Next Year Will Be Better Ali al-Domaini Margaret Obank: Under the Naked

Margaret Obank: Under the Naked Sky – Short Stories

Puss in Boots

Kops and Szirtes (another I was unaware was Jewish) - but space is not endless in a magazine

translator and critic

Next Year Will Be Better Ali al-Domaini Margaret Obank: Under the NakedThe 1950s are often seen as the grey decade, marred by austerity, rationing and conformity. True, but Next Year Will Be Better also tells of skiffle, jazz, CND, Teds, the Angry Young Men, new movements in art and literature. Meanwhile there was work to be had, on building sites and on holiday camps. And there was the joys of Eel Pie Island, Soho, hearing Louis Armstrong, playing jazz and being kissed by Allen Ginsberg. Only a dedicated sourpuss could