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Events relating to england
The English National Ballet evolves from London's Festival Ballet
James Ivory directs the film The Remains of the Day, based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro
British prime minister Margaret Thatcher introduces an extremely unpopluar poll tax, last used in the Middle Ages
French ballerina Sylvie Guillem moves from Paris to join the Royal Ballet in London
Kenneth MacMillan gives 20-year-old Darcy Bussell the leading role in his new full-length ballet, The Prince of the Pagodas
Racing Demon launches a trilogy on the British establishment by English playwright David Hare
British primatologist Jane Goodall publishes Through a Window, exposing violence and brutality in chimpanzees
The Conservative government's poll tax is greeted with violent riots in London and a campaign of non-payment
UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher, by now at odds with many in her cabinet, is challenged in a leadership contest and loses
The Sadler's Wells ballet company moves to Birmingham, to become the Birmingham Royal Ballet
Russian dancer Irek Mukhamedov leaves the Bolshoi company to join the Royal Ballet in London
John Major is elected leader of the Conservative party and succeeds Thatcher as UK prime minister
Alan Bennett's play The Madness of George III is performed at the National Theatre in London
Regeneration is the first volume of English author Pat Barker's trilogy of novels set during World War I
Eric Clapton's album Unplugged includes 'Tears in Heaven', mourning the death of his four-year-old son
Betty Boothroyd, a Labour MP, becomes the first woman Speaker of Britain's House of Commons
English poet Thom Gunn's The Man with Night Sweats deals openly with AIDS
Charles and Diana, the Prince and Princess of Wales, announce that they have agreed to separate
English novelist Sebastian Faulks publishes Birdsong, set partly in the trenches of World War I
Vikram Seth publishes his novel A Suitable Boy, a family saga in post-independence India
Eduardo Paolozzi's vast bronze sculpture The Wealth of Nations is installed at South Kyle, near Edinburgh
Scottish author Irvine Welsh publishes his first novel, Trainspotting
Rachel Whiteread's Untitled (House) is a concrete cast of the interior of a house in London's East End
France's President Mitterrand and the British queen Elizabeth II together open the tunnel under the English Channel
Trinidadian cricketer Brian Lara sets a new world record, scoring 501 not out when playing for Warwickshire against Durham
