Remember your first pocket calculator?
Most of us got our first pocket calculator in the 1970s but were then told by maths teachers that we were forbidden to use them in our exams
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Berlin and the 1980s German pop craze
In the early 1980s – British indie kids got into German pop especially the so-called Neue Deutsche Welle as Tony McMahon recalls
Kraftwerk releases Computer World
In 1981, Kraftwerk released the Computer World album at a time when synth pop was dominating the charts and Tony McMahon was there
Top pop hits in the first half of 1981
1981 is seen by some as the best year for British pop ever so what did the NME think were the pop hits of the first half of 1981?