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Editors' pick
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A miner, a miner's wife, a coal board negotiator and an MP share their recollections
Most recent
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11 Sep 2014:
Peter Bradshaw: This poignant account of an unlikely alliance between gay activists and striking miners has strong resonances today
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Video
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3 Sep 2014:
Star Bill Nighy and writer Stephen Beresford tell Steve Rose about their new film, Pride, based on the true story of a group of gay and lesbian activists who arrive in a Welsh mining town in support of the 1984 coal strike
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31 Aug 2014:
In an era of raging homophobia and strident union-bashing, two minority groups made common cause in a Welsh mining community. Kate Kellaway hears their stories
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27 Aug 2014: The Barnsley HQ of the 1984 miners' strike is buzzing again, as host to a Unite scheme aimed at empowering the community
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18 Aug 2014: Owen Jones: A powerful new film brought me to tears with its celebration of cooperation, solidarity and selflessness
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2 Jul 2014:
Beth Steel's re-creation of the 1984 strikes exposes the divisions between miners and the destruction of a defiant community, writes Michael Billington
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1 Jul 2014: Pupils are taught about wars and royals in history lessons but not about the bitter dispute that divided their own communities, writes Chris Arnot
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25 Jun 2014: Leader of the TUC during one of the most traumatic periods in trade union history
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24 Jun 2014:
A sprawling new drama at Hampstead theatre explores how the 1980s industrial dispute changed Britain, writes Lyn Gardner
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18 Jun 2014: Michael Mansfield: The IPCC's delaying tactics are lamentable. A full investigation of the evidence of police violence against the miners must start now
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17 Jun 2014: Letters: The BBC's 5.45pm news bulletin left viewers in no doubt that the police assault on the miners was in response to unprovoked violence. The early evening ITN bulletin showed mounted police charging pickets who were simply standing around
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17 Jun 2014:
Originally published in the Guardian on 12 August 1985: Police action against miners during the 1984-85 coal strike
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15 Jun 2014: IPCC yet to decide if it will stage Orgreave investigation, with officers accused of assault during 1984 confrontation
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15 Jun 2014: Three decades after Orgreave clashes, the IPCC inquiry is under fire for delaying tactics
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21 May 2014:
New film Pride follows a group of gay activists who set out to help striking miners – only to find their support isn't welcome. Ahead of its premiere at Cannes on Thursday, its director explains why the story felt so personal
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