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Growing up before digital – what was it like?

The 70s 80s 90s Blog1 year ago4 months ago010 mins

It’s hard to remember a world – only a quarter of a century ago – when most people had no public visibility. Imagine it. A world without social media influencers, TikTok trolls, YouTube channels, and bots. The only way you ever got your name or face in public was if a newspaper published your letter…

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Oasis and the rise and fall of Laddism

The 70s 80s 90s Blog2 years ago2 years ago012 mins

OK – I’m going to nail my musical colours to the mast first and declare that back in the 1990s, I was in the Blur army and never really warmed to Oasis. To me, and many others, they were standard bearers for a Laddism that seemed to be dragging us back to the worst aspects…

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Can we avoid a recession by looking at the 1990s?

The 70s 80s 90s Blog3 years ago4 months ago09 mins

The next recession will very likely resemble the early 1990s when suicide rates soared as TV historian Tony McMahon recalls and reports

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Non-stop political scandals of the 1990s

The 70s 80s 90s Blog3 years ago3 years ago05 mins

The John Major government in the UK faced an avalanche of political scandals in the 1990s that undermined belief in parliamentary politics

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