Film - Landmark critique of Thatcher's Britain

My Beautiful Launderette

One could say Hamid Qureshi's film in 1985 was showing films such as My beautiful launderette way ahead of time in challenging societal norms. Openly taboo themes such as homosexual relationships between a Pakistani muslim and a white ex far right thug, immigrations, and the repercussions of trickle down politics were just a few themes explored in this blockbuster of a film starring Daniel Day Lewis.

Cornershop V Morrissey

When Asian band Cornershop took on institutional cultural racism.

In 1992, the British indie group Cornershop protested against The Smiths’ …

Culture - Music and Art used as a weapon

'Yes Memsahib' originally a play performed in Britain in 1979.

Set against the backdrop of Mrs. Thatcher’s …

Asian Youth Movement (AYM) Bradford.

The Asian Youth Movements (AYMs) emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s as a radical response to the rise in …

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