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Anne Soward

From activism and capitalism to club culture and subculture, a new exhibition offers a snapshot of 1980s Britain

Friendly Fire, target (Margaret Thatcher), 1989, by Anna Fox.

The 1980s was a decade of great change. Right wing conservatism and free market economics dominated, technological advances included the birth of personal computers, compact discs and camcorders, and the first cases of AIDS were reported.

Union Jack Flag in Tree, Country Tyrone, 1985, by Paul Graham (Image credit: Paul Graham)
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