Brighton bombing – Vindemiatrix a catalyst

The Brighton bombing on 12 October 1984 by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), an attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher and other members of the British government,  at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, has been marked by a well-reviewed BBC documentary. In the event five people were killed and 30 injured. Thatcher was uninjured and  decided to continue the Tory Party conference as normal, and was given a standing ovation by delegates as she entered the stage six and a half hour