Extra-parliamentary Opposition: Education And The Arts + The Church

Question 1

Where did thatcher attend uni?

Answer 1

-Oxford

Question 2

What happened regarding Oxford?

Answer 2

-Oxford uni voted against awarding thatcher honorary degree it gave to every other Oxford educated post war PM

Question 3

Why did Oxford do this?

Answer 3

-due to public spending cuts to higher education

Question 4

What did the artistic establishment tended to be?

Answer 4

-tended be anti-thatcher due to cuts in public spending to the arts

Question 5

What was the impact of playwrights?

Answer 5

-Caryl chruchill + David hare write plays satirising thatcher
-number TV programmes showing social consequences of Thatcherites policies such as ‘boys from the blackstuff’

Question 6

What was boys from the blackstuff?

Answer 6

-author Alan Bleasdale former Liverpool teacher turned dramatist
-this show was a black comedy funny but bitter following adventures of casual labourers + their hand-to-mouth existence

Question 7

What musician collective campaigned against thatcher?

Answer 7

-Red wedge a musical collective incl. Billy Bragg, Paul Weller + Madness campaigned against thatcher late 80s
-also joined by alternative comedians like Ben Elton

Question 8

What did the Church of England do?

Answer 8

-published a report called Faith in the city 1985

Question 9

What did this report do.

Answer 9

-called on gov to do more to help deprived communities
-bishops like David Jenkins in Durham outspoken in their criticisms of Thatcherite policies