| 单词 | Thatcher |
| 例句 | “It’s from the boat,” he says to Thatcher. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z At recess, I walked up to Thatcher; me—a scrawny elf girl the size of a small second-grader standing up to a future varsity football player, offensive tackle. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z After Dublin, I went to London, where I had a three-hour meeting with Mrs. Thatcher. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No prime minister’s ever been more popular than Premier Margaret Thatcher in the entire history of opinion polls. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z With Margaret Thatcher as our Cicero, we have much to look forward to. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Mrs. Thatcher fixed her stained-glass blue eyes on that pillock and pointed out that the enemy cruiser'd been zigzagging in and out of the zone all day. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z This was mainly because British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was adamantly opposed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thatcher and I are sorting through my affairs. I’m considering leaving a good portion of my estate to my alma mater.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “I like the ring of it. Not educational, but appreciated by everyone. I’m convinced. I’ll call Thatcher tomorrow. My name will be on every student’s favorite building.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Every cloud, every car on every motorway, even Mrs. Thatcher in the House of Commons'd frozen, listening, watching, thinking, What's wrong with Jason Taylor? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Thatcher drew a picture of Cassie with watermelon-sized breasts and passed it around the class. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Mr. de Klerk, I said, echoing Mrs. Thatcher’s famous description of Mr. Gorbachev, was a man we could do business with. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “So these demons who do war in the garden, they symbolize General Galtieri and Margaret Thatcher. I am right?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Mrs. Thatcher appeared outside 10 Downing Street, saying, “Rejoice! Just rejoice!” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I learned about Margaret Thatcher and the Thirty-Eighth Parallel and the Cultural Revolution; I learned about parliamentary politics and electoral systems around the world. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "Thanks, but no thanks,” I'd tell Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan when Mum invited them in, "I was just doing my job.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z They invited Cassie back in the tribe, because really, Thatcher was a bully and the whole thing was his fault. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z He yelled at her so loud you could hear it in the hall, and then he sent her and Thatcher home for the day. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “We must tighten our belts,” says Margaret Thatcher, though she isn't, not personally. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Browsing in one of the art galleries, we run into Granddad’s lawyer, a narrow, graying fellow named Richard Thatcher. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “With a friend of my dad’s. I’ve been staying with him for a few days. He wants to show me the city, only he keeps having to sit down. Artie Thatcher, you know him?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Thatcher Greyson snapped the back of Cassie’s bra so hard everybody heard it. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Mrs. Thatcher was on TV yesterday talking to a bunch of schoolkids about Cruise Missiles. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z On the day I was to see Mrs. Thatcher it was wintry and raining, and as we were leaving, Winnie told me I must take a raincoat. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “So this is Cadence the first,” says Thatcher, shaking my hand. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Thatcher looked around for a teacher to save him. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z By the time I got to Mrs. Thatcher I was feeling poorly, and I was later diagnosed as having a mild case of pneumonia. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My next stop was the United States, but I would be returning to England on my way back to South Africa, which is when I was scheduled to meet with Mrs. Thatcher. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though Mrs. Thatcher was on the opposite side of the ANC on many issues, such as sanctions, she was always a forthright and solicitous lady. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If change was already in motion by 1979, the Thatcher years gave it a feral intensity. First the gangsters, then the bankers: how The Long Good Friday foretold the future 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Hollywood “is the place where you go and dreams come true,” said Thatcher, who quoted Williams’ “Muppet Movie” finale: “‘Life’s like a movie, write your own ending.’ A new Kermit goes Hollywood as 'The Muppets Take the Bowl' 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z I was playing Thatcher onstage when she died. How Do You Play Margaret Thatcher? Like This 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Thatcher, the idealistic teacher and faithful husband, is torn between his responsibilities for his family and his commitment to the principles of scientific inquiry. Review | In Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Unsheltered,’ Trump is just the latest threat to Earth’s survival 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Anyway, before Margaret Thatcher flew into power as a Tory superhero, there was even talk of an aristocratic plot to overthrow the Labour Party by military coup. In London, the Latest ‘Richard III’ Is a Bureaucrat 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z This is how, to your certain knowledge, Mrs. Thatcher went on living till she died. Book Excerpt: ‘The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher’ 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z “I was strongly against the film depicting a living person with dementia,” Charles Moore, Ms. Thatcher’s authorized biographer, told Julie Steinberg of the Journal. Carpetbagger Blog: What Do 'Dragon Tattoo' and 'Iron Lady' Have in Common? Ask the Grousers 2011-12-23T13:30:35Z Then they started putting Thatcher in men’s clothes, and I had to make the voice less feminine. How Do You Play Margaret Thatcher? Like This 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z It was hard to miss the timing with which the original arrived in 1979 – opening in Britain four months after the election of Margaret Thatcher, and shortly before Ronald Reagan won the US presidency. Alien: Covenant – why Ridley Scott's facehuggers and chestbursters will never die 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z They’d do maps of their childhoods: “I went to elementary school here,” and “This is where Becky Thatcher broke my heart.” Close-Up: ‘Story First, Maps Second’ 2013-12-04T17:05:38Z Ms. Swinton described her Minister’s way of talking as “Margaret Thatcher without elocution lessons.” Tilda Swinton's Many Sets of False Teeth 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Thatcher's unique voice posed a challenge for Anderson. American actors with the best onscreen British accents, from Peter Dinklage to Renee Zellwegger 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian The announcement that Lady Thatcher's funeral will be held next Wednesday also confirmed the publication date for a book expected to become an instant bestseller. Margaret Thatcher biography heralds new chapter for former editor 2013-04-09T15:38:58Z Next, she plays the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the new film "Iron Lady." Meryl Streep covers Vogue magazine for first time 2011-12-12T07:16:03Z Back in the Thatcher era it was estate agents. Trailer Trash 2013-04-13T23:05:38Z British film survived Margaret Thatcher the way Britain did: partly battered, partly obliterated, partly energised. Margaret Thatcher: the Iron Lady of British film 2013-04-09T07:00:06Z Margaret Thatcher has made frequent guest appearances in novels in the past 40 years. Review Christmas quiz 2012 2012-12-21T22:55:12Z They do not profoundly change the picture of Thatcher we already have, but facts about mythologised figures are valuable. Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z But in the process he dug his own political grave, and paved the way for the long neo-liberal hegemony that started with Thatcher and still endures. Edward Heath: The Edward Heath: The Authorised Biography by Philip Ziegler 2010-06-18T23:15:00Z As depicted in “The Crown,” the queen and Thatcher had something in common other than being less than a year apart in age: A shared distrust of women in authority, themselves exempted. Gillian Anderson brings uncanny ‘Iron Lady’ to ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Rosenthal, sensing the rising tide of consumerism, seems to anticipate the excesses of the Thatcher yearsIt is not an unsympathetic portrait, though: the Nicholsons end up being ostracised by both rich and poor. Your next box set: Jack Rosenthal at the BBC 2011-03-25T08:00:05Z The Falklands is not mentioned, ditto the poll tax riots, Thatcher's resignation and the first Gulf war. Box Set Club: Our Friends in the North 2011-07-19T13:29:17Z Meryl Streep took home her third Oscar, for her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady." ArtsBeat: Emmys Watch: Abi Morgan on 'The Hour' and How 'West Wing' Saved Her 2012-09-17T16:31:06Z She's sure to be found wanting, and she is: It's as if Thatcher, in middle age, acquires a wealth of wit and intelligence overnight when Streep takes over the role. Meryl Streep shows her mettle as 'Iron Lady' 2012-01-12T21:14:04Z The famously vicious 1980s puppet show "Spitting Image", broadcast on the main commercial channel ITV, had a grotesquely domineering Margaret Thatcher as its central character. Brits still waiting for full Brexit comedy dividend 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z There was, in fact, only one person who failed to find the funny side to the Tory regime and that was Margaret Thatcher herself, who delivered a wince-makingly grim Yes, Minister cameo. Margaret Thatcher had the last laugh in comedy 2013-04-10T14:34:29Z But within its gritty setting, and forceful opposition to former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's union-busting policies, is the sentimental archetype of a young boy's triumph against tough odds. 'Billy Elliot' author talks about blending politics and artistic aspiration as tour comes to Seattle 2011-03-17T01:40:20Z She gives kindly advice to Major and Gordon Brown - both overshadowed by their charismatic predecessors, Margaret Thatcher and Blair respectively. Mirren reigns as Britain's queen in 'The Audience' 2013-03-06T12:26:09Z Blair takes refuge with Thatcher – played as a cross between Gloria Swanson and Bette Davis – whom he discovers at home watching old newsreels of the Falklands war. Comic Strip returns with Tony Blair on the run in Channel 4 film noir comedy 2011-08-26T18:40:01Z Later, Mary shows Thatcher how she raises “tower-building spiders of the genus Tarantula.” In Barbara Kingsolver’s New Book, a Family Teeters on the Brink 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Thatcher’s father, Alfred Roberts, was a self-made and prosperous owner of two shops. How to Survive a Royal Weekend on ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Thatcher rarely appears in public these days, and her inner circle releases little information about her health. 'The Iron Lady' shows Thatcher still divides Brits 2011-12-21T11:12:16Z So I probably owe it all to Margaret Thatcher! Rachel Kushner meets Nicola Sturgeon: ‘I'm so glad I'm a novelist and not a politician’ 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z He's as angry about the Etonian renaissance as he once was about Thatcher, and has a great gag about toffs co-opting the culture of the working class. Alexei Sayle – review 2013-01-24T17:46:05Z Scott praised the brilliance of Streep's performance and said the movie was "likely to be the definitive screen treatment of Mrs. Thatcher, at least for a while." Meryl Streep gets glowing reviews as UK's Thatcher 2011-12-29T21:41:27Z Claire is the author of “There is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters,” and “Menace in Europe: Why the Continent’s crisis is America’s, Too,” as well as two spy novels: “Loose Lips” and “Lion Eyes.” Acclaimed Seattle musician Toby Saks dies 2013-08-01T21:09:42Z In this regard Gillian Anderson initially struggles to ease into Thatcher's boiled leather persona. "The Crown" returns with Princess Di & Margaret Thatcher testing the Queen's humanity 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z We're going through a recession now, but the recession we had then, with the steel claw of Maggie Thatcher bashing anything that moved, was a very different environment. Gavin Friday: 'You can't be what you were' 2010-03-25T22:10:00Z Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian "The difficult thing with a column," the late Margaret Thatcher once told the journalist Jenny McCartney, "is thinking of something new to say every week." Bitter Experience Has Taught Me by Nicholas Lezard – review 2013-07-15T08:00:01Z In the show, Thatcher leaves the visit early, infuriated by the lifestyle of a family she increasingly saw as the idle rich. How to Survive a Royal Weekend on ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z It’s hard to say no to being asked to play Margaret Thatcher, especially in a series like “The Crown.” How Do You Play Margaret Thatcher? Like This 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Thatcher is different, and not only by virtue of her domineering personality. Riff: Riff: The Iron Lady as Anti-Muse 2011-09-25T04:33:02Z The painting was intended for the National Portrait Gallery in London, but Mrs. Thatcher kept it for herself. Nelson Shanks, Who Painted the Prominent, Dies at 77 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Young people sometimes don’t realize that punk didn’t spring to life as a response to Margaret Thatcher—it preceded her, a seedling that took root in the restlessness, boredom and grayed-out despair of 1970s Britain. Donald Trump, Dante and the End of Your Elitist Tastes 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Opponents and supporters of Margaret Thatcher will never agree about the value of her legacy, but as for her importance, her hypnotic hold on us, they are bound to find common ground. Margaret Thatcher: we disliked her and we loved it 2013-04-09T05:00:00Z I saw him in 1990, on the night that Margaret Thatcher was deposed, at the Dominion Theatre on Tottenham Court Road, and it was the perfect way to celebrate the moment. Jon Savage on song: Roy Harper serves up Hors D'Oeuvres 2011-01-26T12:58:35Z It depicts David Cameron as Gene Hunt, the politically incorrect star of Ashes to Ashes, the BBC TV series set in the early years of the Thatcher era. David Cameron depicted as Gene Hunt in Labour poster 2010-04-02T20:16:00Z He plays Tramp the Dirt Down, the song in which he famously offered to dance on Margaret Thatcher's grave, suggesting that "it's not about burying someone underground, it's about burying an idea in the ground". Why Glastonbury belonged to the Rolling Stones 