1963: The cultural watershed of the 20th century?

No decade of the 20th century is as talked about as the 1960s.

None is more seen as a watershed, none as much as a dividing line — between traditional, conservative values and the more liberal attitudes that have become the norm across the western world. But where best to pinpoint that change?

For Robin Morgan and Ariel Leve in their new book, the answer is in the title: 1963: The Year of Revolution. “It was a hugely tectonic year of change politically, socially and culturally,” says Morgan, whose book with Leve is an oral biography in which many of the leading lights of 1963 give their personal take on a special time in their lives.