Racism in 1980s clubs – the door policy!
1980s night clubs operated a high degree of racism when it came to their door policy excluding black youth from entering as Tony McMahon discovers
Racism in 1980s clubs – the door policy!
1980s night clubs operated a high degree of racism when it came to their door policy excluding black youth from entering as Tony McMahon discovers
Thatcher on Apartheid in South Africa
Why was Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister soft on the racist Apartheid regime in South Africa? Tony McMahon investigates.
1980s Gays – rebels or Tories?
In the 1980s – gays had the choice to be Tories or rebels. Faced with Clause 28 and bigotry around AIDS, most chose the latter as Tony McMahon discovers.
Adoration of Margaret Thatcher by journalists
Margaret Thatcher reduced journalists to a state of adoration for many years through sheer force of character.
What was life like before digital?
What was it like to grow up in the world before digital? Late Boomer Tony McMahon reveals all!
Milton Friedman falls out with Thatcher
In 1982, Milton Friedman finally fell out publicly with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher over his monetarist ideology that had deepened the UK recession
Terry Hall from The Specials – 1959-2022
Just a week before Christmas 2022 – the lead singer of The Specials Terry Hall passed away as Tony McMahon reports
Strike action today compared with the past
2022 has seen an increase in strike action but how does it compare to previous decades especially the Thatcher era in the 1980s
Today’s recession – any lessons from the 1980s?
The recession of 2022 and 2023 has big similarities but also huge differences with the early 1980s recession of Margaret Thatcher as Tony McMahon discovers
UK inflation in the 1970s and 1980s
Inflation is on the rise again but will it ever be as bad as the 1970s? Tony McMahon compares that decade to the situation now.
