All your photos of New Romantic excess welcome
Oh, the eye shadow, hair gel and strange trousers – the turn of the 80s was all about the New Romantics. I remember in 1981 going to something that called itself a ‘futurist’ party. Seemed to involve a lot of guys in sixteen pleat Bowie trousers – which you could buy in the NME classified…
When the Buggles met Yes and created a Drama
When the Buggles met Yes and created a Drama – the fusion of prog rock and new wave with an unhappy outcome
SUS law – a cause of the 1981 riots
The stop and search SUS laws were based on the Vagrancy Act of 1824 and caused massive resentment among black youth in the 1980s
Monotony – unemployment in the eighties
Unemployment in the eighties was endemic in the United Kingdom with millions out of work and an underground dole culture emerged
Michael Foot – a great intellectual, not such a great party leader
Michael Foot – a great intellectual, not such a great party leader
Ken Livingstone in the 1980s
Ken Livingstone – always at the centre of controversy – meeting Irish Republicans and Soviet representatives
Reactolite Rapide – the glasses that darken in 30 seconds!
Reactolite Rapide – the glasses that darken in 30 seconds!