"We needed to be together and support each other because in this area, the majority of the miners were working," recalls Sally Higgins. The 73-year-old and her friend Sue Piotrowski, 71, were in the ...

Tomorrow, Tuesday November 25, the Marx Memorial Library continues its series of discussions on the lessons of the miners’ strike with John Sheppard, a striking Armthorpe miner Last week Seumas Milne, ...

That marks quite the reversal of — relative — fortunes for the miners. Over the past five years, they were notable for just how little of gold’s shine they managed to capture. And that is despite the ...

An MP said people would not want to work in the mines nowadays Exactly 40 years ago today, coal miners in Kent marched back to work. They were among the last to hold out during an industrial ...

The United Nations has said it will “reduce its footprint” in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli tank strike hit one of its ...

FORTY years on Hilary Cave offers her recollections of the 1984 miners’ strike from her vantage point as a member of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) headquarters staff. Her official ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Unstoppable force meets no-longer-immovable object. Soaring gold prices typically bypass miners of the ...