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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Tories and racism in the 1970s
What did people around Thatcher think about race relations?
Neville Staple biography reviewed in the Huffington Post
Original Rude Boy is the biography of Neville Staple front man in The Specials and the book was co-authored with Tony McMahon
Record Mirror front covers from the late 70s
Record Mirror had some amazing front covers in the late 70s with pop stars like Siouxsie Sioux and Debbie Harry
Happy Days and the Rockabilly Revival
American sitcom Happy Days sparked a revival of interest in Rockabilly and Rock’n’Roll during the 1970s
Young, black and British in 1970s Coventry
Being young, black and British in 1970s Coventry was tough but Neville Staple and Errol Christie escaped from the Ghost Town
The Adventures of Thin Lizzy
The Adventures of Thin Lizzy – a promotional ad for the band’s 1981 album
1980s Rockabilly and the Teddy Boy revival
1980s Rockabilly fused rock’n’roll and punk but traditional British Teddy Boys were not amused as Tony McMahon discovers