In the decades after 1944 the four nations of Britain shared a common
educational programme. By 2015, this programme had fragmented: the patterns of
schooling and higher education in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and
England resembled each other less and less.
'Which is the best band I've been in? The Small Faces were the most creative, the Faces were the most fun, The Who were the most exciting. These were electrifying days in music. We were all untried, untested. What was stopping us? Nothing.' As drummer with the Small Faces, Faces and later The Who, Kenney Jones' unique sense of rhythm was the heartbeat that powered three of the most influential rock bands of all time. Beginning in London's post-war East End, Kenney's story takes us through the birth of the Mod revolution, the mind-bending days of the late-1960s and the raucous excesses of the '70s and '80s. In a career spanning six decades, Kenney was at the epicentre of many of the most exciting moments in music history and has experienced everything the industry has to offer
On 5 January 2003, former Special Forces soldier Ken Jones was caught in a
devastating avalanche as he climbed in the frozen wilderness of the
Transylvanian Alps. Heavily frostbitten and bleeding internally, Ken dragged
himself to safety over three agonizing days only to discover that his true
ordeal had yet to begin.