History is made at night

1983/84 saw a series of anti-capitalist 'Stop the City' actions focused on the financial centre of London and other cities too, incl...

The Redskins were one of the few avowedly revolutionary socialist bands in mid 1980s Britain. They also had some decent tunes as well as a v...

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...

I saw an online discussion recently about the origins of the term 'gender bender'. Seemingly Jon Savage used it in a 1980 article ab...

Technically there was no Durham Miners Gala in 1984 - instead on the day the Gala would normally take place there was a miners strike rally ...

I've written here before about music and the 1984/85 miners strike, including putting together a mix which you can find on mixcloud. Bu...

In June 1984, US President Ronald Reagan visited London to participate in a World Economic Summit at Lancaster House. This was during the pe...

It is now more than 30 years since the 1984-85 miners strike, the last great stand of what had once been seen as the most militant and ...

A chronology of events in the UK See previously:  Welcome to 1984   January 1984 Wed 1 February – print unions and News International...