2013-07-01T08:32:17Z If Reagan was the Dallas Cowboys, Thatcher was the Cowboys’ sideline cheerleader. Meryl as Maggie in The Iron Lady: A Stunt of Genius 2011-12-29T16:59:44Z Thatcher was as unbeloved by in the museum world as she was by most people working in the public sector. Snubbing Margaret Thatcher’s Clothes 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Margaret Thatcher: the villain of political popPunk had sharpened its claws, and by the time Margaret Thatcher took power a generation of musicians was ready to pounce 2. Sleeve notes: Thatcher's musical legacy 2013-04-12T12:39:24Z Although Thatcher often fell back on Denis, her loyal husband, and felt intermittently guilty about the impact of her ambition on her twin children, she was not a politician with much hinterland. Missionary zeal 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Joined by Phyllida Lloyd, the director of “The Iron Lady,” Ms. Streep discussed their collaboration – they also worked on “Mamma Mia!” – and the British view of Ms. Thatcher. Carpetbagger Blog: Fight Fans, Get Ready for Thatcher vs. Nobbs 2011-12-08T19:54:20Z Was Argentina dissuaded from launching an earlier invasion of the islands, in 1977, by Margaret Thatcher's less bellicose but militarily shrewder predecessor, Jim Callaghan, who despatched a submarine to the south Atlantic as a deterrent? Secrets of the Conqueror by Stuart Prebble – review 2012-10-12T07:00:02Z One early skit depicts Thatcher, already in her trademark business suit, in the guise of Bob Hoskins's Harry Shand from The Long Good Friday, her cabinet strung up in an abattoir. How will Meryl Streep's Margaret Thatcher compare to past portrayals of the Iron Lady? 2011-02-10T15:26:00Z The award for least surprising event in any awards season went to Meryl Streep, winning the best actress Bafta as the great imitator of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. Bafta missed their chance to break The Artist's silence 2012-02-12T22:55:19Z Mrs. Thatcher turns toward the door of No. 10 Downing Street. Book Excerpt: ‘The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher’ 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Margaret Thatcher gags stopped having any edge the moment Ben Elton started making them in the 1980s. TV review: Turner's Thames; A Short History of Everything Else 2012-06-13T21:30:01Z They held “a simple remit: to oust Margaret Thatcher from office, and by default return the Labour Party to power.” Almost anarchy: The Style Council and the smooth sounds of sophisti-pop 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z However, even Thatcher's potential as a role model for ambitious women is disputed, given that she surrounded herself with men throughout her career and did little to help any other woman break the glass ceiling. Iron Lady or monster? Thatcher film stirs UK passions 2012-01-05T16:50:30Z Collins refused to lay all the blame on Thatcher. TV review: Waking the Dead and The Great Estate 2011-04-11T21:01:00Z But the Reagan/Thatcher revolution was no answer. Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z Between 1979 and 1990, Thatcher delivered speeches to the public in a patronizing, slow voice, accompanied by a stern expression and under a thick starchy halo of hair. How Do You Play Margaret Thatcher? Like This 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Harris, Thatcher's speechwriter, reached a total of 1,569 for his own biography. Charles Moore winning race of Margaret Thatcher biographers 2013-04-30T16:11:56Z "I wouldn't say I loved Thatcher by the end of it," says Riseborough, "but I did end up feeling very warm towards the character." The rise of Andrea Riseborough 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z “Merry Christmas,” a young Kane says petulantly — before the film cuts to Thatcher saying “and a happy New Year,” reading aloud from a letter he has written to Kane in advance of his 25th birthday. Watched ‘Mank’ but Never Seen ‘Citizen Kane’? Here’s a Primer 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z I met many of the great figures of the time, from Reagan and Thatcher to Gorbachev and Yeltsin, and closely observed their characters and actions. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z After Blair did the same trick with the Labour party that Thatcher had turned with the Tories, I never voted Labour again. What's the future of the Union? 2011-08-27T23:05:40Z George Clooney is the best-actor favorite for family drama "The Descendants," with Meryl Streep considered likely to win best actress for her much-praised performance as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady." Clooney, Pitt, Streep due at British film awards 2012-02-12T11:42:10Z Tim Ellis, the Anglican Bishop of Grantham, the eastern English town where Thatcher was brought up, said the grand ceremony was unwise. Thatcher "witch" song 2nd in UK charts in death protest 2013-04-14T18:13:46Z By the end of the decade, Thatcher was in power, Reagan was lurking in the wings, and Heaven’s Gate was about to help kill off Hollywood’s appetite for rolling the dice. From Don't Look Now to The Godfather – why the 1970s is my favourite film decade 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Like the little-reported thinness of her funeral crowds once you got a few hundred yards away from St Paul's Cathedral, some sides of the Thatcher story are melancholy rather than inspiring, even for rightwingers. Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z At least according to Thatcher Wine, 42, who, through his Boulder, Colo., company Juniper Books, creates custom libraries for avid readers. Thatcher Wine on Creating a Travel Book Library 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z While I was here, Mrs Thatcher came in, and then there was the miners' strike. Mark Rylance: 'You have to move into the chaos' 2013-07-01T06:30:01Z We forgot that backlash of the Reagan years, the Thatcher years in Britain. With "Silver Dollar Road," Raoul Peck travels to the heart of Black land loss through one family 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z She saw “homelessness, poverty, inequality, litter and non-caring attitudes” and wanted to capture “the spirit of Mrs Thatcher’s time.” Shirley Baker’s Half Century of Street Photography 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z Does Margaret Thatcher deserve her place at number six? Marie Curie tops BBC History poll of women who changed the world 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Characters include Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, whose 11-year tenure transformed and divided Britain, and the late Princess Diana, whose death in a car crash in 1997 traumatized the nation. Fact or fiction? UK govt says ‘The Crown’ should be clear 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z Margaret Thatcher appeared in commando gear on Women In Uniform, ready to attack Eddie and two nurses. The greatest ever album covers 2012-07-06T16:00:14Z A bronze statue of Thatcher, pointing emphatically in her trademark power suit and power-set hairdo, is conspicuous among the otherwise exclusively male statues of former prime ministers in the ornate lobby adjoining parliament's debating chamber. Iron Lady or monster? Thatcher film stirs UK passions 2012-01-05T16:50:30Z Presumably it'll be a battle of the handbags when it comes to those allegedly frosty encounters with Thatcher. 2013 theatre preview: Helen Mirren gets another crack at the Queen and Peter Pan meets Alice in Wonderland 2012-12-30T19:30:01Z But for some later musicians, Thatcher was a more positive figure. Thatcher had profound effect on popular culture 2013-04-08T16:16:08Z Empty smiles … mouldy photographs of Iain Duncan Smith at 32 Smith Square Eight identikit portraits of Margaret Thatcher, steely-eyed, almost smiling, punctuate the pages of Chateau Despair. How Margaret Thatcher's HQ turned into Chateau Despair 2013-02-28T17:24:00Z In this case, the phrase originally appeared in a 1976 essay by historian and Pulitzer Prize winner Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, though the wording differed slightly. Freud never said that: 19 of history’s most famous misquotes 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z "I think I've persuaded Mrs Thatcher to bring in tax incentives for the movie industry." How Attenborough 'saved' British film 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z The Thatcher puppet was much harsher, so I decided to combine her interview voice with her House of Commons voice. How Do You Play Margaret Thatcher? Like This 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Thatcher will be honored at a funeral Wednesday with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in attendance, along with about 2,000 other guests from around the world. Thatcher opponents push ‘The Witch’ up the charts 2013-04-13T00:48:37Z The big exception to the rule of men – Margaret Thatcher – is never seen in the play and usually referred to as "Finchley". This House recalls the years when Britain really was a nation in crisis 2012-10-13T23:06:33Z He added that it was upsetting for those close to Ms. Thatcher, who, as her daughter revealed in a 2008 memoir, is suffering from Alzheimer’s. Carpetbagger Blog: What Do 'Dragon Tattoo' and 'Iron Lady' Have in Common? Ask the Grousers 2011-12-23T13:30:35Z At Oxford, I came under the influence of The Spectator, then edited by Charles Moore, one of the most gifted English journalists of his generation and now Margaret Thatcher’s biographer. Niall Ferguson: By the Book 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z When we stare around today and ask where this all began, we can look to Thatcher or The Long Good Friday. First the gangsters, then the bankers: how The Long Good Friday foretold the future 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Compared to Winston Churchill, who won a Nobel prize for literature, and left the landscape of English prose on fire with inspiration, Thatcher is a non-starter. Margaret Thatcher's mark on books 2013-04-09T14:00:02Z The two-time Oscar winner will be honored at a screening of her latest movie, "The Iron Lady," in which she plays former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Berlin film festival to honor Meryl Streep 2012-01-02T14:03:12Z At the film's pinnacle, Streep as Thatcher is the backbone of a nation that goes to war over the distant Falkland Islands after Argentina invades in 1982. Meryl Streep wins 3rd acting Oscar for 'Iron Lady' 2012-02-27T06:06:08Z Books have traditionally been promoted through newspaper serialisation of key excerpts: the Telegraph titles have just run three days of teasers from Charles Moore's biography of Margaret Thatcher. Shhhh! How keeping secrets became cool 2013-04-23T15:29:58Z Streep was named Best Actress in a Drama for starring in the Margaret Thatcher bio-pic The Iron Lady, filmed in London. Big Winners at the Golden Globes: Clooney and Streep, The Artist and The Descendants 2012-01-16T08:16:23Z Here, as in much of the rightwing writing about her since her death, Thatcher seems to be becoming a sort of Tory Evita. Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z For example, Thatcher began 1981 with record-low approval ratings and faced riots, hunger strikes and economic turmoil, yet emerged the following year with her power entrenched. Firth?s Theorem: Awards Season and the Anglophile Biopic 2011-12-15T09:58:21Z Kinnock’s comments made headlines at the time, but when he returned to London, he found that few in his party shared his views, let alone Conservative members of Margaret Thatcher’s government. As Europe Returns Artifacts, Britain Stays Silent 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Photograph: PA Lady Thatcher was not a woman prone to self-examination and so it was with great humility I accepted the task of protecting her legacy while maintaining a veneer of even-handedness and objectivity. Margaret Thatcher: The Authorised Biography – Volume One by Charles Moore - digested read 2013-04-22T23:52:02Z She once met Margaret Thatcher while wearing a slogan opposing US Pershing missiles and greeted Tony Blair in a shirt bearing the message No War, Blair Out, but whatever will she say to the Queen? New Year honours: Antonia Fraser ? historian, novelist and now dame 2010-12-31T00:05:13Z "It was crazy. People make these costumes and hand sew them for their dogs," photographer Sue Thatcher, 69, told SWNS. Chihuahua beauty pageant gets more than 800 costumed participants: See the photos 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z Clearly my idea of fun would not have been Thatcher's. Margaret Thatcher and Spitting Image: we had no idea we would be joined at the hip 2013-04-17T19:00:01Z Maybe he feels that Thatcher won so there's no point in fighting old battles. The Wright Way; Edward VIII's Murderous Mistress; Keeping Britain Alive: A Day in the NHS – TV review 2013-04-24T06:00:10Z Deller, in his modern version of History Painting, put his finger on the drama and perceived darkness of the Thatcher years. The art of Thatcher: images of the battling baronness 2013-04-09T08:00:03Z Perhaps that is what organisers of Operation True Blue hope will happen: a divine consummation that not only elevates Lady Thatcher to paradise but the Conservative Party to an electoral majority. The tricky art of a state funeral 2013-04-10T13:59:23Z “The 80s saw massive explosions in politics and culture – from Mandela and apartheid to Thatcher – and it was also when I grew into a teenager and experienced the beginnings of independence,” he says. 