‘Skinhead Dickens’ diesJames Moffat, the Canadian ‘pulp’ author dubbed ‘the skinhead Dickens’, died on this day in 1993.
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1 May 1992
Bands make their stand
A world record was set on this day in 1992, when 983 ‘trad jazz’ bands assembled in Hyde Park for a ‘Day of Dignity’ rally organised by the Trade Union Congress. Read on...
Tony Benn gave a passionate speech in defence of dignity