Duffy Context

Question 1

when was meantime published?

Answer 1

1993

Question 2

when was Duffy born?

Answer 2

1955

Question 3

At what age did she move from where, and where to?

Answer 3

aged 6 she moved from Glasgow to Stafford

Question 4

What was her home like in Glasgow?

Answer 4

innumerable social and health problems among the residents, heavily industrial and fairly poor

Question 5

What is Duffy’s heritage?

Answer 5

Largely Irish, with her mother being Irish and her father having Irish grandparents

Question 6

What was unique about her father?

Answer 6

He was a trade unionist, and stood unsuccessfully as a parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party in 1983

Question 7

Who was the significant political figure of the 1980’s?

Answer 7

Thatcher

Question 8

What did the 1980’s bring with it economically?

Answer 8

A new wave of consumerism, with high-street fashion, technological advances and advertisements emerging

Question 9

what did the 1980’s/90’s bring with it politically? (3)

Answer 9

Margaret Thatcher
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Spreading Capitalism

Question 10

what was socially going on in Duffy’s lifetime?

Answer 10

• civil rights act 1964
• Homosexual acceptance 1967-2013
• Climate change acknowledgement