1979 was a general election year in the UK and Margaret Thatcher was about to become Prime Minister. Tensions were...
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To what extent did poor relations between the community in Toxteth and the police on Merseyside lead to the summer...
2021 will be the anniversary of three outbreaks of riots in the UK. Back in 1981, the Thatcher government faced...
In 1981, an Oi! skinhead gig at the Hambrough Tavern in the London district of Southall ended in a violent...
First heard the expression town and gown when I visited friends at Cambridge University in the 1980s. There was, shall...
In the summer of 1981, riots gripped every major city in Britain - but with particular ferocity in Brixton, London...
I was in the sixth form when the 1981 riots kicked off and arriving at university in Liverpool as they...
The summer of 1981 saw a tsunami of urban riots against the Thatcher government as youth unemployment soared and long...
At the start of August 1981 - just days after the July riots had simmered down - the NME (New...
In the run up to the summer of riots across the UK in 1981, there were smaller disturbances throughout the...