'I’ve seen how uprisings have come from pain': Idris Elba on Black Lives Matter 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z He said during the years he has devoted to the project, he has seen a steady rise in Thatcher's reputation. Margaret Thatcher biography heralds new chapter for former editor 2013-04-09T15:38:58Z In turn, some of the late Thatcher period's entrepreneurial energy would define the moment that was rather tawdrily labelled Cool Britannia. How Thatcherism politicised the arts in Britain 2013-04-09T10:51:09Z That same year, Mr. Thomas and his wife, who lived in London, hosted a private dinner to enable Mrs. Thatcher to meet literary figures of the day, Nigel Farndale wrote in The Guardian in 2013. Hugh Thomas, Prodigious Author of Spanish History, Dies at 85 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z We haven't really dealt with the legacy of the Thatcher government and that was why I included a voice speaking now as well, showing Sean still trying to deal with that damage. Anthony Cartwright: 'The title is intended to provoke a reaction' 2012-08-04T23:05:22Z In the Thatcher era, fogeys preached "Victorian values". Dante in Love by AN Wilson ? review 2011-07-15T08:00:01Z Mr. Maher cited a memorable example: “One night it was Margaret Thatcher, the next night it was a Lawrence Welk reunion.” Larry King Prepares to Sign Off, and Everybody?s Talking 2010-12-14T05:40:19Z The would-be donors of the Thatcher collection are the executors of her will—her son Mark, her daughter Carole, and her two grandchildren. Snubbing Margaret Thatcher’s Clothes 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Thatcher is now 86, frail and suffering from dementia. Iron Lady or monster? Thatcher film stirs UK passions 2012-01-05T16:50:30Z Capitalism 3.0, of course, headed in a completely opposite direction as Mrs Thatcher and Ronald Reagan skipped to the sidelines, leaving monetarism and market forces to do the job. Capitalism 4.0 by Anatole Kaletsky 2010-07-24T23:25:00Z Thatcher Greenwood is a schoolteacher whose house is also decaying, but he has other pressing problems. In Barbara Kingsolver’s New Book, a Family Teeters on the Brink 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z As one of the industry's busiest French horn musicians, Thatcher has done soundtrack work on thousands of titles. French horn musicians converge in L.A., where Hollywood meets classical 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Most of Morrissey's current fury seems aimed at the media coverage of Thatcher's death, and David Cameron's coalition government, rather than the Iron Lady's past politics. Morrissey: still not Margaret Thatcher's biggest fan 2013-04-10T11:48:24Z Another woman, Virginia Bottomley, believes this is the key to really understanding her: "Not many people at Westminster realised Margaret Thatcher was a woman who always had women's interests at heart." The Real Iron Lady by Gillian Shephard – digested read 2013-04-07T17:30:01Z The UK's only female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, was named in a recent poll conducted by YouGov and AOL UK as this country's most influential woman. Guardian Women 100 2011-01-07T00:05:02Z You hated Thatcher so much you probably couldn't spend a day without thinking about her. John Lydon 2010-07-16T23:02:00Z Spitting Image was most certainly joined at the hip with Thatcher. Margaret Thatcher and Spitting Image: we had no idea we would be joined at the hip 2013-04-17T19:00:01Z Thatcher, a Conservative, was revered for uncompromising opposition to the Soviet Union and for putting the "Great" back in Great Britain. Thatcher's "Iron Lady" image softened by new movie 2011-12-27T13:06:35Z Streep won an Oscar for best actress on Sunday for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady." Streep gives $10K to Viola Davis' RI student fund 2012-03-01T16:26:08Z What are the films you feel best sum up the Thatcher years, for good or ill? The films that defined the Thatcher era 2013-04-08T17:40:00Z Maybe because they were full of white British men whose angst was fundamentally inscrutable to me, and seemingly tethered to Margaret Thatcher, whoever that was, or grossly thefted from American blues. Darling Nikki 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z I pointed out that, because of the success of our satirical puppet show Spitting Image, we would probably be joined at the hip forever with Thatcher. Margaret Thatcher and Spitting Image: we had no idea we would be joined at the hip 2013-04-17T19:00:01Z One-time Thatcher rival Michael Heseltine, who once challenged her for the Conservative leadership, took a similar view. British PM Cameron criticizes Thatcher film's timing 2012-01-06T10:52:15Z Deller persuaded members of the Sealed Knot, which usually re-enacts battles from the English civil war, to work with some of the original participants to recreate this troubled memory of Thatcher's years in power. The art of Thatcher: images of the battling baronness 2013-04-09T08:00:03Z That movie is also called “The Souvenir,” which makes “Part II” a kind of making-of pseudo-documentary as well as a memoir, a coming-of-age story and a time capsule of the later Thatcher years. The Future of Movies Collides With the Past at the New York Film Festival 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z On the page, and on the screen, the Britons of 1979-91 remain Thatcher's children. Margaret Thatcher's mark on books 2013-04-09T14:00:02Z Meryl Streep continued her march towards Oscars glory with another award for her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady". The Artist wins big at London Critics' Circle awards 2012-01-19T23:45:40Z Buffini doesn’t seem to like Thatcher, but she gets how her muscular magnetism attracted followers hungry for a newly great Britain. Review | Thatcher and the queen square off in ‘Handbagged’ 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z And so in a way Margaret Thatcher did create something which long after her time became a cliche and a buzzword: a legacy. Margaret Thatcher: the Iron Lady of British film 2013-04-09T07:00:06Z While the Americans were engrossed in overseeing the collapse of the Soviet Union, Thatcher, via her envoy, relentlessly bombarded first President P.W. Much to be thankful for 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Perhaps, for them, the Thatcher years ought to amount to something more than nostalgia, a reference, or a mood. Snubbing Margaret Thatcher’s Clothes 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z The single word "Thatcher", said with appropriate contempt, handily encapsulated everything the 1980s left opposed. The villain of political pop 2013-04-08T17:00:00Z Hefner released The Day That Thatcher Dies, which is surely on heavy rotation today. The villain of political pop 2013-04-08T17:00:00Z After I left university in 1983, I was performing comedy in clubs in the north of England, and I got a reputation for being the guy that could do Margaret Thatcher. How Do You Play Margaret Thatcher? Like This 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z If Mr. Unsworth’s novels about the past were veiled allegorical tales about the present, then the veil was largely ripped away, he said, during the Margaret Thatcher era. Barry Unsworth, Historical Novelist, Dies at 81 2012-06-08T02:47:19Z Both groups, he argued, were targets of repression by the Thatcher government, the police and the tabloid media. ‘Pride’ Shows the Alliance of a Gay Group and Mineworkers 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z During her long career, Walters was known for her interviews on U.S. television with world leaders including Cuba's Fidel Castro, Britain's Margaret Thatcher, Saddam Hussein of Iraq and every U.S. president since Richard Nixon. TV journalist Barbara Walters announces retirement date 2014-04-07T16:35:42Z "Margaret Thatcher was a visionary, a warrior and a once-in-a-lifetime leader who left the world better than she found it," wrote the actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Meryl Streep praises Margaret Thatcher as 'figure of awe' 2013-04-09T09:19:56Z At the same time, Mr. Johnson vowed to join the Conservative Party if it would choose Mrs. Thatcher as its leader over the current prime minister, Edward Heath. Paul Johnson, Prolific Historian Prized by Conservatives, Dies at 94 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Paul Morley and Margaret Thatcher Two dogmatic idealists found their time had come as the 70s tipped over into the 80s. We mean it, maaan!: the lost art of the pop manifesto 2010-04-29T20:30:00Z Harris was one of the campaign's organisers, and reprises here his and Thatcher's rather chilling justifications for Pinochet's "beneficial" rule. Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z The Thatchers were comfortable middle class rather than rich and Margaret did kindnesses to the struggling divorcee who lived next door, as both biographers confirm she often did for individuals she knew. Margaret Thatcher biography reveals passions across the years 2013-04-21T19:41:48Z Honeyghan threw his belt in the bin when the WBA sanctioned fights in apartheid South Africa while, according to legend, Stephenson’s staunch anti-apartheid stance led Margaret Thatcher to view him as a “terrorist sympathiser”. Paul Stephenson: the hero who refused to leave a pub – and helped desegregate Britain 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z "I have never asked a prime minister for anything," Murdoch said with steely calm when asked about his links to former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, one of his favorite British leaders. Murdoch 'never asked a UK prime minister for anything' 2012-04-25T12:48:00Z What once felt like an extended caprice now feels weightier, not least when Thatcher late in the play praises the queen and her family as “a focus of patriotism, loyalty, affection and esteem.” At the End of Her Reign, the Queen Takes a Bow Onstage 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Even in 1965, Harold Wilson was speaking wistfully of Britain's frontiers being on the Himalayas, while Margaret Thatcher still felt it necessary to devote treasure and lives to winning back the Falklands. Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain by John Darwin - review 2012-12-28T08:00:03Z I don't think Cameron is going to be able to be Mrs Thatcher II, is he? Meltdown 2010: Richard Thompson on curating this year's event 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z Three decades ago, Margaret Thatcher played her part in kickstarting the current comedy boom. Margaret Thatcher had the last laugh in comedy 2013-04-10T14:34:29Z How refreshing to see a dressing down of a loathsome person such as Margaret Thatcher. Glenda Jackson on Quitting Parliament, Playing Lear and Returning to Broadway 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Like when your youngsters say "I want to get Mrs Thatcher out of Number 10" never having met Mrs T. However … I adore Yes Prime Minister. Margaret Thatcher v Smash Hits – a classic interview from the vaults 2013-04-09T11:25:08Z Mrs Thatcher's crusade may just have been a blip in the post-imperial decline, Burns fears. Broken Britain? Read returning natives before Joan Collins 2011-08-25T08:56:29Z The glow of privilege even falls upon common prime ministers, with George Arliss, Meryl Streep and Gary Oldman taking top acting honours as Disraeli, Thatcher and Churchill respectively. Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema – from Oscar-winning strategies to 007’s debt to Hitchcock 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z In a way, The Good Life heralded the advent of Margaret Thatcher as prime minister in its suburban self-confidence, its emphasis on "getting on" and an unapologetic sharpening of class consciousness. Richard Briers: the sweetest of men 2013-02-18T14:31:30Z The play, which stars Helen Mirren as the monarch, features a number of the prime ministers to have served during her reign, including Thatcher. Billy Elliott's Thatcher vote 2013-04-09T14:10:43Z Thus, he becomes Matthew Thatcher and eventually ends up in the court of the Scottish king, James VI, the most likely heir to the childless Elizabeth. Review | For your playlist: The best new audiobooks of the month 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Besides the Nixon interviews, one of the more memorable moments included a tense interview with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher over the sinking of the Argentine warship during the Falklands conflict. David Frost, known for Nixon interview, dies 2013-09-01T15:31:08Z Their political views and social attitudes follow the left-right zigzagging and centrist muddle of the Reagan/Thatcher and Clinton/Blair eras. Good Night, Sweet Prince 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z I saw Margaret Thatcher at a cocktail party, shortly before she died. Katharine Hamnett: ‘Getting old is a licence to kill’ 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z It was a learning curve for us all, but Thatcher's policies were the driving force. Spitting Image creators remember Margaret Thatcher 2013-04-12T18:37:54Z "Baroness Thatcher was an iconic international politician whose place on the global stage is indisputable," said Rayner. Thatcher's funeral to be beamed to millions worldwide 2013-04-12T17:48:39Z Moore invokes Margaret Thatcher, improbably enough, in support of his contention that the heart shouldn't always be worn on the sleeve. Double Feature 1 ? review 2011-08-04T21:30:05Z Celebrations over Margaret Thatcher's death in Brixton, London, this week ended in a standoff between revellers and riot police. Margaret Thatcher death celebrations were puerile, says Nick Clegg 2013-04-11T09:48:13Z “This week you said, ‘Margaret Thatcher was not content to manage a great nation in decline, and neither am I,’ ” the host who wasn’t Megyn Kelly said to Fiorina. For Santorum and others not in top 10, grin and bear it. (And be a little bitter.) 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Streep, I feel sure, will be able to modulate that psychic transition subtly if her career as an actor and the photo of her as Thatcher are anything to go by. Meryl Streep playing Margaret Thatcher ? what's not to like? 2011-02-08T20:30:31Z Hugo Young explained to me that Thatcher's modus operandi was to place her people at the top of institutions and very quickly everything else would fall into line – and, of course, it worked. Margaret Thatcher and Spitting Image: we had no idea we would be joined at the hip 2013-04-17T19:00:01Z The linked performances of stars like Lewis and Sophie Thatcher, as Natalie, suggest a continuum between past and present, while also indicating how the crash and the calamities that followed changed these women profoundly. ‘Yellowjackets’ Leans in to Savagery 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z She has worked with 14, including Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher. The British royal family is struggling through scandals. Can ‘The Crown’ help? 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z After all, the first thing you see when you enter the club is a wall of photos featuring Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. Maggie's nightclub ? the ultimate tribute to Thatcher 2010-11-22T20:30:00Z The role: Like Meryl Streep before her, Anderson also takes on the role of Margaret Thatcher, this time in the fourth season of "The Crown." American actors with the best onscreen British accents, from Peter Dinklage to Renee Zellwegger 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z Hoggart's Guardian review of the year included the death of Margaret Thatcher, the birth of Prince George and the resurrection of the idea of leaving the EU. Guardian journalist Hoggart dies 2014-01-06T17:42:10Z He is remembered as the politician who, in 1990, toppled Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher through an internal Conservative Party leadership coup. Perspective | Why I want my politicians to spend some time in a garden 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z First up, The Wall Street Journal reports that Margaret Thatcher’s biographers are unhappy with her portrayal – by no less a grand dame than Meryl Streep — in “The Iron Lady.” Carpetbagger Blog: What Do 'Dragon Tattoo' and 'Iron Lady' Have in Common? Ask the Grousers 2011-12-23T13:30:35Z As expected, Meryl Streep appears on the shortlist for best actress for her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady." "The Artist," "Tinker Tailor" lead BAFTA nominations 2012-01-17T08:14:31Z Spitting Image created by Fluck & LawInvariably brutal and usually very vulgar sketches performed by puppets, a suitable response to the divisive Thatcher era. How Margaret Thatcher left her mark on British culture 2013-04-13T17:00:00Z One famous sketch showed Thatcher and her ministers gathered for dinner. Thatcher had profound effect on popular culture 2013-04-08T16:16:08Z The costumes in "The Iron Lady," the unconventional biopic about former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher that opens in limited release Dec. 30, say a lot about political power dressing. Designs to build character 2011-12-19T18:14:04Z Where last year's recipients reflected on the legacy of Margaret Thatcher, the latest double bill brings together two writer-directors with an urgent interest in gender. Poke/Wuthering Heights – review 2013-04-24T16:47:25Z Kelly also said that she draws on Margaret Thatcher, who she named her youngest son after, for inspiration in dealing with Trump. Megyn Kelly: “I do wish that O’Reilly had defended me more in his interview with Trump” 