How the Miners’ Strike Remade Rugby League
The miners’ strike saw rugby league players go from picket lines to games while clubs fundraised to feed their communities — changing both the sport and the coalfield communities forever.
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Anthony Broxton
Anthony Broxton is a political and cultural historian and editor of the 'Tides of History' project.
The Lessons of Liz Truss’s Political Obituary
As an insight into a prime minister, the new Liz Truss biography missed its brief moment. But as a document of the Tory Party’s identity crisis, it’s evergreen.
The Children of the Windrush Generation who Revolutionised Rugby League
In the 1980s, as politicians stoked racism and rugby league lamented the passing of its golden age, three black players came to the fore who would change their game – and their country – for good.