History is made at night
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1981 uprisings
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1981 uprisings
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Friday, September 30, 2022
The Age of Insurreckshan - LKJ in NME, 1984
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From the NME, 17 March 1984, Neil Spencer interviews Linton Kwesi Johnson. Don’t call him a dub poet… ‘I’m not a dub poet and I don’t want t...
Tuesday, July 06, 2021
The Luton Riots of 1981 - Brixton comes to Bedfordshire
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In 1981 a wave of riots swept across England, starting off in Brixton in South London and spreading to many other towns and cities. The Brix...
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Friday, September 04, 2015
Rico on Railton Road
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Rico Rodriguez, the great Jamaican ska trombonist, has died this week at the age of 80. In the UK he's best known for his work with The...
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Riot comms: from chalk, to CB radio to blackberry
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The state and media's targeting of social media following last week's riots in England started out as an absurdity, with twitter, fa...
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Sunday, August 14, 2011
Riots in The Sun, 1981 and 2011
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Two front covers from The Sun thirty years apart. The first from 1981 during riots, an image of police behind riot shields in Liverpool 8 an...
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