Faster Than A Cannonball

Decades tend to crest halfway through, and 1995 was the year of the Nineties: peak Britpop (Oasis v Blur), peak YBA (Tracey Emin's tent), peak New Lad (when Nick Hornby published High Fidelity , when James Brown's Loaded detonated the publishing industry, and when pubs were finally allowed to stay open on a Sunday). It was the year of The Bends , the year Danny Boyle started filming Trainspotting , the year Richey Edwards went missing, the year Alex Garland wrote The Beach , the year Blair chang