6 h. ago Modern classic Ferrari prices go into overdrive after five 'halo' cars from the 1980s

The rare Prancing Horses each drew landmark multi-million-pound winning bids, with one selling for nearly three times the previous highest figure to leave a US auction room in disbelief.

Transport

3 d. ago REVEALED: Exactly how much booze pushes YOU over Starmer's strict new drink

There's no safe amount of alcohol you can drink before driving. As one famous ad campaign from the early 1980s succinctly put it: 'Fancy a jar? Forget the car.'

Politics

7 d. ago Windrush and the rise of wandering Caribbean cricket clubs that fuelled talent in English game

Their history was in danger of being lost but a new book and project has put together an archive documenting such vibrant contributions to the gameIn the early 1980s there were scores of “Caribbean” cricket clubs playing across England, many of them bearing evocative names such as New Calypsonians, Island Taverners, Paragon, Starlight and Carib United.Mostly these clubs operated under the radar – as wandering sides renting pitches on municipal grounds that were outside the traditional league structures. With few physical records of their existence, their history has been in danger of being lost as numbers have plummeted since the late 1990s. Continue reading...

Sport

2 w. ago ‘I wanted that Raiders of the Lost Ark excitement – you could die any minute’: how we made hit video game Prince of Persia

‘There was no animation software in those days. So I videotaped my brother David running, jumping and climbing in a car park’Programming was very open back in the 1980s. You had to teach yourself, either from magazines, or by swapping tips. When you wrote a video game, you submitted it on a floppy disk to a publisher, like a book manuscript. In my freshman year at Yale university, I sent Deathbounce, an Asteroids-esque game for the Apple II computer, to Broderbund, my favourite games company. They rejected it, but took my next effort, Karateka, a side-scrolling beat-’em-up. Continue reading...

Events

last month Chris Rea returned to blues roots after career at top in 1980s

The Middlesbrough-born singer-songwriter sold millions of records across his career.

Politics

last month Coronation Street Elaine Webster star's cause of death as character killed off

Coronation Street character Elaine Webster died from cancer in current storyline - but what happened to actress Judy Gridley who played Carl's mum in 1980s

Events