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Margaret Thatcher famously worked with voice coaches to hone her auditory image, dropping her voice sixty hertz between the nineteen-sixties and the nineteen-eighties. A Century of “Shrill”: How Bias in Technology Has Hurt Women’s Voices 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z “The Spirit of ’45” then flashes forward to show how the conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher and her successors rolled those policies back. ‘The Spirit of ’45’ Review: Here Comes Nationalization 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z But simple as it all is, it’s clear that there is as much thought in Streep’s Kay as with her excellent Maggie Thatcher in the The Iron Lady. Hope Springs: Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones are In Treatment 2012-08-07T17:07:24Z In the way of so many other episodes, “The Six Thatchers” begins as an odd mystery concerning the inexplicable destruction of a series of cheap plaster busts of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The lady vanishes: “Sherlock” and the case of the disposable women 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z When I first visited the Met in the 1990s I thought it made London's museums, which at the time were rundown after the Thatcher years, look dismal. Victorian visionary of the 21st century: the V&A embraces photography 2011-07-19T13:41:01Z Margaret Thatcher wanted to destroy the old consensus about the economy. We mean it, maaan!: the lost art of the pop manifesto 2010-04-29T20:30:00Z From Charlie Chaplin as the bowler-hatted Tramp to Meryl Streep's Margaret Thatcher in last year's The Iron Lady, costume is such an integral part of film character that we sometimes don't notice it is there. Hollywood Costume – dressing the part 2012-10-12T21:55:14Z Clegg said he thought the House of Commons reflected the mood of the country on Wednesday when MPs and peers paid their respects to Thatcher. Margaret Thatcher death celebrations were puerile, says Nick Clegg 2013-04-11T09:48:13Z Thatcher did, however, persuade him quietly to drop—or at least to edge away from—his initial demand, in keeping with long-standing ANC policy, for the economy’s nationalisation. Much to be thankful for 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z UK prime minister Theresa May, too, is often seen as cold and unrelatable while Margaret Thatcher was referred to as the “Iron Lady” – competent but cold. A psychologist explains why so many women oppose feminism 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Looking back, the riot looks like a minor skirmish in the Thatcher revolution, a sideshow compared to the social upheaval of the miners' strike three years later. When Brixton burned 2011-04-09T23:05:03Z Anderson is so arresting as Thatcher that even cynical late-night hosts became giddy fans when she was on as a guest. Gillian Anderson brings uncanny ‘Iron Lady’ to ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Lady Thatcher was talking to me, but keeping an eye on him. Terry Wogan: ‘My father was always bemused by my success’ 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, nicknamed the "Iron Lady," famously down-shifted her voice to burnish her stature. What’s behind the obsession over whether Elizabeth Holmes intentionally lowered her voice? 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z “I shouldn’t worry too much,” Ms. Thatcher replied. A German Comedian in London: Working Out the War in Punch Lines 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Each chapter of Maggie and Me has an epigraph from Margaret Thatcher, such as "I am extraordinarily patient … provided I get my own way in the end." Maggie and Me by Damian Barr – review 2013-04-25T09:00:12Z He loved to rant and rail about Thatcher, which was very entertaining. Bill Bailey: My family values 2011-08-26T23:04:01Z He says that after he cast her in “Three Tall Women,” he watched the formidable actress online giving a speech at Parliament, choosing to excoriate Margaret Thatcher on the occasion of her death. Director Joe Mantello, Broadway’s Invisible Wizard 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The work was also prophetic in that, although Mrs Thatcher was its prime target, she was the most dynamic figure on stage. Thatcher casts a long shadow 2013-04-08T15:44:23Z "He was deeply involved in every aspect of his craft and was obsessed with it 'til the end," said his son, Thatcher. Documentary pioneer Robert Drew dies 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z It was before Margaret Thatcher made students boring by means of severe economic pressure. Mark Haddon: 'What I love about theatre is that it's like being a kid again' | Interview 2010-03-28T00:06:00Z When I was given the job, I was little more than a student surviving on ketchup sandwiches, and suddenly I found myself playing Thatcher in what became this hugely successful show. How Do You Play Margaret Thatcher? Like This 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Although Margaret Thatcher was primarily known for being the best ever prime minister, she was also immensely conscientious in regard to her constituency work. The Real Iron Lady by Gillian Shephard – digested read 2013-04-07T17:30:01Z I look at my behaviour, which exposed how weak I was under fire, not like Margaret Thatcher. Spice Girl all too ready for turning over Thatcher 2013-04-12T18:24:42Z In the middle of the room was a cane-sided chair with cushions for Mrs Thatcher. Family life: Mrs Thatcher's chair, Sister Suffragette and Dad's Mish Mush 2013-07-20T06:30:06Z In his confident generalisations about Thatcher, Harris is like a long-faithful courtier freed by a monarch's death to speak the truth about them. Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z His political subject matter ranges from Stephen, a beautifully moving lament for a murdered Irish policeman, to She's Not the One, an anti-love song for Margaret Thatcher. David Ford 2010-07-13T20:45:00Z Curiously, the film producer and distributor Frank Mannion tells me he remembers meeting Mrs Thatcher at a book signing in Cambridge and asking her about movies. Trailer Trash 2013-04-13T23:05:38Z “Like a parody of a 1950s suburban housewife crossed with a dominatrix, the mirror image of Margaret Thatcher.” Jordan Mooney, an Avatar of Punk Style, Dies at 66 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z He would become red in the face when fulminating about God or Margaret Thatcher, but tempered his antagonism to the former when he started reading about Eastern religions. Ray Billington obituary 2012-09-28T10:06:57Z They loved the colourful little squeaky rubber busts of Thatcher and Reagan. Margaret Thatcher and Spitting Image: we had no idea we would be joined at the hip 2013-04-17T19:00:01Z A master of accents and physical detail — note how her Mrs. Thatcher always, always remembers to neatly cross her ankles — Streep approaches the role as if she's holding up a mirror. Meryl Streep shows her mettle as 'Iron Lady' 2012-01-12T21:14:04Z Thatcher was an absolutist when it came to secrecy, as with much else. Classified: Secrecy and the State in Modern Britain by Christopher Moran – review 2013-01-10T08:00:01Z The book, an all-enveloping and mesmerizing social panorama, continues Mr. Kynaston’s grand project of chronicling everyday life in Britain from the end of World War II to the beginning of the Thatcher era. David Kynaston’s ‘Modernity Britain: 1957-1962’ 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z There were a lot of issues that needed to be addressed – we felt with Thatcher in power that we didn't have a voice. Club to Catwalk: London fashion in the 80s remembered 2013-07-09T17:29:00Z Other notable nominees included rapper Ben Drew, aka Plan B, for urban drama Ill Manors in the best debut director category, and Oscar-winner Meryl Streep for her turn as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. Broken fixed up with nine British independent film award nominations 2012-11-06T12:39:24Z Months later, another literary role followed as Becky Thatcher in Disney’s “Tom and Huck.” Rachael Leigh Cook Was Always Worth the Bet 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Wasn't it the fat content of the pulverised ducks' breasts that had led Thatcher to prevent the bishop from eating them? Gobbling pâté allowed a nation to scoff at the legacy of Thatcherism 2013-04-20T21:00:03Z What exactly was the relationship between Margaret Thatcher and the Queen during the former's premiership? Women, Power and Politics 2010-06-13T17:56:00Z But to caricature Thatcher as either a hectoring virago or as a latter-day Boudicca is not just to indulge in lazy sexism; it contorts her psychology, her history and her approach to politics. Seeing Margaret Thatcher Whole 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z By the late-60s he looks bizarrely like a member of Slade, and by the time Thatcher has her hold on Britain in the 1980s, his world has fallen apart. Our mutual friends 2010-09-17T23:05:00Z "The Iron Lady," featuring American Meryl Streep in the main Thatcher role, opens in British cinemas on Friday. British PM Cameron criticizes Thatcher film's timing 2012-01-06T10:52:15Z There have been many misconceptions about Margaret Thatcher, not least about her handbag. The Real Iron Lady by Gillian Shephard – digested read 2013-04-07T17:30:01Z It's an attitude that will be badly needed, when the next government is forced to face up to the fact that the market settlement installed by Thatcher in the 1980s has collapsed. Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z In a few months, movie audiences will be able to hear those words in the voice of Meryl Streep, as Lady Thatcher receives the bio-pic treatment in “The Iron Lady.” Riff: Riff: The Iron Lady as Anti-Muse 2011-09-25T04:33:02Z He was one of the first to raise the plight of the red kite, since so triumphantly reversed, and to fight Margaret Thatcher's short-sighted plan to axe the Soil Survey of England and Wales. Bill Condry's legacy lives on at Festival of Nature Writing 2010-10-22T15:07:00Z The Iron Lady received criticism in some quarters for initially portraying Thatcher in her dotage as a forgetful old woman suffering from dementia. Meryl Streep praises Margaret Thatcher as 'figure of awe' 2013-04-09T09:19:56Z Ms. Streep, the most Oscar-nominated actor of all time, gave another bravura performance, as Margaret Thatcher. The Carpetbagger?s 2012 Oscar Predictions 2012-02-24T00:38:40Z But the ensuing media coverage on the eve of Margaret Thatcher's election victory in 1979 turned the event into a spectacle of an altogether different kind: a political caricature of excessive public spending. Musicians and artists rally to save Glasgow's modern stone circle 2013-01-18T08:00:00Z The Iron Lady, with Meryl Streep’s award-winning turn as British PM Margaret Thatcher, grossed a forceful $172,000 in just five venues; it goes wider next weekend. The Devil Made Them Do It: No-Budget Horror Film Tops a Big Weekend 2012-01-08T21:13:19Z But that the very organisation which sacked Carol Thatcher for calling a tennis player a "golliwog" should commission such a series in the name of comedy, for me, defies belief. Come Fly With Me is tasteless comedy 2010-12-28T10:00:02Z Yet it was Margaret Thatcher's government which created television's Channel Four, whose film production arm gave us The Draughtsman's Contract and Stephen Frears's My Beautiful Laundrette. Margaret Thatcher: the Iron Lady of British film 2013-04-09T07:00:06Z Streep won the Best Actress Oscar in 2012 for her portrayal of the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in "Iron Lady." Streep, Roberts do battle in dysfunction drama 'August: Osage County' 2013-09-10T19:51:06Z When I see other actors doing Thatcher, I think they’ve missed the point if it’s very, very patronizing. How Do You Play Margaret Thatcher? Like This 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Moose never gets to speak to Margaret Thatcher, despite his many fantasies about doing so. Review: Jonathan Lee’s ‘High Dive’ Revisits a Plot to Kill Margaret Thatcher 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z Other than Europe, you really have to look very hard to locate meaningful differences between two Tories of similar age whose formative political years were dominated by Margaret Thatcher. Boris Johnson reminds Tories of what David Cameron has lost 2012-10-06T23:08:26Z Taylor, he met many of the figures who would shape his life in London, including Margaret Thatcher. Paul Johnson, Prolific Historian Prized by Conservatives, Dies at 94 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Elected in 1992, she spent 23 mostly sterile years as a left-wing backbencher, best remembered for a bitter attack on Margaret Thatcher shortly after the former prime minister’s death. Lear’s rage comes naturally to Glenda Jackson 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Statues of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher decorate the campus, while speakers from the National Review regale students with heroic tales of writing reactionary op-eds under the supervision of Jonah Goldberg. Milo’s free speech makes big bucks: Students have the right to push back when universities promote his worldview 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z The show was harsh and confrontational because Thatcher was harsh and confrontational. Spitting Image creators remember Margaret Thatcher 2013-04-12T18:37:54Z Thatcher's admirers also credit her with turning around, through privatizations and deregulation, what they saw as a quasi-socialist British economy in steep decline and at the mercy of powerful unions when she first took office. Iron Lady or monster? Thatcher film stirs UK passions 2012-01-05T16:50:30Z First Thatcher, new to her job, and then Diana, new to Charles’s romantic orbit, are summoned to Balmoral Castle, the Windsors’ estate in the wilds of the Scottish Highlands. ‘The Crown’ Has Had Its Scandals, but There’s Nothing Like Diana 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z During this time, Mr. Thatcher was also was working on “Manifesto,” his first full piece for the San Francisco Ballet. New York City Ballet Gambles on Unknown Choreographers 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z I’ve found, particularly in regards to someone as divisive as Thatcher, that it’s really important to leave one’s own opinions at the door. How Do You Play Margaret Thatcher? Like This 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Alfred Sherman, the fiercest of Thatcher's many thinkers, told Moore before he died: "She was a woman of beliefs, and beliefs are better than ideas." Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z It was Blair as a little Andrex puppy and he had the toilet paper, taking it back to an outside toilet with Thatcher sitting in it. Martin Rowson and Phill Jupitus: 'Cartoons are a kind of voodoo' 2013-01-28T17:15:26Z Mensch, a prominent Conservative voice on Twitter, said in a message posted to the site that Thatcher, famously known as “the Iron Lady,” would not have wanted it any other way. BBC in Dilemma as Anti-Thatcher Song Climbs Chart 2013-04-12T16:42:54Z Lord Tebbit, who served in a series of ministerial posts under Margaret Thatcher, said the instinct of people at the time was to protect "the system" and not to delve too deeply into uncomfortable allegations. Lord Tebbit hints at political cover-up in 1980s over child abuse 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z What was it about Thatcher that inspired a generation of comics to rage at her? Margaret Thatcher, hero of British comedy 2013-04-10T13:21:01Z "You often get people who say – not necessarily people who agree with her – 'we need a Maggie Thatcher'," he added. Margaret Thatcher biography heralds new chapter for former editor 2013-04-09T15:38:58Z It’s also a trenchant, anarchist-inspired commentary on politics and personal identity in the era of Reagan and Thatcher. New “Watchmen” TV series in development at HBO 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z By framing the story through the eyes of the geriatric, befuddled old Thatcher, the film is profoundly disrespectful – not just of its subject, but of the history that empowered her. The kids are all wrong 2012-05-29T15:20:00Z Neither “Wolf Hall” nor “Bring Up the Bodies” is the Hilary Mantel book most relevant to “The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher,” her new volume of short stories. ‘The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher,’ by Hilary Mantel 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Stuart’s debut is a brilliant, heart-rending work set in decaying working-class neighborhoods around Glasgow of the Thatcher era. Best audiobooks of 2020 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z "This unique opportunity is an ideal way to cut government expense and further prove the merits of liberalized economics Baroness Thatcher spearheaded," the petition reads. Iron Lady or monster? Thatcher film stirs UK passions 2012-01-05T16:50:30Z One publisher, convinced that Thatcher would sue, wrote a note to 10 Downing Street to ask for the PM's blessing. Margaret Thatcher and Spitting Image: we had no idea we would be joined at the hip 2013-04-17T19:00:01Z Paul Weller, I reminded him, had recently called Thatcher and her followers "absolute scum". How Thatcherism politicised the arts in Britain 2013-04-09T10:51:09Z Newsnight broadcast allegations against an unnamed "leading Conservative politician from the Thatcher years" - Lord McAlpine was not named, but was the subject of internet speculation. Jeremy Paxman to quit Newsnight 2014-04-30T19:58:22Z The eight-room property is filled with the fine antiques and books of its owners — Alistair McAlpine, the former treasurer of the Conservative party under Margaret Thatcher, and his wife, Athena, who are avid art collectors. Hotel Rooms With Charm, Off the Radar 2012-10-11T22:02:13Z More fundamentally, Thatcher thought that any goal worth pursuing and any policy worth enacting demanded contention. Seeing Margaret Thatcher Whole 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z "In the 1980s, it was a gathering place for those of us who opposed Margaret Thatcher," he says. Glastonbury: field of dreams 2010-06-04T07:00:00Z The unions were defeated by Margaret Thatcher and lost the ability to represent workers collectively. "They are not victims": Director Ken Loach on his working-class heroes in "Sorry We Missed You" 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Thatcher, of course, dismissed the very idea that politics could make things better. Margaret Thatcher never liked her country 2013-04-14T07:00:00Z The Tories won another landslide victory in 1983 and the following year Thatcher crushed the striking miners. Bring on the blood-spattered bodies – the Tories are in power 2012-06-01T13:18:17Z The Divide says the current inequality problem began with the election of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. Noam Chomsky on Donald Trump: 'Almost a death knell for the human species' 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z The staff tell me most students aren't interested in politics, they are interested in their careers: Mrs Thatcher's onslaught on society has had a lasting fallout. Election memories 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z And Thatcher never regarded its workers or volunteers as an embarrassment. The Real Iron Lady: Working with Margaret Thatcher – review 2013-03-15T19:40:01Z Photograph: Alamy Two hundred years ago the world's "oldest democracy", as Margaret Thatcher liked to call it, was staggeringly undemocratic. Perilous Question: The Drama of the Great Reform Bill 1832 by Antonia Fraser – review 2013-05-03T07:00:17Z Then I asked Mary Kay Thatcher, senior director of congressional relations for the American Farm Bureau Federation, about conservation incentives, she was cautious but not dismissive. One way to get Big Agriculture to clean up its act 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z "We have had some interest," said Nicolas Martineau of Christie's as he explained why the auction house is selling seven Thatcher outfits from the early 1970s. Margaret Thatcher's 70s suits up for sale 2012-08-30T16:02:45Z This quality, uncommon in a politician, hardly guarantees that its holder will reach the desired destination, but it made Thatcher at once ruthless and earnest to an almost unworldly degree. Seeing Margaret Thatcher Whole 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z His account of Thatcher's fall, barely 100 pages, is a masterpiece of reportage. How Margaret Thatcher left her mark on British culture 2013-04-13T17:00:00Z Four of the others — Myles Thatcher’s “Polaris,” Robert Binet’s “The Blue of Distance,” Troy Schumacher’s “Common Ground” and Christopher Wheeldon’s “American Rhapsody” — were danced at the gala; the first three have deepened. Review: ‘Scherzo Fantastique’ Brims With Liberated Energy 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z Meryl Streep, up for her 17th Academy Award, this time for playing Margaret Thatcher, kept things casual Saturday for her rehearsal, arriving in jeans, flats and a black sweater. Oscar turns up the star power for final rehearsal 2012-02-26T03:17:14Z Margaret Thatcher was never in doubt about what was important in life. The Real Iron Lady by Gillian Shephard – digested read 2013-04-07T17:30:01Z In Grantham and afterwards, he abruptly remarks, Thatcher "would never be very interested in people's personalities … only in their actions – and specifically those of their actions that directly concerned her." Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z After the downbeat Lost and Found, an incantation of drowning and rebirth over a poignant piano riff, Mason references a Frankie Boyle gag about Margaret Thatcher. Steve Mason – review 2013-04-12T16:42:19Z Of course, the counter-revolutions of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher changed everything. Socialism vs. barbarism: Only social democracy can defeat the right-wing radicalism of Donald Trump 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Lady Thatcher was never an orator in their class and her voice was always a problem. Does Meryl Streep shine as the Iron Lady? 2011-07-07T14:51:30Z All those national tensions come into play when Thatcher finds himself accused of corrupting students with Darwin’s theory of evolution. Review | In Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Unsheltered,’ Trump is just the latest threat to Earth’s survival 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z And we come to regard Judge Thatcher and his office as a necessary indemnity against financial ruin. Mark Twain invented Mitt 2012-07-06T14:20:00Z The result is a reminder of Carter's fierce humour, as she mocks Thatcher, Charles and Diana, and mid-heeled court shoes. Christmas gifts 2012: the best biographies 2012-11-30T22:55:07Z It was a statement that you made about your biggest influence being Margaret Thatcher? Rachel Kushner meets Nicola Sturgeon: ‘I'm so glad I'm a novelist and not a politician’ 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z I had my own views on Thatcher the person. Margaret Thatcher and Spitting Image: we had no idea we would be joined at the hip 2013-04-17T19:00:01Z Charles Moore's official biography of Baroness Thatcher previously featured on Radio 4 as Book of the Week. Mantel attacks Thatcher book critics 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z But Milton Friedman and Maggie Thatcher were not baby boomers… and I don't think we can be held responsible for all the excesses of an economic liberalism they brought in their train. Talkin' 'bout my generation 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z Free-market economics à la Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher have had a nice run since the 1980s. Fareed Zakaria Looks at Life After the Pandemic 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Traveling side by side, 140 years apart, these alternating stories about Willa and Thatcher maintain their distinctive tones but echo one another in curious, provocative ways. Review | In Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Unsheltered,’ Trump is just the latest threat to Earth’s survival 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Covering the period from Thatcher’s third general election victory in 1987 to her death in 2013, this book considers in detail scores of topics and events. Seeing Margaret Thatcher Whole 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z The news prompted a firestorm of protest on social media and the airwaves, particularly from members of the Conservative Party, which Baroness Thatcher once led. Furor Prompts Another Auction of Margaret Thatcher's Clothes 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Ms. Jackson perceived a different kind of ruthlessness at work in her native Britain, then under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher. Glenda Jackson on Quitting Parliament, Playing Lear and Returning to Broadway 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Within this historical framework, these chapters focus on Thatcher Greenwood, a fictional character who has moved to Vineland to teach science at the free secondary school. Review | In Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Unsheltered,’ Trump is just the latest threat to Earth’s survival 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Less colourfully, Anne Applebaum in the Daily Telegraph argued that "this combination of biography and intellectual history works perfectly … Moore's Thatcher will now become the definitive account." Book reviews roundup: Margaret Thatcher, Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air and A Place in the Country 2013-05-03T16:29:01Z Margaret Thatcher got speech training to lower her voice. Review | Author explains history’s muzzle on powerful women. Removing it is up to you. 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z She pays homage to, and undercuts, the tropes of documentary realism – apart from the Thatcher portraits, her book is all about a profound sense of place and the ghosts that linger there. How Margaret Thatcher's HQ turned into Chateau Despair 2013-02-28T17:24:00Z He supported Mrs. Thatcher because he thought getting rid of the Argentinian fascist junta was a good idea. Quotes on the death of pundit Christopher Hitchens 2011-12-16T13:03:13Z Yet it is a perspective-inducing thought – for critics as well as fans of Margaret Thatcher – that massive funerals do not necessarily mean much in the long term. The tricky art of a state funeral 2013-04-10T13:59:23Z In Thatcher’s time, he says, “theatre had to be entertainment”. 'I'm an expressionist nihilist at heart': the dark allure of Tom Burke 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Some people have argued that Margaret Thatcher was never particularly interested in foreign policy. The Real Iron Lady by Gillian Shephard – digested read 2013-04-07T17:30:01Z At its worst, however, Thatcher’s adversarial approach to politics made her seem adamantine and unfeeling, which created enmity among a meaningful portion of the industrial working class. Seeing Margaret Thatcher Whole 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Permission was also granted to former and existing civil servants to speak freely about the Thatcher years. Thatcher biography due out after funeral 2013-04-08T17:31:09Z Streep is also fascinated by the venom Thatcher provoked, and the film gently asks viewers to consider whether the fact that she is a woman played a part in the strong responses. Meryl Streep on becoming 'The Iron Lady' 2012-01-10T18:45:04Z Over the years, Spitting Image's portrayal of Thatcher developed. Margaret Thatcher and Spitting Image: we had no idea we would be joined at the hip 2013-04-17T19:00:01Z It is the stuff that Pulp lyrics are made of, Thatcher's children, who somehow missed out on the opportunities and wealth so available to the previous generation X-ers. Frankie Boyle gets satirical – and Two and A Half Men star says: stop watching 2012-11-27T15:18:44Z Thatcher notes, “A little while ago I was admiring the competent construction of your spiders’ homes and lamenting my own, without any doubt of our kindred want for shelter.” In Barbara Kingsolver’s New Book, a Family Teeters on the Brink 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z He also carries his bomb-throwing ’70s politics into the era of Reagan and Thatcher, for one of his most accessible and impassioned films. 9 Great Godard Films to Stream Now 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z She hates Thatcher as much as the assassin does, and they engage in a spirited dialogue about whether Irish ancestry counts as serious political commitment or if that’s just malarkey. ‘The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher,’ by Hilary Mantel 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Thatcher once said the currency was "bound to fail, economically, politically and indeed socially." Iron Lady or monster? Thatcher film stirs UK passions 2012-01-05T16:50:30Z Though Thatcher would later emphasize how much she lacked as a child — including hot running water and an inside toilet — her deprived home life was a result of her father’s financial meanness, not poverty. How to Survive a Royal Weekend on ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z When Reagan was elected, he was in a way our Thatcher, and when he was elected I cried. Rachel Kushner meets Nicola Sturgeon: ‘I'm so glad I'm a novelist and not a politician’ 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Then came a dry spell that included 13 nominations without a win before Sunday's award for her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady." God, family make appearance on Oscar red carpet 2012-02-27T11:58:07Z In the film, Thatcher compares Argentina’s annexation of the Falklands to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, though that bombing killed 2,402 U.S. troops and the first Argentine maneuvers killed no Brits. Meryl as Maggie in The Iron Lady: A Stunt of Genius 2011-12-29T16:59:44Z Margaret Thatcher couldn't care less about the British film industry. Margaret Thatcher: the Iron Lady of British film 2013-04-09T07:00:06Z And Myles Thatcher, a member of the San Francisco Ballet’s corps de ballet and a protégé of the choreographer Alexei Ratmansky, will choreograph the first movement of William Walton’s Piano Quartet in D minor. City Ballet Announces 2015-16 Season 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z "We were like a social safety valve, people needed to let off steam during the Thatcher years, but it just got a bit out of hand." Glastonbury festival makes peace with put-upon Pilton 2010-04-30T12:08:00Z In a recent interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Oliver, the eldest of four children of schoolteachers, described himself as a child of the Thatcher era. How John Oliver started a revolution in US TV's political satire 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z Margaret Thatcher was infuriated by the book, but she was not the first prime minister to be angered by Pincher. 