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40 Years On: The Lasting Legacy of the Miner’s Strike

40 Years On: The Lasting Legacy of the Miner’s Strike

Update: 2025-08-27
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Join us for a powerful conversation reflecting on the 40th anniversary of the 1984-85 miners’ strike, one of the most pivotal events in Britain’s industrial and political history.

Featuring Emily P. Webber, author of Mining Men: Britain’s Last Kings of the Coalface, and Craig Oldham, author of In Loving Memory of Work, the event explores the strike’s lasting impact on working-class identity, community, and resistance.

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40 Years On: The Lasting Legacy of the Miner’s Strike

40 Years On: The Lasting Legacy of the Miner’s Strike