Articles relating to: 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.
Read the full story..Pride: retelling the miners’ strike in tooth and claw
Billy Elliot was very deliberately set against the backdrop of the mid-80s miners’ strike, one of the most notoriously bitter confrontations in recent labour history, lest you might have overlooked or forgotten that fact in the light of its airbrushing in the stage musical version.
Read the full story..Mining Visions of Strife at Ilkley Film Festival
It’s 30 years since Yorkshire was torn apart during the year-long miners’ strike. Now that anniversary is being marked by the Ilkley Film Festival.
Read the full story..Red Ladder: the next step
Red Ladder might have lost all of its Arts Council funding but the Leeds-based theatre company is still standing strong.
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