Why nostalgia's not what it used to be
   Nostalgia is big business. Not a month seems to go by without the
   to one US newspaper, "Blame it on nostalgia - the decade you loved (or
   One of the most striking things about this "new nostalgia" is that it
   Traditionally, nostalgia has been associated with older generations,
   Indeed, one of the definitions of nostalgia is "a severe and sometimes
   The Australian academic Tony Ryan goes so far as to describe nostalgia,
   been very wary of nostalgia", he writes, "regarding it as an evil
   For David Turner, founder of the Nostalgia Central website, reliving
   the past is harmless fun. Nostalgia Central is a "one-stop shop for
        I have always been very wary of nostalgia, regarding it as an evil
   "Nostalgia ain't what it used to be", says Calcutt. "When 'youth
   the nostalgia for silly toys and faddish fashion rather than for