Above: Nicola, from Stourbridge, West
Midlands, in a bedroom adorned with
posters of Donny Osmond, 1973. John
Myers made portraits of people from his
town in their homes and workplacesBelow: a black police officer is jeered at
in Newham, east London, during a
protest in 1985 in support of seven
youths on trial for fighting fascists after a
spate of racist attacks. By Dave SinclairAbove: a journalist with a (barely)
mobile phone awaits the arrival of
Madonna at Heathrow airport, 1987.
By Anna Fox, for a satirical project
on working life in Thatcher’s Britain
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