Trying to rehabilitate the public image of skinheads is no easy task. Judging by Hollywood’s take on the genre — see 1998’s American History X or Russell Crowe in 1992’s Romper Stomper — skinheads are ...

Don Letts examines the history of this notorious subculture in a fascinating documentary, which features interviews with members of different skinhead scenes through the decades. Beginning in the late ...

Anamik Saha: What are the roots of the Skinhead movement? Gavin Watson: It was a natural transition from the 1960s Mod movement. The Mods were hijacked by the middle classes, and the Beatniks - before ...