Chris, you don't have to go back to the Second world war, just read some stuff about the Falklands War or the the Gulf War, or closer to home the miners strike in 1984/85, the closest we've been to a civil war in this country for centuries. All the manipulation of the TV and Radio, to suit the people in power, although Laser 558 just kept up the music output, lets face it they were certainly detached from the mainland, not just literally. I think it's a case of reading between the lines and making up your own idea of what you think the real truth was, if you were'nt there. Unless you were actually there to witness the same thing as some "writer", you either have to accept it, or say it's a load of cobblers. I do agree with you tho, if your going to write an autobiography, whats the word "artistic licence" or whatever, to me that means it might as well be a fairy story as long as it sells. All the best from Geoff