Five most evil brainwashing cults
Five evil brainwashing cults are examined by TV historian Tony McMahon including the Branch Davidians and Heaven’s Gate
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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
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
Nigel Lawson – the 1980s Tory Chancellor
In the 1980s, I lived with Nigel Lawson’s nephew while his uncle was Thatcher’s Chancellor of the Exchequer and architect of her financial policies.
Racism in 1980s clubs – the door policy!
1980s night clubs operated a high degree of racism when it came to their door policy excluding black youth from entering as Tony McMahon discovers
1980s Gays – rebels or Tories?
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.
Adoration of Margaret Thatcher by journalists
Margaret Thatcher reduced journalists to a state of adoration for many years through sheer force of character.
What was life like before digital?
What was it like to grow up in the world before digital? Late Boomer Tony McMahon reveals all!
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