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Two plastic balls linked by a skinny rope caused the most ridiculous moral panic at at the start of the...
1970s
News, current affairs, and cultural issues from the 1970s
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On December 6, 1989, Doctor Who as a TV series (there were movie spin-offs) came to an end after a...
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1985 was a thrilling year for Cold War spies with two double agents dominating the headlines. One was a high...
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It's hard to believe but a whole swathe of the British population, still very much alive today, was legally beaten...
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One of the first measures introduced by the new Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher in 1979 was the so-called 'short,...
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Today, Tamworth is a market town in Staffordshire with an old castle and an indoor snow dome. It's also famous...
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The 1967 Abortion Act in the United Kingdom allowed women to legally terminate a pregnancy on the National Health Service....
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The 1970s was a bumper decade for every kind of cult. Terrorists, violent extremists, fringe religions, etc. By the end...
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There were plenty of weird events in the 1970s but the kidnapping of Patty Hearst has to be one of...
