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From Charles and Diana to Dynasty and Dallas, package holidays to picket lines, Jenni Murray looks back on life in the Eighties – and, as we mark our milestone year, turns the pages of our very first issue

The September sun was still warm when I reached the familiar stretch of beach. I glanced up at a messy display of cotton-wool clouds in the sky. They were bobbing randomly overhead and I almost felt I

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“NOW I would just like to thank your chairwoman, Mrs Birch, for inviting me to speak to you all this afternoon. It has been an honour.” “You’re telling me,” Olive Atkins whispered behind her gloved ha