The 1970s was the decade that gave us the disaster movie, The Towering Inferno. The world’s tallest skyscraper catches fire and its height proves to be an insurmountable obstacle to rescuing the wealthy folk inside. This was a cautionary tale about the decade’s unshakable belief in modernity as well as the hubris and greed of…
The 1981 riots in Liverpool and elsewhere were a political challenge for Marxists, especially the Militant, as Tony McMahon discovers
To what extent did poor relations between the community in Toxteth and the Merseyside police lead to the 1981 riots? Tony McMahon reports
The media faced a huge challenge covering the 1981 riots but ENG technology was revolutionising TV news as Tony McMahon discovers
Tony McMahon recalls how he arrived as a student in Liverpool in 1981 after a summer of riots had devastated Toxteth
1982 was a stormy year that saw the Falkands War, mass unemployment and a scandal involving the Queen’s bodyguard
Local youth and university students often connected badly in the 1980s with acts of violence not being uncommon as students were viewed as privileged
In the academic year 1984-85, I was Deputy President of Liverpool University student union during the miners strike of that year
The great sound of 1980s Liverpool music was celebrated in the first half of the 80s at a festival called Larks in the Park in Sefton Park
The 1980s Liverpool club scene was an amazingly vibrant and fun affair with clubs like Cagneys and the Mardi Gras as well as The Raz and The Caz
