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Events relating to england
English author Kingsley Amis's first novel, Lucky Jim, strikes an anti-establishment chord
William Golding gives a chilling account of schoolboy savagery in his first novel, Lord of the Flies
Hancock's Half Hour, starring Tony Hancock, begins on BBC radio
The new UK prime minister, Anthony Eden, gives Harold Macmillan the post of foreign secretary
Anthony Eden moves Harold Macmillan to a new position, as chancellor of the exchequer
Michael Tippett's first opera, A Midsummer Marriage, has its premiere at Covent Garden
81-year-old Winston Churchill resigns as Britain's prime minister and is succeeded by Anthony Eden
Kingsley Amis and other young writers in Britain become known as Angry Young Men
Graham Greene's novel The Quiet American is set in contemporary Vietnam and foresees troubles ahead
English poet Philip Larkin finds his distinctive voice in his collection The Less Deceived
British dancer Joan Benesh and her husband Rudolf develop the Benesh system of dance notation
British philologist J.R.R. Tolkien publishes the third and final volume of his epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings
Ruth Ellis, sentenced to death for the murder of an unfaithful lover, is the last woman to be hanged in Britain
The English Stage Company, founded by George Devine, opens in London's Royal Court Theatre
English poet Ted Hughes marries US poet Sylvia Plath
The Sadler's Wells Ballet, dancing now at Covent Garden, is renamed the Royal Ballet
The USA and Britain withdraw their offer of financial aid for Nasser's Aswan dam
John Osborne's play Look Back in Anger features in the first season of London's new English Stage Company
The British queen, Elizabeth II, moves the traditional royal Christmas address from radio to TV
Harold Macmillan tells a meeting in Bedford that 'most of our people have never had it so good'
Anthony Eden resigns as UK prime minister after the fiasco of the Suez Crisis, and is succeeded by Harold Macmillan
Fred Hoyle, William Fowler, and Margaret and Geoffrey Burbidge explain stellar nucleosynthesis
The Hawk in the Rain is English author Ted Hughes' first volume of poems
The publication of the novel Justine launches Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet
David Lean directs William Holden, Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins in The Bridge on the River Kwai
