{"product_id":"dafydd-jones-england-the-last-hurrah","title":"Dafydd Jones: England - The Last Hurrah","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHardcover | \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e19 x 1.78 x 23 cm | 144 pp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eACC Art Books | 2023 | 9781788842198\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThroughout the 1980s, award-winning photographer Dafydd Jones was granted access to some of England’s most exclusive upper-class events. Here he \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epresents this irreverent and intimate portrait of birthday parties and charity balls, Eton picnics and private school celebrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the crack of a hunting rifle and a spray of champagne, these photos give an almost cinematic account of high-society England at its most riotous and its most vulnerable. Against the backdrop of Thatcher’s Britain, globalisation, the Falklands War, rising stocks and dwindling inherited fortunes, Jones reveals the inner lives of the established elite as they party long into the night-time of their fading world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'I wondered if the party guests I’d photographed were just re-enacting a nostalgic fantasy, an imaginary version of England that already no longer existed.'  \u003cstrong\u003eDafydd Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e'With the empire mired in deep Brexit doldrums, perhaps a nostalgic dose of time travel is in order. Please, have a gander at The Last Hurrah.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"ACC Art Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48173195723010,"sku":"BK-ACC-DJETLH-001-K","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/files\/IMG_8520_e0bdc129-e1ef-40fe-a4a3-51b9bd2cc7ac.jpg?v=1790000329","url":"https:\/\/www.booksaboutart.co.uk\/products\/dafydd-jones-england-the-last-hurrah","provider":"Books About Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}