Was TV better in the 1970s and 1980s?
Was TV better in the 1970s and 1980s or is our nostalgia a big mistake?
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The Unsolved Murder of Dian Fossey
There’s an astonishing number of unsolved murders from the 1980s and it’s very striking how varied these cases are. Mobsters, members of cults, victims of homophobia, and racist homicides. Some of the stories are truly sinister so let’s investigate. The People’s Temple and a cult defector In 1980, Jeannie Mills, her husband Al, and daughter…
British Extreme Right, violence and riots
The British Extreme Right has a long history of violence and riots going back to the early twentieth century when Jewish communities were its main target. But it was the 1970s, that saw groups like the National Front and British Movement become a menace on the streets of Britain. Many of those who have shaped…
Police raid Gay’s the Word bookshop
Nearly forty years ago, an LGBT bookshop in London was raided by customs officials leading to a court case against nine directors and staff who faced over a hundred charges. This proved to be a landmark case, largely forgotten now. It advanced gay rights while also raising questions about censorship by the authorities. Key issues…
How 1970s parents rescued their children from cults
In the 1970s, parents increasingly tried to rescue their children from cults but ACLU objected on civil liberties grounds
LGBT struggle for liberation in the 1980s
In the 1980s – gays had the choice to be Tories or rebels. Faced with Clause 28 and bigotry around AIDS, most chose the latter as Tony McMahon discovers.
Shocking anti LGBT bigotry in parliament in the 1980s
A debate in the House of Lords on the Local Government Act reveals 1980s homophobia at its very worst as Tony McMahon discovers
The menace of British fascism in the 1970s
British fascism experienced a surge in the 1970s led in the main by the National Front
It’s a Sin – LGBT in the Thatcher era
The Russell T Davies series It’s a Sin shows what it was like to be young and gay in the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher and with AIDS
LGBT woes in the early 1980s
LGBT people faced discrimination, the AIDS virus and homophobic legislation from the Thatcher government in the 1980s as Tony McMahon reports
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