The miners' strike 1984-85
Odyssey ’84 review – the miners’ strike gets a Homeric twist
Tim Price’s play links a 1980s coal miner with Odysseus in an affecting if heavy-handed mythological drama
Gareth Llŷr Evans
17, Oct, 2024 @5:38 PM
Pride or shame? British history is too complex to be seen in such glib terms
A new survey of social attitudes reveals a healthy scepticism about our past
Kenan Malik
08, Sep, 2024 @6:30 AM
Sherwood writer says TV industry should treat class like other inequalities
James Graham says lack of working-class people in programme-making should be seen as a diversity issue
Jim Waterson Political media editor
21, Aug, 2024 @6:15 PM
Actor Robert Lindsay on his role in Sherwood and growing up in a mining town: ‘There were terrible confrontations between fathers and sons’
The star of Citizen Smith, GBH and much more on the ‘genius’ of James Graham’s BBC drama, his unlikely way into acting, and learning to simmer down on social media
Rachel Cooke
18, Aug, 2024 @1:00 PM
‘It’s pure joy’: Durham Miners’ Gala, the world’s biggest celebration of working class culture
Banner parades, fairground rides and brass bands playing Daft Punk are all set to mark 40 years since the miners’ strike. Locals, ex-miners and Ken Loach tell us why the celebration of colliery life is so significant
Jen Bowden
03, Jul, 2024 @10:37 AM
Joan Winfield obituary
Other lives: Primary school teacher and lifelong campaigner for nuclear disarmament
Linda Harland
01, Jul, 2024 @10:14 AM
Buy the classic photograph: the miner and the copper
The famous photograph by Don McPhee will be available to buy in two sizes as a limited-edition print for one week only
27, Jun, 2024 @8:00 AM
Strike: An Uncivil War review – brutal confrontation on the miners’ strike picket lines
Former miners and police officers recall Orgreave, one of the nastiest events in postwar British history, in Daniel Gordon’s forthright documentary
Peter Bradshaw
16, Jun, 2024 @11:51 AM
Campaigners rally on Battle of Orgreave anniversary as Labour promises inquiry
Sheffield demonstration comes 40 years after notorious police action against striking miners
David Conn
15, Jun, 2024 @6:00 AM
Guernica-style battle of Orgreave painting stars in miners’ strikes exhibition
Bob Olley’s unsettling vision of clash between miners and police is part of 40th anniversary show in Bishop Auckland
Mark Brown North of England correspondent
07, May, 2024 @5:00 AM
We’re Not Going Back review – perfectly pitched miners’ strike musical
Elvi Piper’s fine revival of Boff Whalley’s 2014 musical comedy about three sisters on a pit village frontline in 1984 is full of humour, drama and lived experience
Clare Brennan
24, Mar, 2024 @11:30 AM
‘It was hard – but there was lots of laughter’: women’s stories of the miners’ strike told on tour
Forty years on from the battle to save Britain’s pits, a revival of Boff Whalley’s drama We’re Not Going Back honours women’s contribution
Aneesa Ahmed
12, Mar, 2024 @8:00 AM
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