Tag: Miners’ Strike

Review: From a Rock to a Hard Place by Beverley Trounce

I’m writing this article on March 3, 2015. Yesterday, I lost my job. The company I work for...

Posted by Kevin Bourke | Aug 21, 2014 | Arts, Cinema

Billy Elliot was very deliberately set against the backdrop of the mid-80s miners’ strike, one of...

Posted by Paul Clarke | Aug 20, 2014 | Arts, Cinema

It’s 30 years since Yorkshire was torn apart during the year-long miners’ strike. Now that...

Posted by Paul Clarke | Aug 7, 2014 | Arts, Theatre

Red Ladder might have lost all of its Arts Council funding but the Leeds-based theatre company is...