Silus Esioba and 20 other artisanal miners in Musendo Village, Kakamega County, set off for yet another day of gold mining.Little did they know that a shaft they had worked in for several years would ...

With Mining Men, Emily Webber offers a fascinating history of the industry through the real-life stories of the men at the ...

A new "time tunnel" exhibition which tells the history of British coal mining has opened in West Yorkshire. The feature, ...

A YOUNG film-maker is taking on a “deeply personal” challenge to raise funds for a charity close to her heart.

Working in railways, mines, and mills caused thousands of deaths in the early 20th century and before. Photos show the ...

In October 1925, the Pottsville Free Public Library was turned into an art gallery with an exhibit dedicated to life in the ...

In the early 1980s, socialist soul punks Redskins pursued a staunchly committed left politics in pop later at odds with Labour's Red Wedge movement.

EXCLUSIVE: One of Britain's most controversial MPs is referenced in the script and has a connection to the shocking events ...

"My boyfriend worked at Cwm Coking works during the miners' strike. We were about to get married in the October and decided to go ahead with it anyhow, but obviously had to cut down on some things - ...

In the Newport area, Simon Phillips and his colleagues put on over 200 shows during the course of the strike, in aid of the ...

Head coach Luke Fickell hired Grimes from Kansas after experimenting with an air raid scheme under Phil Longo.

Our project partner was the National Coal Mining Museum for England. The year-long miners' strike of 1984-5 is one of the most well-known episodes of the Thatcher years. Although social scientists ...