Margaret Thatcher became prime minister on May 4, 1979—about the midpoint of when the pictures in “This Is Britain: Photographs From the 1970s and 1980s” at the National Gallery of Art were ...

The cover of "Jamaica Road" beside author Lisa Smith. (Courtesy of Alfred A. Knopf) Deborah Becker speaks with British Jamaican author Lisa Smith about her debut novel "Jamaica Road." It centers ...

The title character in Blue Jean, the debut feature by writer-director Georgia Oakley, is a lesbian gym teacher on a journey of self acceptance in Margaret Thatcher's England. A teacher faces ...

Scrapping gay sex bans around the world is vital to fighting the spread of HIV because it would encourage more people to get tested, Britain's former health minister during the 1980s AIDS crisis said ...

A teacher faces difficult choices in "Blue Jean," the first feature from filmmaker Georgia Oakley. The story takes place in 1980s England, but our critic Bob Mondello says it could easily be set in ...

Deborah Becker speaks with British Jamaican author Lisa Smith about her debut novel “Jamaica Road.” It centers around Daphne, a British-Jamaican girl growing up in 1980s London and her relationship ...