'Spycatcher' Harry Pincher dies 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z It is now the host to the first major London revival of the landmark working-class drama “Road,” Jim Cartwright’s mosaic portrait of being unemployed and unmoored in Margaret Thatcher’s Britain in the mid-1980s. How Rupert Murdoch Became the King of England 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z "Economics are the method," Margaret Thatcher told an interviewer in 1981. The Spirit of '45: where did it go? 2013-03-02T16:00:02Z There is some acknowledgement of Thatcher's weaknesses: her obstinacy, her belligerence, her divisiveness, her reckless humiliation of colleagues and the other flaws that eventually led to her downfall. Chateau Despair by Lisa Barnard; The Real Iron Lady by Gillian Shephard – review 2013-03-25T11:00:01Z Mr. Safer used that as a lead-in to a profile of Meryl Streep and her star turn as Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady,” which Mr. Safer called another “tour de force.” Carpetbagger Blog: Meryl Streep, a Subject for the Serious and the Satiric 2011-12-19T15:35:49Z Lee was named after Margaret Thatcher, and, like the Iron Lady, she is the daughter of a grocer. | Margaret Lee’s One-Woman Show 2013-08-20T22:25:40Z Olivia Colman, who as Queen Elizabeth II goes coif to coif with Thatcher, found Anderson’s Thatcher so uncanny that it was “quite scary.” Gillian Anderson brings uncanny ‘Iron Lady’ to ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Her story collection “The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher” — its title story was the result of a painkiller-induced fantasy Mantel once had in the hospital — caused a literary maelstrom. A Writer Who Stared Down Her Past, and the World’s, With Steely Resolve 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z As they’re prone to do, Thatcher said, the Muppets will break the fourth wall and comment on the men and women beneath them. A new Kermit goes Hollywood as 'The Muppets Take the Bowl' 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z I applied to Thatcher’s Enterprise Allowance Scheme, and was given £40 a week. ‘We were let loose’: my art school days, by Peter Blake, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Steve McQueen and more 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z But Streep said Thatcher deserved credit for standing by her convictions despite the "special hatred and ridicule, unprecedented in my opinion, leveled in our time at a public figure who was not a mass murderer". Streep voices admiration for "Iron Lady" she played in film 2013-04-08T17:28:35Z Jonathan Wright When this crime procedural series premiered, there was a Soviet Empire and Margaret Thatcher was still clinging to office. TV highlights 07/07/2011: The Apprentice: The Final Five 2011-07-06T22:00:00Z There’s a Margaret Thatcher voice that British impersonators — men in drag — like to do, and it’s a frightful parody. Arts & Leisure: For ?Iron Lady,? Armor Added to Streep?s Wardrobe 2011-12-23T15:01:39Z I am not someone who agreed with a lot of what Margaret Thatcher did. Margaret Thatcher death celebrations were puerile, says Nick Clegg 2013-04-11T09:48:13Z One of Spitting Image's Margaret Thatcher puppets: 'As she became more strident, the puppet became more manic and manly.' Margaret Thatcher and Spitting Image: we had no idea we would be joined at the hip 2013-04-17T19:00:01Z The question may best be answered by the man who first dreamed up the amphibious footwear category, Mark Thatcher. Weird Times Call for Even Weirder Shoes 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z We were walking along the street outside Brentano's bookstore and Margaret Thatcher's memoirs were in the window, lots of copies. Julia Louis-Dreyfus: bucking the Seinfeld 'curse' 2012-06-15T22:01:46Z Twenty years later, I remembered this film when I decided that I wanted to write a Gothic satire on the Thatcher years, and I appropriated its title and one of its most memorable scenes. Pat Jackson obituary 2011-07-12T18:12:54Z "I see no joy, I see only sorrow, I see no chance of your bright new tomorrow," sang The Beat, urging Thatcher to resign in "Stand Down Margaret." Thatcher had profound effect on popular culture 2013-04-08T16:16:08Z Although she draped herself in the union flag, Thatcher never seemed really to like or understand this country. Margaret Thatcher never liked her country 2013-04-14T07:00:00Z "The Iron Lady," which hits British cinemas on January 6, depicts an aging Thatcher looking back on the highs and lows of her career and the personal price she paid for power. Meryl Streep promotes Thatcher biopic in London 2011-11-14T14:45:49Z The film finished with New Order playing on the soundtrack alongside a Thatcher speech on cruise missiles as Diana's despairing face was frozen on screen. Royal Wedding; Worried About the Boy; Girls and Boys: Sex and British Pop; Ashes to Ashes 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z Meanwhile, The World Made By Women will explore 20,000 years of women's history - from Empress Wu Zeitan to Margaret Thatcher - while several other documentaries will also look at the role of women throughout history. BBC drama Line Of Duty to return 2014-04-08T15:20:56Z To be “handbagged” by Ms. Thatcher even became a verb, well known to rivals, journalists and political bumblers alike who all found themselves ruthlessly dismissed by her when they displeased her. Purse Politics: Tote and Vote 2013-05-31T22:43:24Z His dense, intricate volume, the first of an intended two, follows Thatcher only up to the autumn of 1982, less than a third of the way into her premiership. Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z This was the period when the oil crisis deepened, Margaret Thatcher began her political ascent, older cities saw wealthy residents flee to the suburbs and the environmental movement gained momentum. Our edifice complex: 'High-Rise' and its dystopian architecture hit the big screen 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Taking on Thatcher's unique British accent, however, was no small feat. American actors with the best onscreen British accents, from Peter Dinklage to Renee Zellwegger 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z One Sunday during the Thatcher era, I was on my way up the aisle to communion. Margaret Thatcher never liked her country 2013-04-14T07:00:00Z Other figures from the world of film and theatre took to Twitter to pay tribute to Thatcher. Meryl Streep praises Margaret Thatcher as 'figure of awe' 2013-04-09T09:19:56Z Streep won for dramatic actress as Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady," her eighth win at the Globes. 'The Artist,' 'The Descendants' nab top Golden Globes 2012-01-16T06:12:36Z “I’m assuming no women” will get a cabinet post, the queen says to the newly elected Thatcher. Gillian Anderson brings uncanny ‘Iron Lady’ to ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Anthony Cartwright: 'Thatcher was such a divisive and totemic figure'. Anthony Cartwright: 'The title is intended to provoke a reaction' 2012-08-04T23:05:22Z Thatcher's family were apparently appalled by the prospect of the film, said to involve the former prime minister reassessing her career with some regret after the death of her husband, and while suffering from dementia. Meryl Streep's Margaret Thatcher revealed in first still from The Iron Lady 2011-02-08T12:27:25Z Yes, but about these pop groups that want to get Mrs. Thatcher out of No 10 … I don't mind these … most young people rebel and then gradually they become more realistic. Margaret Thatcher v Smash Hits – a classic interview from the vaults 2013-04-09T11:25:08Z But this putative "hero" is a character of little human interest, whose inability to doubt himself for a moment reminds me forcibly of Margaret Thatcher. 'Turandot': an impressive and moving triumph 2012-08-06T17:38:04Z Some Conservatives have criticized the program’s depiction of Thatcher, played by Gillian Anderson. Fact or fiction? UK govt says ‘The Crown’ should be clear 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z But when Mrs. Thatcher came to visit, the dissidents took to the streets. Book Excerpt: ‘The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher’ 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Moore probably sees Thatcher’s relationship with the left differently. Seeing Margaret Thatcher Whole 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z But it received an almighty fillip with the Thatcher era, allowing everyone from Billy Bragg to Wham! to rally around loathing of one of the most hated figures of modern times. How Margaret Thatcher left her mark on British culture 2013-04-13T17:00:00Z Musicians including Paul Weller and Billy Bragg formed the Red Wedge movement to campaign against Thatcher and for the Labour Party in the 1987 election. Thatcher had profound effect on popular culture 2013-04-08T16:16:08Z They could censor our views; they could rewrite the history books; but they could not prevent us pushing the very fatty pâté that Thatcher so despised up to the top of the weekly pâté charts. Gobbling pâté allowed a nation to scoff at the legacy of Thatcherism 2013-04-20T21:00:03Z Phyllida Lloyd's film will deal with the 17 days before the Falklands war at a time when Thatcher was deeply unpopular. Meryl Streep playing Margaret Thatcher ? what's not to like? 2011-02-08T20:30:31Z Political figures from Winston Churchill through Margaret Thatcher to David Cameron feature in the production, which sees Dame Helen transform herself from a 20-something inexperienced monarch to steely figurehead. Dame Helen to play Queen on Broadway 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z And while there's much to be said about Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher and the stag tragically shot at Balmoral, I'm here to talk about the food. The royal family's Christmas pudding recipe is here 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Ms. Mantel lived in Windsor, England, when Thatcher had eye surgery at a hospital there, and Ms. Mantel’s window had an unobstructed view of the hospital entrance. ‘The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher,’ by Hilary Mantel 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Part of Thatcher's legacy is the lasting effect she had on our culture. Thatcher casts a long shadow 2013-04-08T15:44:23Z In a wider survey in November, a YouGov/Sunday Times poll of 1,700 adults found Thatcher to be the greatest British leader since 1945, ahead even of wartime leader Winston Churchill. Iron Lady or monster? Thatcher film stirs UK passions 2012-01-05T16:50:30Z Decider describes her accent as "deep, diction precise, and delivery borderline camp" in an effort to capture Thatcher's manually altered voice. American actors with the best onscreen British accents, from Peter Dinklage to Renee Zellwegger 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z Thatcher asked the filmmaker, whose film Chaplin was among only 24 British films scheduled for production that year. How Attenborough 'saved' British film 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Like many Britons, Mantel vividly recalls how she felt about Thatcher and her policy of completely deregulated capitalism. Hilary Mantel is not a terrorist: Debunking the ludicrous right-wing backlash to her short story 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Thatcher's free-market policies transformed and divided Britain, unleashing an outpouring of creative anger from her opponents. Thatcher had profound effect on popular culture 2013-04-08T16:16:08Z For caricaturists, at least, Thatcher was always a good little earner. Margaret Thatcher and Spitting Image: we had no idea we would be joined at the hip 2013-04-17T19:00:01Z "I've never asked a prime minister for anything," he said after being questioned whether he had asked then-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to support his bid for the Times newspapers in 1981. At inquiry, Rupert Murdoch defends 50 year record 2012-04-25T13:22:06Z "Thatcher," we hear, "she was a character straight off of Shakespeare's darkest pages." Beanfield 2010-06-03T21:45:00Z Though there’s a Marxist firebrand among the ranks of the show’s workers, for instance, you won’t hear the name Thatcher escape his lips. Sting and Jimmy Nail on the Musical ‘The Last Ship’ 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z She recalled reading a Thatcher quote that said “there’s no such thing as a society,” and “I was so incensed by that, I walked into my closed French windows and almost broke my nose.” Glenda Jackson on Quitting Parliament, Playing Lear and Returning to Broadway 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Ms. Streep researched her part carefully enough to learn even what Mrs. Thatcher carried in her handbag: 3-by-5 cards with adages by Kipling, Shakespeare, Abraham Lincoln and Disraeli. Arts & Leisure: For ?Iron Lady,? Armor Added to Streep?s Wardrobe 2011-12-23T15:01:39Z And the economist Milton Friedman, whose laissez-faire economic theories were embraced by Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, is portrayed as a kind of Antichrist foreshadowing the global meltdown of 2008. Review: ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes,’ a Documentary About Income Inequality 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Like so many aspects of the Thatcher legacy, it's a matter of perspective. Gobbling pâté allowed a nation to scoff at the legacy of Thatcherism 2013-04-20T21:00:03Z Margaret Thatcher's own relationship to cinema was however more complex and more interesting. Margaret Thatcher: the Iron Lady of British film 2013-04-09T07:00:06Z That decision meant introducing the fragile mental health of Thatcher, who suffered a series of small strokes after leaving office. Thatcher's "Iron Lady" image softened by new movie 2011-12-27T13:06:35Z Margaret Thatcher entered Downing Street with the immortal words, “Where there is discord, let me drive a permanent wedge.” Margaret Thatcher: The Authorised Biography – Volume One by Charles Moore - digested read 2013-04-22T23:52:02Z At an international conference in Lisbon in the late 80s, the British faction, among whom were Salman Rushdie, Martin Amis, Malcolm Bradbury and myself, referred back to Thatcher constantly in our presentations. Margaret Thatcher: we disliked her and we loved it 2013-04-09T05:00:00Z The play is a gentle liberal drama, and Haydn Gwynne's strident Thatcher is gently rebuked by the monarch over her opposition to sanctions against apartheid South Africa. Thatcher had profound effect on popular culture 2013-04-08T16:16:08Z When he spoke, it was as if Tim Burton was channelling a repressed Margaret Thatcher. Stage reader review roundup: your take on Damned by Despair and This House 2012-10-12T15:11:55Z The Berlin Wall was about to come down, Mrs Thatcher would soon be gone, and the spread of ecstasy gave pop music a new mood of stampeding optimism. Why I won't be going to see the Stone Roses, by John Harris 2012-06-22T23:15:00Z "Already they're rolling us back to the situation of the Thatcher years, and that took 15 years for the arts to recover," he said. Artist Anish Kapoor warns arts cuts are 'rolling us back to the Thatcher years' 2011-03-03T17:14:53Z In an interview with The Independent of London about “Sacred Hunger” in 1992 — two years after Prime Minister Thatcher left office — he made the connection explicit. Barry Unsworth, Historical Novelist, Dies at 81 2012-06-08T02:47:19Z His mum and dad are aspirational, moving up the social ladder just as Thatcher wanted the working