Liberty (advocacy group) activist group, and Paedophile Action for Liberation became affiliated to the pressure group. Shami Chakrabarti, the former director of Liberty, issued an apology about the links between the NCCL and the PIE. In December 2013, she said: "It is a source of continuing disgust and horror that even the NCCL had to expel paedophiles from its ranks in 1983 after infiltration at some point in the 70s." Gay rights and censorship NCCL acted for the owners of "Gay's the Word" bookshop, whose stock was confiscated by Customs officers in 1984. All charges were dropped in 1986. Miners' strike During the
Peter Hall (director) with Center Theater Group, Los Angeles (1999 and 2001) and John Barton's nine-hour epic "Tantalus" (2000), an RSC co-production with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. In 2003, Hall became the founding director of The Rose Theatre a new venue to be constructed in Kingston upon Thames whose design was inspired by the Elizabethan original. He directed a number of productions there including Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya", which opened the building in 2008, and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (2010, with Judi Dench as Titania). Hall was also appointed "Director Emeritus" of The Rose Kingston. Peter Hall was also an internationally