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Hilary Cave
march
Features / 29 March 2025
29 March 2025
In the third extract from her new memoir, former NUM headquarters staffer HILARY CAVE recounts how women throughout the striking coalfields showed their mettle when the going got tough
SOLIDARITY: Miners’ wives and their supporters arrive in L
Features / 22 March 2025
22 March 2025
In the second extract from her new memoir, former NUM headquarters staffer HILARY CAVE recounts the bitter struggle to provide sustenance for strikers’ families, and the invidious role of David Willetts – now in the House of Lords
arrests
Features / 15 March 2025
15 March 2025
In the first of four extracts from her new memoir, former NUM headquarters staff HILARY CAVE recalls challenging police intimidation during the miners’ strike, exposing how the full machinery of state was deployed against the working class