classes to do. How I Killed Margaret Thatcher by Anthony Cartwright – review 2012-08-07T11:25:01Z Would you say Meryl Streep’s talents also contributed to the believability of Margaret Thatcher’s neck in “The Iron Lady”? The Carpetbagger: My Oscar Picks: Sarah Vowell 2012-02-23T20:24:02Z He certainly shows a gift for vivid phrases, such as Nick's accusation to his mother that, "While you were wanking into a chrysanthemum, Margaret Thatcher was making her entrance." The Last of the Haussmans – review 2012-06-20T17:21:31Z Infantile, on my part”, was which writer’s confession of having voted for Margaret Thatcher? The Iron Lady in literature 2013-04-08T14:58:19Z Film, football, sport, cookery – they've all weighed in with their Thatcher memories when, it seems to me, all we're really doing is basically remembering the 1980s. Trailer Trash 2013-04-13T23:05:38Z An indictment of Thatcher's negative achievements ends with "You also saved my life … You were different, like me, and you had to fight to be yourself." Maggie and Me by Damian Barr – review 2013-04-25T09:00:12Z Even those who disagreed with Margaret Thatcher's political views were forced to concede that she was a brilliant woman who was ahead of her time. The Real Iron Lady by Gillian Shephard – digested read 2013-04-07T17:30:01Z Streep paid tribute to Thatcher for rising to the position of prime minister from her upbringing as a grocer's daughter on the back of her own hard work. Streep voices admiration for "Iron Lady" she played in film 2013-04-08T17:28:35Z The papers include an unnerving handwritten note from Savile to Thatcher in which he claims that his "girl patients" are pretending to be jealous because of the time he spent dining with the prime minister. Documents show Jimmy Savile's access to Thatcher 2012-12-28T03:31:05Z I deliberately didn't write about any Thatcher tributes in last weekend's column, figuring that you'd have enough newsprint and TV to wade through. Rewind radio: Jon Ronson On… Being Normal; The Funeral of Baroness Thatcher; Jeremy Vine – review 2013-04-20T21:50:01Z But Morrissey was one of the few public figures to say anything as overt as "the sorrow of the Brighton bombing is that Thatcher escaped unscathed". Acceptable in the 80s 2010-07-29T21:00:00Z And they frankly reveal the narcissism he brought to his long marriage to Molly Day Thatcher, who deserves her own biography someday. Books of The Times: ‘The Selected Letters of Elia Kazan’ 2014-04-16T21:14:50Z “Bill was like, ‘Why don’t we just have the guys in black suits, kind of ninjas, and we just don’t show them on camera?’” said Thatcher, who started working with Jim Henson in 1986. A new Kermit goes Hollywood as 'The Muppets Take the Bowl' 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z The contract for the biography provided that nothing would be published until after Thatcher's death. Margaret Thatcher biography heralds new chapter for former editor 2013-04-09T15:38:58Z "How are you feeling about Margaret Thatcher tonight?" asks Atlanta's Killer Mike – Michael Render to his mum – of a room full of raised middle fingers. Killer Mike – review 2013-02-15T15:19:00Z A glamorous Margaret Thatcher in London, 1974: ‘Her lack of emotional intelligence was one of the flaws that eventually provoked key members of her cabinet to regicidal revolt.’ Margaret Thatcher: The Authorised Biography, Volume One: Not for Turning by Charles Moore – review 2013-04-27T13:00:11Z Thatcher was proud to be the only trained scientist ever to be prime minister, and she believed in the value of evidence. Seeing Margaret Thatcher Whole 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Several years ago, a general discussion took place to explore whether some pieces from the wardrobe of Baroness Thatcher might be added to the V&A’s collection. Furor Prompts Another Auction of Margaret Thatcher's Clothes 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z The Epping-based anarchist collective were among the most strident musical opponents of Thatcher. Five songs about Margaret Thatcher 2013-04-08T13:36:00Z "Margaret Thatcher was the most divisive and destructive Prime Minister of modern times," wrote Ken Loach in a statement. Meryl Streep praises Margaret Thatcher as 'figure of awe' 2013-04-09T09:19:56Z In early 2019, a Christie’s auction catalog crossed his desk that included a group of Mrs. Thatcher’s scarves. Tech Bro Uniform Meets Margaret Thatcher. Disruption Ensues. 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z But that was what Mrs Thatcher said in advance of the 1979 election. Alistair Darling turns hard man but Vince Cable gets all the laughs 2010-03-29T21:22:00Z The publisher said that Thatcher also supported requests for interviews with others, including those who worked most closely with her and her family. Thatcher biography due out after funeral 2013-04-08T17:31:09Z This was one of satire's problems with Thatcher. Margaret Thatcher had the last laugh in comedy 2013-04-10T14:34:29Z And plenty of the characters in the novel want Margaret Thatcher stopped. Anthony Cartwright: 'The title is intended to provoke a reaction' 2012-08-04T23:05:22Z But the enemy here, the conservative government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, is within rather than without. ‘Pride’ Shows the Alliance of a Gay Group and Mineworkers 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Amid her many achievements, it is often forgotten that Margaret Thatcher was first and foremost a woman. The Real Iron Lady by Gillian Shephard – digested read 2013-04-07T17:30:01Z The actor issued a statement after Thatcher's death at the age of 87 on Monday, which followed a stroke. Meryl Streep praises Margaret Thatcher as 'figure of awe' 2013-04-09T09:19:56Z As Thatcher's premiership thundered through its third term, Leigh's feature – his first made specifically for cinema since 1971's Bleak Moments – attempted to come to terms with the ongoing scorched-earth of the British left. The films that defined the Thatcher era 2013-04-08T17:40:00Z Billy Elliot was not the only West End show to feel the impact of Thatcher's death. Billy Elliott's Thatcher vote 2013-04-09T14:10:43Z To be fair, most of the nation didn't watch Carol Thatcher on I'm a Celebrity. Olivia Colman: 'It's slightly scary … it could all go wrong' 2013-07-07T17:30:00Z And with Thatcher, I wonder if the same thing is about to happen. Perhaps Margaret Thatcher's death will bring us clarity 2013-04-12T11:01:00Z Click to enlarge I first met Margaret Thatcher in 1974 when I was an education officer working for Norwich city council. The Real Iron Lady by Gillian Shephard – digested read 2013-04-07T17:30:01Z In 1994, when he undertook the first of two commissions to paint Mrs. Thatcher he rejected the big-shouldered power suits she had planned to wear for the sitting. Nelson Shanks, Who Painted the Prominent, Dies at 77 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z People say at least you knew where you were with Margaret Thatcher. Margaret Thatcher had the last laugh in comedy 2013-04-10T14:34:29Z Hanging over the stairs is a picture of Thatcher flashing a two-fingered salute. Maggie's nightclub ? the ultimate tribute to Thatcher 2010-11-22T20:30:00Z Margaret Thatcher considered introducing advertising to some BBC radio programmes just a few months after becoming prime minister. Thatcher considered adverts on BBC 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z In April, he upset readers with an article in The Guardian that some felt danced on Margaret Thatcher's grave. Russell Brand: messiah or very naughty boy? 2013-06-15T23:05:40Z Mrs. Thatcher: Ladies and gentlemen, the Secretary of State for Defense has just come over to give me some very good news . Book Excerpt: ‘The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher’ 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z “Handbagged” does much the same, loosely dramatizing the weekly meetings between the queen and her prime minister Margaret Thatcher — a ritual treated with much greater formality in “The Audience.” At the End of Her Reign, the Queen Takes a Bow Onstage 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z When I appeared as Thatcher in the play, my entrance didn’t happen till the second half. How Do You Play Margaret Thatcher? Like This 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z "And there is almost a subconscious acknowledgment that to play someone of the magnitude of Thatcher you need a megastar." 'The Iron Lady' shows Thatcher still divides Brits 2011-12-21T11:12:16Z No, we don't mean Margaret Thatcher, though her decease prompted ruminations about her cinematic era and the effect it's had since. Close up: paying tribute to Roger Ebert 2013-04-11T14:59:08Z And there are the city suits and bowlers symbolic of London’s financial district before Margaret Thatcher opened it up to international traders. 2010-01-11T12:05:00Z You turn yourself into Margaret Thatcher, of course, an even bolder and bossier one, who changed the way people think about Britain. Arts & Leisure: For ?Iron Lady,? Armor Added to Streep?s Wardrobe 2011-12-23T15:01:39Z Or Thatcher’s England where a working-class girl from Accrington could go to Oxford and receive not just a free education but a generous maintenance as well? Columns That Scrutinized, and Skewered, the Literary World 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Streep previously won a Bafta in 1982 for The French Lieutenant's Woman There were no surprises in the best actress category though, where Meryl Streep was rewarded for playing Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. Baftas 2012: France takes on Hollywood on British turf 2012-02-13T04:28:46Z These are the classics of a bygone age before the Thatcher era and the rise of postmodernism changed British television and seemed to make the ambitious art documentary a thing of the past. Civilisation in HD: Which other shows deserve a high-def makeover? 2011-02-09T11:29:55Z In her upcoming film, Streep will play British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the upcoming "The Iron Lady." Ma, Diamond, Streep receive Kennedy Center Honors 2011-12-05T14:27:10Z Margaret Thatcher was thus described by Geri in the group’s famous Spectator interview in 1996, which serious commentators fell over themselves to parse. I'm not sure a Spice Girls invite is what Theresa May really, really wants 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Musical responses to Thatcher came in three varieties. The villain of political pop 2013-04-08T17:00:00Z Not till Margaret Thatcher did the Conservatives shake off their image as the party of toffs and fuddy-duddies – an image the current crop of Etonians is busily restoring. An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo by Richard Davenport-Hines – review 2013-01-04T10:00:01Z There is evidence, she says, that Thatcher thought a lot about her clothes. Designs to build character 2011-12-19T18:14:04Z He was anti-communist and anti-union; he both supported and socialized with Tory Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at a time when most British artists were vocally left-wing and detested her. Review | ‘Tom Stoppard: A Life’ documents the professional successes and glamorous social life of a storied playwright 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z Several of the guests were impressed by Mrs. Thatcher, Mr. Farndale wrote, but Mr. Thomas’s effort to broker a following for her in the world of letters and learning yielded ambivalent results. Hugh Thomas, Prodigious Author of Spanish History, Dies at 85 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z “The law backs that old Judge Thatcher up and helps him to keep me out o’ my property … A man can’t get his rights in a govment like this.” Mark Twain invented Mitt 2012-07-06T14:20:00Z And it was also a real political narrowing in Britain that was undeniably Thatcher led. Why Idris Elba Chose Comedy to Tell His Most Personal Story 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z And Mansel points out that Margaret Thatcher, the United Kingdom’s first female prime minister, wore “slightly formal clothes, slightly like the queen’s, and always a handbag.” Queen Elizabeth, fashion icon? Yes. 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z By the time she is growing up in the 1980s, however, the pits are tapped out, the industry eviscerated by Thatcher and the inhabitants scraping by on government benefits and booze. Review: ‘How to Build a Girl,’ by Caitlin Moran Margaret Thatcher is on record as saying, 'Oh, there was no conflict with the Queen at all.' Stephen Daldry 2013-02-10T07:00:19Z Streep, who has already won a Golden Globe for her turn as Thatcher, is heavily favored to bag an Oscar for the role. Silence is golden as "The Artist" scoops 7 BAFTAs 2012-02-13T12:34:09Z Spitting Image was nearly called Rubber News Other working titles included the Acme Satire Company and – apologies if the following image is distressing – Hands Up Mrs Thatcher. The voice of Lester Piggott as Del-Boy, and other 80s telly secrets 2010-08-13T23:06:00Z It will be the company’s fifth premiere this season after four new works — by Robert Binet, Justin Peck, Troy Schumacher and Myles Thatcher — were shown at the fall gala on Sept. 30. Kim Brandstrup Brings ‘Jeux’ and Follows a Different Path to City Ballet 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z At least you won’t be alone: this is Margaret Thatcher’s experience in an excruciating scene in the new season of “The Crown.” How to Survive a Royal Weekend on ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z He confesses that "for half a second", as he and Adele travelled across the Alps from Venice to Paris on honeymoon, he was "elated" when he heard that Thatcher had died. Iain Banks: the final interview 2013-06-15T07:07:55Z It was Thatcher's government and Reagan in America that put that process into reverse. Talkin' 'bout my generation 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z A lot of their comedy was in reaction to Margaret Thatcher, or "Thatch" as Elton, their fellow Manchester student, dubbed her, but a lot of it was sheer high-energy nonsense and gooning about. Rik Mayall obituary 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Photograph: Demotix/Corbis Nick Clegg has condemned a series of parties celebrating the death of Lady Thatcher as "puerile" and "childish", and not in keeping with the sombre mood of the nation. Margaret Thatcher death celebrations were puerile, says Nick Clegg 2013-04-11T09:48:13Z Thatcher was a woman succeeding in a man's world when it was unbelievably unusual ... Iron Lady or monster? Thatcher film stirs UK passions 2012-01-05T16:50:30Z They chose to depict Thatcher, now 86, as a confused, lonely woman looking back on past glories, and doing so takes the kind of guts once exhibited by the former British prime minister herself. Thatcher's "Iron Lady" image softened by new movie 2011-12-27T13:06:35Z That said, we still have a massive lack of social housing: hardly any has been built since Thatcher, and housing associations have become more like developers. Home truths: architects tackle the housing crisis 2012-07-11T17:15:59Z But the virtue of this scene is that it leads to the one serious political debate over Thatcher's determined refusal to apply sanctions to South Africa. The Audience – review 2013-03-05T23:02:01Z “The Iron Lady,” in which she plays Margaret Thatcher, appealed to her because it ricochets around many of the themes she’s long been interested in. she tells the writer, Vicki Woods. Carpetbagger Blog: Meryl Streep, Cover Girl 2011-12-12T19:30:45Z Sylvia Syms, a British actress whose many