Summer of love Sex, drugs, rock'n'roll: Cif bloggers write about the Summer of Love, 40 years on
A year in black and white Lemn Sissay Lemn Sissay: Summer of Love: For many, it was a summer of hate.
Legacy of the hippie trail Rory Maclean Rory Maclean: Summer of Love: In the 1960s and 1970s thousands of young westerners flocked east. Was it a hippie backlash that inspired al-Qaida?
Castles made of sand Khaled Diab Summer of Love: The spirit of the 1960s touched the Arab world too, but rapidly faded away.
Peace, protest and kaftans Yvonne Roberts Yvonne Roberts: Summer of Love: Social upheaval, fresh ideas, new ways of organising and powerful demonstrations mushroomed.
Free at last? Marcus Collins
Closed doors of perception Andrew Feldmár Andrew Feldmár: Summer of Love: I was accused of "moral turpitude" for publishing an article in a respected journal about the uses of LSD in psychotherapy.
The selfishness of free love Jill Kirby
Disney, as never seen before Paul Krassner
So un-Eden, man Mark Jacobson
A trip into the past Open Thread