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It's a question that Gen-Zers often pose to their elders. How on earth did we live before the smartphone? Let...
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The first Thatcher government of 1979 to 1983 embraced an economic theory called monetarism. The leading proponent was Professor Milton...
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Shocking news this evening with the death of Terry Hall, lead singer in The Specials, at just 63. A great...
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I recently came across the record of a debate in the House of Lords on 18 December 1986 that took...
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1979 was a general election year in the UK and Margaret Thatcher was about to become Prime Minister. Tensions were...
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The late 1970s saw some shocking racist attacks in east London. But it also witnessed the beginning of a fightback...
