Yuppie TV ads of the 1980s
In the 1980s, the yuppie phenomenon was latched on to by the advertising industry creating a slew of yuppie TV ads as Tony McMahon discovers
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Kojak – 1970s police drama game changer
Kojak was one of the great true crime police series of the 1970s with Telly Savalas as the lollipop sucking detective
Women’s Lib – hostility to equality in the 1970s
Women’s Lib burst on to the scene in the 1970s but the fight for sexual equality was fierce as Tony McMahon discovers
Non-stop political scandals of the 1990s
The John Major government in the UK faced an avalanche of political scandals in the 1990s that undermined belief in parliamentary politics
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.
Adoration of Margaret Thatcher by journalists
Margaret Thatcher reduced journalists to a state of adoration for many years through sheer force of character.
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
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
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.
1980s homophobia in the House of Lords
A debate in the House of Lords on the Local Government Act reveals 1980s homophobia at its very worst as Tony McMahon discovers