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Brighton bombing

Conservative Party conference - 12 October 1984

Margaret Thatcher,

husband Denis

and friend and aide Cynthia Crawford

leave Brighton’s Grand Hotel

after the IRA bomb attack,

12 October 1984

Photograph: John Downing

Getty Images

The photography of John Downing

The photojournalist,

who visited Chernobyl with Kim Willsher,

captured award-winning images

during his time

as one of 64 Daily Express staff photographers

in the halcyon days of Fleet Street

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Sat 15 Jun 2019    17.30 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/media/gallery/2019/jun/15/
the-photography-of-john-downing

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https://www.theguardian.com/media/gallery/2019/jun/15/
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/22/
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/from-the-archive-blog/2014/oct/03/
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/03/
thatcher-labour-miners-enemy-within-brighton-bomb

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/03/
ira-brighton-bomb-talks-anglo-irish-agreement 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/oct/16/bartons-britain-brighton

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2009/oct/13/brighton-bombing-magee

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/gallery/2009/oct/13/
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1984/oct/13/past.davidhearst1

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/12/
newsid_2531000/2531583.stm

Patrick Magee / the 'Brighton bomber'    1984-1986

https://www.theguardian.com/fromthearchive/
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