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Hyperfixation of the month: Why I Love the 1970s by Stephen Ashfield

By themagman THE MAG 8 Nov 2026 2 MIN READ

The three day-week, a massacre at the Olympics, Jimmy Savile on telly, England crap in the World Cup and the rise of Maggie Thatcher. Those all happened in the 1970s, but for me it’s still the best decade ever. Yes, it’s another of my hyperfixations and there’s still a few more to come. Although I was born in the…

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