Bang!: A History of Britain in the 1980s (94 page)
NATIONWIDE INDEX OF AVERAGE HOUSE PRICES
POLITICS
OPINION POLLS: PARTY SUPPORT (%)
PRINCIPAL OFFICE HOLDERS OF STATE
PRIME MINISTER
Margaret Thatcher, May 1979–November 1990
LORD CHANCELLOR
Lord Hailsham, May 1979–June 1987
Lord Havers, June 1987–October 1987
Lord Mackay, October 1987–May 1997
CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER
Sir Geoffrey Howe, May 1979–June 1983
Nigel Lawson, June 1983–October 1989
John Major, October 1989–November 1990
FOREIGN SECRETARY
Lord Carrington, May 1979–April 1982
Francis Pym, April 1982–June 1983
Sir Geoffrey Howe, June 1983–October 1989
Douglas Hurd, October 1989–July 1995
HOME SECRETARY
Sir William Whitelaw, May 1979–June 1983
Leon Brittan, June 1983–September 1985
Douglas Hurd, September 1985–October 1989
David Waddington, October 1989–November 1990
OPPOSITION LEADERS
LEADER OF THE LABOUR PARTY
James Callaghan, April 1976–November 1980
Michael Foot, November 1980–October 1983
Neil Kinnock, October 1983–July 1992
LEADER OF THE LIBERAL PARTY
David Steel, July 1976–March 1988
LEADER OF THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Roy Jenkins, July 1981–June 1983
David Owen, June 1983–June 1987
Robert Maclennan, June 1987–March 1988
LEADER OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
David Steel and Robert Maclennan, March 1988–July 1988
Paddy Ashdown, July 1988–August 1999
NATIONAL CONVENER OF THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY
Gordon Wilson, 1979–1990
PRESIDENT OF PLAID CYMRU
Gwynfor Evans, 1945–1981
Dafydd Wigley, 1981–1984
Dafydd Thomas, 1984–1991
LEADER OF THE ULSTER UNIONIST PARTY
James Molyneaux, 1979–1995
LEADER OF THE DEMOCRATIC UNIONIST PARTY
Iain Paisley, September 1971–May 2008
LEADER OF THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC AND LABOUR PARTY
John Hume, 1979–September 2001
PRESIDENT OF SINN FEIN
Ruairi Ó Brádaigh, October 1970–November 1983
Gerry Adams, November 1983 –
OTHER MAJOR OFFICES
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
Donald Coggan, 1974–1980
Robert Runcie, 1980–1991
CABINET SECRETARY
Sir Robert Armstrong, 1979–1987
Sir Robin Butler, 1988–1998
CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE STAFF
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin, 1979–1982
Field Marshal Sir Edwin Bramall, 1982–1985
Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Fieldhouse, 1985–1988
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir David Craig, 1988–1991
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE BBC
Ian Trethowan, 1977–1982
Alasdair Milne, 1982–1987
Michael Checkland, 1987–1992
EDITOR OF
THE SUN
Larry Lamb, 1975–1980
Kelvin MacKenzie, 1981–1994
GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE TRADES UNION COUNCIL
Len Murray, 1973–1984
Norman Willis, 1984–1993
ARTS AND SCIENCES
BOOKER PRIZE WINNERS
1980 | William Golding (British) |
1981 | Salman Rushdie (British) |
1982 | Thomas Keneally (Australian) |
1983 | J. M. Coetzee (South African) |
1984 | Anita Brookner (British) |
1985 | Keri Hulme (New Zealander) |
1986 | Kingsley Amis (British) |
1987 | Penelope Lively (British) |
1988 | Peter Carey (Australian) |
1989 | Kazuo Ishiguro (British) |
BRITISH NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS
Chemistry | |
1980 | Frederick Sanger (shared with American, Walter Gilbert) ‘for their contributions concerning the determination of base sequences in nucleic acids’ |
1982 | Aaron Klug ‘for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein |
Economics | |
1984 | Richard Stone ‘for having made fundamental contributions to the development of systems of national accounts and hence greatly improved the basis for empirical |
Literature | |
1983 | William Golding ‘for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in |
Medicine | |
1982 | John Vane (shared with Swedes Sune Bergstrom and Begt Sameulsson) ‘for their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active |
1988 | Sir James Black (shared with Americans Gertrude Elion and George Hitchings) ‘for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment’ |
DECADE’S TEN BEST-SELLING ALBUMS
1 Dire Straits | Brothers in Arms |
2 Michael Jackson | Bad |
3 Michael Jackson | Thriller |
4 Queen | Greatest Hits |
5 Kylie Minogue | Kylie |
6 Whitney Houston | Whitney |
7 Fleetwood Mac | Tango in the Night |
8 Phil Collins | No Jacket Required |
9 Madonna | True Blue |
10 U2 | The Joshua Tree |
CHART PERFORMANCE OF SINGLES RELEASED BY MADNESS
Release date | Title | Highest Chart Position |
August 1979 | ‘The Prince’ | 16 |
October 1979 | ‘One Step Beyond’ | 7 |
December 1979 | ‘My Girl’ | 3 |
March 1980 | ‘Work Rest and Play’ (EP) | 6 |
September 1980 | ‘Baggy Trousers’ | 3 |
November 1980 | ‘Embarrassment’ | 4 |
January 1981 | ‘The Return of the Los Palmas 7’ | 7 |
April 1981 | ‘Grey Day’ | 4 |
September 1981 | ‘Shut Up’ | 7 |
November 1981 | ‘It Must Be Love’ | 4 |
February 1982 | ‘Cardiac Arrest’ | 14 |
May 1982 | ‘House of Fun’ | 1 |
July 1982 | ‘Driving in My Car’ | 4 |
November 1982 | ‘Our House’ | 5 |
February 1983 | ‘Tomorrow’s Just Another Day’ | 8 |
August 1983 | ‘Wings of a Dove’ | 2 |
October 1983 | ‘The Sun and the Rain’ | 5 |
February 1984 | ‘Michael Caine’ | 11 |
May 1984 | ‘One Better Day’ | 17 |
August 1985 | ‘Yesterday’s Men’ | 18 |
October 1985 | ‘Uncle Sam’ | 21 |
January 1986 | ‘Sweetest Girl’ | 35 |
November 1986 | ‘(Waiting for) The Ghost Train’ | 18 |
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