1985 was a thrilling year for Cold War spies with two double agents dominating the headlines. One was a high...
1980s
News, current affairs, and cultural issues from the 1980s
It's hard to believe but a whole swathe of the British population, still very much alive today, was legally beaten...
Being told to stand still. The lights going up. The police entering in large numbers. Frisking. Individuals led away. Court...
Coventry in 1981 was a tinderbox of a city primed to explode. Youth unemployment was skyrocketing as factories shut. The...
The United States and United Kingdom have seen their fair share of serial killers. But Canada, that peaceful and calm...
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....
In my last year at university, two things happened to me. I got elected Deputy President of the university student...
The 1970s was a bumper decade for every kind of cult. Terrorists, violent extremists, fringe religions, etc. By the end...