1980s Articles

This is a very personal account of the author’s own life and her move into the middle classes. Covering her time growing up in the 1980s and 1990s, there are plenty of references to life then and pop culture that anyone who grew up at that time will recognise. The...

This summer, the Labour party needs a holiday like never before. It needs to turn off Twitter, drink sangria, feel the sand beneath its toes and stare at the ocean. It needs to get a little perspective, think about its future, and buy an oversized sombrero. It needs a...

The Liberal Democrats. It's a long time since we thought about them, isn't it? It's actually a long since we thought they were relevant. But we should never forget that they are directly responsible for the coalition government – and for every single one of its sins....

There are lessons for today in the defeat of the miners’ strike which began 30 years ago next month This year marks the 30th anniversary of the start of the miners’ strike. Most people aged 40 or younger will have little or no personal recollection of that dramatic...