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In the Print review – Rupert Murdoch hits trade unions with fake news in tense thriller

The media tycoon comes up against union boss Brenda Dean in Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky’s docudrama about the 80s Wapping dispute

The Guardian - UK

Sir Bill O’Brien obituary

Miner who spent 30 years as a local councillor and became a Labour MP with a highly pragmatic outlook

The Guardian - UK

Stella Rimington: The spy who brought MI5 out of the shadows

Britain’s first woman spymaster saw an era of greater openness in the intelligence services.

Evening Standard

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What was the Battle of Orgreave, and why has the government launched an inquiry into it?

The UK’s home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has announced a full inquiry into the Battle of Orgreave, a large, violent clash between the National Union of Mineworkers and South Yorkshire police that took place over 40 years ago.

The Conversation

What happened at the Battle of Orgreave – and why is there an inquiry 40 years laster?

‘The scars can still be felt across the coalfields,’ home secretary Yvette Cooper said

The Independent UK

The confrontation at Orgreave: a visual timeline

In the early summer of 1984, 8,000 miners and supporters gathered to picket a coke works in South Yorkshire. They were met by a force of 6,000 police officers

The Guardian - UK

‘Green shoots’ or coalmining past? Welsh town reacts to Labour and Reform’s visions for future

In the final part of a series, we look at the political battle for Bridgend after the closure of its Ford plant

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What would it take for a new British leftwing party to succeed?

Last week, the MP for Coventry South, Zarah Sultana, made an audacious decision. Having already lost the Labour party whip for opposing the two-child benefit cap, Sultana announced she would co-lead a new leftwing party with Jeremy Corbyn, who was expelled from Labour in 2024.

The Conversation

Anne Harper obituary

Political activist, co-founder of Women Against Pit Closures and former wife of Arthur Scargill when he was president of the National Union of Mineworkers

The Guardian - UK

On 40th anniversary of UK miners’ strike, can Labour win back the north?

What caused the miners’ strike 40 years ago and why did ‘Red Wall’ communities turn against Labour in the last election?

Al Jazeera

‘They didn’t understand us at all’: why the miners’ strike still captivates Britain, 40 years on

Artists, writers and film-makers have long been inspired by the stories – and myths – of the 1984-5 strike. But how do those most affected by its legacy feel about the portrayals?

The Guardian - UK

Exploring The Top 10 Political Feuds

Explore 10 notable political feuds, from Kennedy vs. Khrushchev to Modi vs. Gandhi, showcasing personal clashes with global consequences.

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The miners’ strike changed Britain, but it didn’t feel like it at the time

Channel 4’s The Battle for Britain brings back memories of Sheffield in 1984, when we thought Arthur Scargill would be a neighbour

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Broadcaster and fiddler Bruce MacGregor on the 10 things that changed his life

Nan Spowart spoke with fiddler and broadcaster Bruce MacGregor on the 10 things that changed his life.

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Backbone of the Nation by Robert Gildea review – the final throes of industrial Britain

Nearly 40 years after the miners’ strike, this history based on the oral testimonies of 100 miners and their families should serve as a warning for future generations

Wales Online

'Today is not like the 1980s, Rishi Sunak's bid to break the unions is wrong and will fail': Shipton

Rishi Sunak’s bid to introduce new anti-union laws is doomed to failure, argues Political editor-at-large Martin Shipton

Evening Standard

Who is Arthur Scargill and why are people comparing Mick Lynch to him?

Union firebrand Arthur Scargill supports RMT’s rail strikes and Mick Lynch

Daily Mirror

Arthur Scargill back on the picket line outside coal mining museum to support strikers

The former president of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) stood with striking staff locked in a pay dispute with the National Coal Mining Museum for England

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'My 50th year at the Labour conference - and for my sins I will be back again'

This is the beating heart of honest, awkward, idealistic, funny, cynical, romantic British politics, writes Paul Routledge as he recalls half a century of long speeches, block votes and late nights drinking

The Guardian - UK

Let’s hope the strike by Reach journalists reshapes our media landscape for the better

In an age of misinformation and distrust we need properly funded journalism, says Conrad Landin, co-editor of New Internationalist

Manchester Evening News

'We just wanted to carry on mining': What the strike which changed Britain meant for our miners - and what it says about the 'summer of discontent'

"We weren't trying to take over the country, we just wanted to carry on mining, to protect our jobs and communities"

The Guardian - UK

‘It was refreshing to see what Sherwood did’: how the BBC’s acclaimed miners’ strike drama went down in the real pit villages

In the Nottingham streets where the serial is set, the struggle now is to control the narrative of a fiercely contested history

The National (Scotland)

Running up that hill ... just like we were back in the 1980s

THE UK inflation rate has surged to a level not seen since 1982, new figures revealed last week.

The Guardian - UK

Philip Larkin’s profound and beautiful poetry sent me back to the classroom

The exam board that dropped the poet and others from the curriculum has overlooked their effects on young minds

The Guardian - UK

‘Is that who I think it is?’ Arthur Scargill joins rail picket line in Sheffield

Former NUM leader says he feels duty-bound to offer his support to striking workers, and has choice words for Starmer and Johnson

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