Terry Hall from The Specials – 1959-2022
Just a week before Christmas 2022 – the lead singer of The Specials Terry Hall passed away as Tony McMahon reports
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Strike action today compared with the past
2022 has seen an increase in strike action but how does it compare to previous decades especially the Thatcher era in the 1980s
Today’s recession – any lessons from the 1980s?
The recession of 2022 and 2023 has big similarities but also huge differences with the early 1980s recession of Margaret Thatcher as Tony McMahon discovers
UK inflation in the 1970s and 1980s
Inflation is on the rise again but will it ever be as bad as the 1970s? Tony McMahon compares that decade to the situation now.
1980s homophobia in the House of Lords
A debate in the House of Lords on the Local Government Act reveals 1980s homophobia at its very worst as Tony McMahon discovers
1979 Southall – a riot and its consequences
1979 saw tensions fuelled by extreme Right activity reach breaking point in Southall as a riot broke out. Tony McMahon looks back.
British Asian youth on the march
British Asian youth began a concerted fightback against racism and bigotry in the late 1970s after a period of horrific attacks as Tony McMahon discovers
What motivated skinhead attacks in the 70s?
The late 1970s saw a wave of attacks on LGBT people and ethnic minorities by young thugs of identifying as skinhead so what was the motive? Tony McMahon investigates.
Memories of Liverpool in 1981 – part seven
The 1981 riots in Liverpool and elsewhere were a political challenge for Marxists, especially the Militant, as Tony McMahon discovers
Memories of Liverpool in 1981 – part six
Before and after the 1981 riots in Liverpool, the big question was who should control the Merseyside police as Tony McMahon discovers