I’ve been watching the film pride on repeat and have finally got back into non-fiction books and felt able to actually read this - and wow am I glad that I did!! 

 

It is a brilliant companion to the film, as it tells the true story of what actually happened - not taht the film doesn’t tell that, but it is certainly an edited version. It doesn’t cover the real ferocity with which Thatcher’s government and the state attacked the mining and the queer communities. 

 

I love that it is basically a compilation of interviews - so it is told by the people who were there, in their own words, with only occasional contextual points added by the ‘author’. The only thing that did make me a bit sad was that there wasn’t more about Mark in the book, as I would have liked to have read more about him. 

 

Other than that though, it was definitely a five start read (although I could happily give it much more) - very easy to read, very enjoyable and absolutely fascinating too!!