1986-10-27: Big Bang Day

The phrase Big Bang, used in reference to the sudden deregulation of financial markets, was coined to describe measures, including abolition of fixed commission charges and of the distinction between stockjobbers and stockbrokers on the London Stock Exchangeand change from open-outcry to electronic, screen-based trading, enacted by the United Kingdom government in 1986. […] The effects of Big Bang were dramatic, with London’s place as a financial capital… Continue reading 1986-10-27: Big Bang Day

1986-10-26: British Conservative Jeffrey Archer Resigns

One of Coghlan’s clients, in September 1986, was Jeffrey Archer, then the Conservative Party‘s Deputy Chairman, whom she met in Shepherd Market, Mayfair. Aziz Kurtha, an Indian businessman, sold the story of Archer seeing a prostitute to a tabloid newspaper. On 24 October 1986, the News of the World filmed and audiotaped Michael Stacpoole, a representative of Jeffrey Archer, giving Coghlan… Continue reading 1986-10-26: British Conservative Jeffrey Archer Resigns

1986-10-21: Physicists Finally Get to See Quantum Jump With Own Eyes

This instantaneous switching between energy levels in the atom has become an indispensable part of the dogma of modern physics – the ultimate declaration that nature is discontinuous in its core, more like a staircase than a ramp. As a real phenomenon, it has always been too fleeting to detect. But now the quantum jump… Continue reading 1986-10-21: Physicists Finally Get to See Quantum Jump With Own Eyes

1986-10-20: The Smiths release »Ask«, with promo video by Derek Jarman

Promotional material shot by Derek Jarman at Millennium Mills, apparently. The mills also appear as the setting for a number of music videos, including “Ask” by The Smiths (1986) filmed by Derek Jarman on the north side of Royal Victoria Dock, Millennium Mills – Wikipedia. It was released as a single in October 1986, reaching #14 in the UK Singles Chart.… Continue reading 1986-10-20: The Smiths release »Ask«, with promo video by Derek Jarman