History of British newspapers to those being employed by News International. Even though the last major British news office, Reuters, left in 2005, the term "Fleet Street" continues to be used as a metonym for the British national press. "The Independent" was first published on 7 October 1986. The paper was created at a time of fundamental change and attracted staff from the two Murdoch broadsheets who had chosen not to move to the new headquarters in Wapping. Launched with the advertising slogan "It is. Are you?", and challenging "The Guardian" for centre-left readers, and "The Times" as a newspaper of record, it reached
Which Side Are You On? but his wife, Florence, and their children were terrorized. That night, after the men had gone, Florence wrote the lyrics to "Which Side Are You On?" on a calendar that hung in their kitchen. She took the melody from a traditional Baptist hymn, "Lay the Lily Low", or the traditional ballad "Jack Munro". Reece supported a second wave of miner strikes circa 1973, as recounted in the documentary "Harlan County USA". She and others performed "Which Side Are You On?" a number of times throughout. Reece recorded the song later in life, and it can be heard on the album