1985 was a thrilling year for Cold War spies with two double agents dominating the headlines. One was a high...
1970s
News, current affairs, and cultural issues from the 1970s
It's hard to believe but a whole swathe of the British population, still very much alive today, was legally beaten...
One of the first measures introduced by the new Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher in 1979 was the so-called 'short,...
Today, Tamworth is a market town in Staffordshire with an old castle and an indoor snow dome. It's also famous...
The 1967 Abortion Act in the United Kingdom allowed women to legally terminate a pregnancy on the National Health Service....
The 1970s was a bumper decade for every kind of cult. Terrorists, violent extremists, fringe religions, etc. By the end...
There were plenty of weird events in the 1970s but the kidnapping of Patty Hearst has to be one of...