Yes,we had the Cuba missile crisis and nuclear war seemed imminent – but in many ways I reflect young people have it harder todayI was happy throughout my 20s. Like most young people, I was thoroughly self-absorbed and had much to be happy about. I remember the mid-1950s as golden, and sunlit days.
At the start of my 20s I was studying at Cambridge,which seemed a paradise to me. I thrived on each daily encounter at university. I enjoyed plays, societies and parties with many friends and studied history, and a subject I loved. I knew I wasn’t particularly intelligent but that didn’t discontinue me wanting to know and understand more. When I left Cambridge I knew I might never be as happy again.
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Source: theguardian.com