Delving deep into the London Archives, author Hazel Atashroo has traced the brief yet bold creative output of the Greater London Council between 1981-86

Multiculturalism and hard-won equalities are being attacked on all fronts. Labour should look to London’s leaders, past and present, for how to stand against the tide, writes Andy Beckett

The 1980s posters of the Greater London Council, including Paul Kennard’s terrifying skulls and mushroom clouds, are celebrated in a new book