1990's

The decade of globalisation, when the rise of the Internet and the growth in the use of personal computers began to play a major role in everyone’s life.

• In 1990 Nelson Mandela was released from prison after 27 years in jail.
• In 1997 the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. A million people lined the streets of London for her funeral.
• In 1997 Britain returned Hong Kong to China.
• On TV, you could watch the Teletubbies, Friends or The Simpsons for the first time, while, whether you listened to grunge, the new boy or girl bands or hip hop, your clothes had to be just right.