2021 will be the anniversary of three outbreaks of riots in the UK. Back in 1981, the Thatcher government faced...
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In 1981, an Oi! skinhead gig at the Hambrough Tavern in the London district of Southall ended in a violent...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTV1mey0SlM With boring predictability, Enoch Powell rose up after the 1981 riots doing his Cassandra routine and telling us that...
During the 1981 riots, some sections of the media and politicians pointed an accusing finger at alleged left-wing agitators as...
The early 1980s was the era of so-called 'alternative comedy' addressing political and social issues that traditional comedians tended to...
In April 1981, Brixton exploded into rioting - releasing a long simmering anger against the hated stop and search SUS...
Thirteen young people died at a house fire in New Cross, south London on 18 January, 1981. They had been...
You have to wonder how a law passed in 1824 to deal with rough sleepers, many of whom were veterans...
The sensational ska and 2Tone based biography - Original Rude Boy - details that fortuitous day when Neville Staple chanced...
The Special Patrol Group - better known in the early 1980s by its acronym "the SPG" - was a riot...