Thatcher

• Social History / Martin Parr Foundation

  Exhibition of photographs from the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike to open at Martin Parr Foundation

  ‘One Year!’ will explore the role of photography in the year-long fight against coal pit closures

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• Theatre / mark thomas

  REVIEW: England & Son, Tobacco Factory Theatres – ‘Incredibly powerful, gripping and strangely enriching’

  Ed Edwards' play was written specifically for political comedian Mark Thomas to perform

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• Theatre / Thatcher

  Smash-hit drag extravaganza ‘Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho’ comes to Bristol

  The Iron Lady is back, and she’s lost in Soho

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• Theatre / drugs

  Review: The Political History of Smack and Crack, Bristol Old Vic Weston Studio

  Convincingly posits a sinister Tory agenda behind the 1980s heroin epidemic

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