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How Women-Run Free Cafes Helped Sustain the 1984 UK Miners’ Strike
“You have to remember that there were children starving. We knew Thatcher was trying to break us, so we had to galvanise as a community.”
What's Gone On This Week: Liam Neeson and the World's Most Deplorable Anecdote
I'm not sure that famous scene from 'Taken' would have captured the imagination like it did if he had said: "I won't find you, but I will find someone of the same race and indiscriminately kill them instead."
Thatcher's Foreign Secretary Wanted to Ban Protests that Endangered Arms Deals
Secret documents revealed by VICE show how Sir Geoffrey Howe discussed changing the law to enable the government to ban protests that would offend foreign governments.
Wandsworth, the Crown Jewel of London Toryism, Is Ready to Snap
Dirty streets, declining public services and poor housing now haunt Thatcher's favourite council ahead of the local elections.
Incredible Photos of Thrill-Seekers in Thatcher's England
Chris Steele-Perkins' images find collective spirit in the decade of the individual.
Nature of the Beast: Meet Labour's Most Notorious MP
We spoke to Dennis Skinner about Tory-hating and the new documentary about him.
Billeder af folk der har det lækkert på Londons natklubber i 80'erne og 90'erne
"Alle, der har været unge og følt udlængsel i hjertet, har mærket det. Men at indfange det i et billede, i en serie af billeder, er fantastisk."
How the Banks Stole Higher Education
Student debt is big business for the banks, and it's fucking us all over.
The Slums of 1980s Glasgow Through the Lens of a French Photographer
Raymond Depardon's photo series captured everyday life in some of the city's most deprived neighborhoods amid the grind of Thatcher's Britain.
Remembering the 1990 TV Documentary That Made Everybody Want to Go to Ibiza
At the height of the Thatcher era, "A Short Film About Chilling" promised Britain's youth an escape.