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I Claudius – best historical TV drama ever?

The 70s 80s 90s Blog2 months ago2 months ago313 mins

In 1976, the BBC broadcast the Roman drama series I Claudius but as Tony McMahon discovers, some TV critics savaged this TV gem

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Memories of Liverpool in 1981 – part three

The 70s 80s 90s Blog1 year ago1 year ago020 mins

The media faced a huge challenge covering the 1981 riots but ENG technology was revolutionising TV news as Tony McMahon discovers

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Memories of Liverpool in 1981 – part two

The 70s 80s 90s Blog1 year ago1 year ago013 mins

In these blog posts, I’m casting my mind back to my first year at university in Liverpool. I arrived in the aftermath of the Toxteth riots and a city in ferment. Can’t deny it was very exciting. But it was also a time of massive poverty and sky-high rates of unemployment as well as shocking…

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Young Boomers – broke and jobless in the 80s

The 70s 80s 90s Blog2 years ago2 years ago07 mins

Young Boomers in the 1980s weren’t all rich and privileged – millions were out of work and in poverty, as Tony McMahon discovers

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Irish skinheads, rude boys and punks

The 70s 80s 90s Blog2 years ago2 years ago22 mins

1980 was a the high point for the whole late 1970s revival of skinheads and there were Irish boot boys and girls around too

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It’s a Sin – LGBT in the Thatcher era

The 70s 80s 90s Blog2 years ago2 years ago011 mins

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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Comparing the riots of 1981, 2001 and 2011

The 70s 80s 90s Blog2 years ago2 years ago015 mins

2021 will be the fourtieth anniversary of the 1981 riots and the tenth anniverary of the 2011 riots so what lessons have been learned?

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Dave Wakeling of The Beat draws himself

The 70s 80s 90s Blog3 years ago3 years ago02 mins

Dave Wakeling was the front man of the British ska combo The Beat and here is a self-portrait he penned when the band was at the height of its fame

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LGBT woes in the early 1980s

The 70s 80s 90s Blog3 years ago3 years ago02 mins

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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Anti-Nazi League carnival in 1978

The 70s 80s 90s Blog5 years ago9 months ago54 mins

In 1978, the Anti-Nazi League and Rock Against Racism held a huge Carnival at Victoria Park in Mile End where The Clash and other bands played

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