People by Pulp

Written by: Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey, Russell Senior

Cocaine Socialism by Pulp

Written by: Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey, Russell Senior, Mark Webber and Antony Genn

Tony Blair ‘Windfall Tax’ excerpt from UK Parliament

Queen Elizabeth II ‘Death of Princess Diana’ excerpt from AP Archives

Noel Gallagher ‘Downing Street Part Invitation’ excerpt from kinoLibrary at www.knolibrary.com Clip Ref DW022092

Tony Blair ‘Sinn Fein’ excerpt from UK Parliament

Tony Blair ‘The People’s Princess’ excerpt from AP Archives

Queen Elizabeth II ‘Annus Horribilis Speech’ from ITN Source