Deep into the Sixties: David Kynaston's vivid history of Britain in 1965-66

The Guardian reviews the latest instalment of David Kynaston's postwar Britain history, covering 1965-66, and calls it a tour de force. The book recounts episodes such as Malcolm X's February 1965 visit to Smethwick, where a Conservative council was buying houses to prevent a "coloured ghetto"; he was refused service in a pub and was shot dead in the US nine days later.