2011
Happy Days and the Rockabilly Revival
American sitcom Happy Days sparked a revival of interest in Rockabilly and Rock’n’Roll during the 1970s
Young, black and British in 1970s Coventry
Being young, black and British in 1970s Coventry was tough but Neville Staple and Errol Christie escaped from the Ghost Town
Top movies of 1979
Top movies of 1979 included the groundbreaking sci-fi movie Alien and the revival of Star Trek
Oi! skinhead bands do anti-racism
Oi! anti-racism may seem like a contradiction in terms but some Oi! bands wanted to burnish their anti-racism credentials in 1981
1980s Psychedelic Revival
From 1979, Britain saw a brief Psychedelic Revival born out of punk and the Mod Revival as Tony McMahon discovers
Disability Rights punk pioneer Ian Dury
Punk icon and polio sufferer Ian Dury was a pioneer for disability rights with this song Spasticus Autisticus
Syd Strong – 80s Camden barber
Syd Strong was a barber in Camden who administered flat tops to 1980s fashion victims like Tony McMahon who recalls his haircut