A good overview of things that happened in Britain in the 80s, but more of a collection of reflective essays on certain topics rather than a proper history: for that, I expect we'll just have to wait until Dominic Sandbrook covers these years in his series of massive tomes.
As I was reading, it felt like the events described were in dialogue with the news, giving them extra resonance.
Learning about Princess Diana's travails while the Harry and Meghan interview was breaking news was a weird experience. As was learning about the Yorkshire Ripper - and the misogyny of the police and the press response - in the aftermath of the Sarah Everard vigil.
Events all have a incomprehendable mass of historical context behind them.
"History isn’t just something that happened in the past, but a juggernaut with faulty brakes which is intent on mowing you down.” - Nicola Barker
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