It’s a Sin – LGBT in the Thatcher era
The Russell T Davies series It’s a Sin shows what it was like to be young and gay in the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher and with AIDS
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The look of new technology in 1983!
New technology in 1983 involved TVs with text services, washing machines with computer chips and a new generation of microwave ovens
Political badges from the 1980s
My collection of political badges from the 1980s shows the causes we cared about from racism to nuclear disarmament and freedom for the people of Chile
80s bands that toyed with Nazi references
Some pop bands in the 80s liked to play with Nazi imagery and terminology but in reality they were playing with fire
Toyah – the tail end of punk
Tony McMahon never quite got Toyah and among punk female singers preferred X Ray Spex and Siouxsie Sioux but she was successful
1981 and 16-pleat Bowie trousers
1981 saw ska and 2Tone reach its peak but some people were wearing 16-pleat Bowie trousers as part of the New Romantic look