The ‘70s was a fine decade for cinema. Some of the most-iconic movies of all time came out in that decade. Just look at the list of Best Picture winners at the Oscars, which includes two of the ...

The music industry is obsessed with "new". The charts discriminate against aging songs; radio stations stake their reputation on premieres; and Ofcom sets quotas for new music on the BBC.

But changes were on the way. Signs of the '70s - from singer-songwriter introspection to down-and-dirty funk - began to surface here. And some artists so identifiable with the '60s, like the ...