Globalisation and Whitelash: Examining ‘My Beautiful Laundrette’ Stephen Frears’ 1985 movie My Beautiful Laundrette, with its themes of interracial hostility, economic insecurity and fascism, is a film of enhanced political relevance today.
‘Happy Thatcher’s Dead Day’: Twitter Remembers the Iron Lady Today marks the second anniversary of the death of Margaret Thatcher. Twitter has been reflecting on the moment we learned "the lady's not returning."
When Music Mattered: 6 Records That Helped Shape Red Wedge The last couple of weeks have seen a variously amusing, cringeworthy and angering back-and-forth between Nigel Farage and an assortment of comedians of varying quality. It has been said that comedians are now the mouthpieces of mainstream politics, where once musicians were the stalwarts of the resistance. This piece revisits Red Wedge, a musician-led campaign that hoped to defeat Thatcher.
A Dream Preceding Thatcher’s Death In this brief essay, Laura Palmer reflects on the mythology or nightmare of reproductive labour, Margaret Thatcher and the state funeral.
‘The Lady Is Not Returning’ – Examining the Thatcher Legacy On this week's show James Butler and Aaron Bastani discuss the legacy of the recently deceased former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.