Was the Festival of Britain in 1951 a brilliant national pick-me-up — or just expensive post-war window dressing?

Seventy-five years on, the South Bank spectacle is still remembered as a beacon of optimism after years of rationing and rubble. But critics say it papered over a country still struggling to find its place in the world.

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