roles in a career of more than 60 years included Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the Queen Mother, died on Friday in London. Sylvia Syms, Versatile British Actress, Is Dead at 89 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Margaret Thatcher took elocution lessons in the 1970s as she prepared to become the Conservative Party’s leader and ultimately prime minister. War of words 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z "People who are interested in Mrs Thatcher and people who are interested in fashion." Margaret Thatcher's 70s suits up for sale 2012-08-30T16:02:45Z A year later, she angered conservative British politicians and set off another media maelstrom when she published a short story that imagined the planned assassination of Margaret Thatcher by an I.R.A. sniper. For Hilary Mantel, There’s No Time Like the Past 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Thatcher died at London's Ritz hotel on Monday after suffering a stroke. "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead" hits UK chart on Thatcher's death 2013-04-10T13:48:12Z Thatcher biographer Charles Moore, ex-editor of the Sunday and Daily Telegraph, in his former office in London. Margaret Thatcher biography heralds new chapter for former editor 2013-04-09T15:38:58Z They speak, bleakly, of rising fascism and censorship, of Berlusconi's grip on power, and his idolisation of Thatcher. Tilda Swinton and Luca Guadagnino: a match made in arthouse cinema heaven 2010-04-01T21:30:00Z It's not usually noted in routine hagiographies of Margaret Thatcher, supposedly a rock of purpose and integrity, that she was actually the woman who made government and advertising more or less interchangeable. Mad Men: the future of American film is on television 2010-09-08T08:01:00Z For $700 one could by a first edition of Margaret Thatcher’s “The Path to Power,” signed by her. The Baumans, Sellers of Really, Really Rare Books 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z It will be the 75-year-old's ninth general election, since first covering the 1979 results which saw Margaret Thatcher become prime minister. Paxman to host Channel 4 election 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z So Margaret Thatcher, circa 1978, is advised in the teaser trailer, released last week, for the forthcoming film The Iron Lady. Shooting the Iron Lady 2011-07-10T21:50:01Z I think Thatcher was an absolute fairy godmother. The villain of political pop 2013-04-08T17:00:00Z Her turn as Thatcher has put her on the short-list for Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards in January, ahead of the Oscar nominations announcement on January 26. Meryl Streep gets glowing reviews as UK's Thatcher 2011-12-29T21:41:27Z Can you imagine going to bed and your partner’s looking at Thatcher videos on YouTube? How Do You Play Margaret Thatcher? Like This 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Hugo insisted I read the Tory party manifesto that had ushered Thatcher into 10 Downing Street. Margaret Thatcher and Spitting Image: we had no idea we would be joined at the hip 2013-04-17T19:00:01Z Seeing the British conservative who most shaped Margaret Thatcher’s worldview, Keith Joseph, described as a domestic neoconservative makes blinding sense when you think about it. Andrew Sullivan on the War Within Conservatism and Why It Matters to All of Us 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z “Also the Thatcher policies, which have accelerated global inequality.” Tech Bro Uniform Meets Margaret Thatcher. Disruption Ensues. 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Thatcher's ideologically driven cuts of the 1980s often saw theatre retreat both creatively and organisationally. Spending review cuts will bruise, but artists must not fight alone 2010-10-21T16:09:00Z They are also dictated by something that Thatcher knew and loved: pounds and pence. Thatcher Ding Dong! chart campaign is puerile – but the best protest available 2013-04-11T11:46:33Z But it is a work for the ages: It will be the font from which every serious appraisal of Thatcher and Thatcher’s Britain draws. Seeing Margaret Thatcher Whole 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z I wasn't a supporter of Margaret Thatcher but she was good material, because she had such a strong personality. General election 2010: the art of the political poster 2010-04-27T07:00:00Z Robin Harris worked with Thatcher, often "closely" in his words, for a quarter of a century from the late 70s, as a speechwriter, ghostwriter, adviser, organiser and diehard supporter. Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z After all, the only alternative Western role model was Margaret Thatcher. Hillary Clinton and Theresa May Herald a New Age in Power Dressing 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Now the "Devil Wears Prada" star is a frontrunner again for her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady". Streep, tipped for glory, says Oscars still matter 2011-12-01T18:43:09Z Tammy attempts to live the Thatcher dream, organising the street party herself, taking the initiative and collecting £72 in ticket sales. Royal Wedding and Nelson's Hospital: A Time Team Special 2010-05-18T05:45:00Z However, around the time of the fifth anniversary, television fiction became the major battleground over how Thatcher's crusade should be recorded by broadcasters. Falklands on film: how broadcasters have handled Margaret Thatcher's war 2013-04-14T12:23:21Z But Margaret Thatcher became prime minister that year, and her administrations imposed a general moral retrenchment on television. Flashing the flesh – a history of TV nudity 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z As prime minister, one of Thatcher's ambitions was to make Britain more competitive; posthumously, it's clear that included her biographers. Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z Ecstasy is set in 1979, when Margaret Thatcher is set to change the country. This week's new theatre 2011-03-05T00:07:36Z During her premiership, Thatcher was generally seen as a comic fantasy figure, representing either reassuring domesticity or monstrous fanaticism. How will Meryl Streep's Margaret Thatcher compare to past portrayals of the Iron Lady? 2011-02-10T15:26:00Z As Margaret Thatcher recedes into history, perhaps her image will soften, as happens to even the most consequential and controversial political leaders. Riff: Riff: The Iron Lady as Anti-Muse 2011-09-25T04:33:02Z He's expecting a return to the dread and militancy of the Thatcher era. Alan Bennett: 'I've often wanted to be bolder' 2010-11-23T08:00:00Z Margaret Thatcher's dresses that are up for sale at the Christie's auction house. Margaret Thatcher's 70s suits up for sale 2012-08-30T16:02:45Z Margaret Thatcher won the Tory leadership contest the previous year. Bring on the blood-spattered bodies – the Tories are in power 2012-06-01T13:18:17Z My copy of Charles Moore's Margaret Thatcher biography has just arrived. Best holiday reads 2013 2013-07-14T07:00:00Z "She makes me feel like I can do that," said Sherry, gesturing towards Margaret Thatcher, who just happened to be on TV in the room at the time. Royal Wedding; Worried About the Boy; Girls and Boys: Sex and British Pop; Ashes to Ashes 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z Oval House's Counterculture season continues with The Lady's Not for Walking Like an Egyptian, which melds Thatcher speeches with the top 10 hits of 80s female singers. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-02-08T15:48:00Z He was Britain’s chief behind-the-scenes Foreign Office fixer for Margaret Thatcher and her foreign secretary, Lord Carrington, in the twists and turns of diplomacy culminating in the Lancaster House conference of 1979. Much to be thankful for 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z The writing never stops, not since the aggravating block as Hare grappled with the meaning of Thatcher’s election. David Hare’s political stages 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z In fact Labour split, which more than any other single factor enabled the continuing dominance of Thatcher. Ralph Miliband and sons 2010-09-06T07:00:00Z "He had been declining for some time and it was not completely unexpected," his son, Thatcher Drew, said. Pioneer of cinema vérité director Robert L. Drew dies at 90 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Brown and Blair are not Knights of the Garter, a ceremonial order of chivalry, while Major and Thatcher are. Britain revokes wedding invite for Syria envoy 2011-04-28T12:27:19Z No wonder Margaret Thatcher always looked so irritated. Crib Sheet: The 10 Things to Talk About This Weekend 2011-02-16T21:37:02Z "As far as the film industry goes, everything has gone global," said Thatcher, referring to the increasing amount of soundtrack recording done overseas. French horn musicians converge in L.A., where Hollywood meets classical 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z No matter how punk came dressed, it was as if it had heard Thatcher’s footsteps coming down the hallway and, cosmically, tried to prepare us for her. Donald Trump, Dante and the End of Your Elitist Tastes 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z The Six Thatchers opened with characters literally editing that murder out of history. Sherlock: how the TV phenomenon became an annoying self-parody 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z Conservatives select a promising young woman, Margaret Thatcher, as their candidate for Finchley. David Kynaston’s ‘Modernity Britain: 1957-1962’ 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z I've always thought Withnail and I was one of the great films about Thatcher's London in the 1980s, even though of course it was Bruce Robinson's personal memoir of the end of the 1960s. Trailer Trash 2013-04-13T23:05:38Z “I think the queen was very puzzled by Margaret Thatcher, because she jumped class,” Dean Palmer, the author of “The Queen and Mrs. Thatcher: An Inconvenient Relationship,” said in a telephone interview. How to Survive a Royal Weekend on ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Writing on Thatcher for the Guardian, his criticism of her seemed to revolve around what an unloving mother she must have been. If only Russell Brand could use his cleverness for more than humiliation 2013-06-19T14:27:24Z Mrs Thatcher liberated us from most of this, and made Britain more like the America of the movies. Cemetery Junction may be joyous, but Brits were born to be glum 2010-04-19T10:03:00Z “Handbagged,” meanwhile, a satire at the Vaudeville Theatre about the testy relations between Queen Elizabeth II and former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, proved to be a slight, mildly amusing comedy stretched to a laborious two-hours-plus. In London, stages are set for pleasure Mr Chávez, the famous leader of Latin America’s left, would be on one side and Mr. Vargas Llosa, an avowed admirer of Margaret Thatcher of Britain, on the other. Waiting for Luggage With Vargas Llosa 2010-10-07T18:17:00Z Even the most committed critic of Thatcher has to admit that she put herself together with some flair. Snubbing Margaret Thatcher’s Clothes 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Thatcher's continuing ability to divide opinion was apparent as observers variously envied these young people their blissful ignorance of Thatcher or argued that the pros and cons of Thatcherism be taught in every school. Was Margaret Thatcher the first Spice Girl? 2013-04-09T16:27:14Z In the case of Margaret Thatcher, it was Michael Heseltine, her nemesis but not her successor. Boris Johnson reminds Tories of what David Cameron has lost 2012-10-06T23:08:26Z Mr. Thatcher, on the other hand, came to Mr. Martins’s attention through Helgi Tomasson, the director of the San Francisco Ballet, who sent tapes of his work. New York City Ballet Gambles on Unknown Choreographers 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z The recounting of Thatcher's dark-horse dash through the Conservative party pack and tumultuous premiership is efficient rather than revelatory. Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z I’d been thinking, we don’t know it now, but we’ll look back with fondness on the time Mrs. Thatcher was here: new friendships formed in the street, chitchat about plumbers whom we hold in common. Book Excerpt: ‘The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher’ 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Within Shephard's collection of accounts of working with Thatcher – as provided by former advisers, ministers, and journalists – there do lurk some gems. The Real Iron Lady: Working with Margaret Thatcher – review 2013-03-15T19:40:01Z The full text of Streep's statement following Thatcher's death is as follows: Margaret Thatcher was a pioneer, willingly or unwillingly, for the role of women in politics. Meryl Streep praises Margaret Thatcher as 'figure of awe' 2013-04-09T09:19:56Z The Lopakhin who triumphs over this family estate in north-east Scotland at the end of the winter of discontent is, like Thatcher, the child of a grocer. The Cherry Orchard 2010-04-20T22:30:00Z In April 2013, "Ding-dong the Witch is Dead" from the Wizard of Oz musical rose to No.2 in the official charts following the death of former Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher. 'Liar liar': Sales boom for song attacking Theresa May ahead of election 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Paul Thatcher Smith was born in San Diego on April 17, 1922. Paul Smith, Jazz Pianist, Is Dead at 91 2013-07-03T23:57:46Z After all, Patagonia and Margaret Thatcher are not two names most people would put in the same sentence. Tech Bro Uniform Meets Margaret Thatcher. Disruption Ensues. 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Spoiler alert: this recap contains spoilers to the Sherlock episode The Six Thatchers, which aired on 1 January 2017. Sherlock recap: series four, episode one – The Six Thatchers 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z For unlike Thatcher he would ditch even the identity of nation in favour of a globalised identity. The Undivided Past: History Beyond Our Differences by David Cannadine – review 2013-04-11T09:00:01Z She also wrote The Iron Lady, which starred Meryl Streep in an Oscar-winning role as former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. Abi Morgan to pen new BBC cop drama 2013-09-24T15:02:58Z There are occasional echoes of all those titles, with their collective veneration of the beleaguered British industrial worker in the notorious Thatcher era. Sting's former self is at the center of 'Last Ship' 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z The band’s hits included “Mirror in the Bathroom,” ”Tears of a Clown” and “Stand Down Margaret,” a political anthem directed at Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. English beat founder ‘Ranking Roger’ Charlery dies at 56 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z It remains pop's most accomplished portrait of the Thatcher era, though it was not short of competition. How Thatcherism politicised the arts in Britain 2013-04-09T10:51:09Z Thatcher broke entrenched gender and class barriers in her rise from humble beginnings as a grocer's daughter to leader of the centre-right Conservative Party and then prime minister. Iron Lady or monster? Thatcher film stirs UK passions 2012-01-05T16:50:30Z People say he's a sell out because he did all that Thatcher material. BBC axes Ben Elton's The Wright Way after Twitter mauling 2013-07-09T15:33:13Z Temple finds flickering black-and-white footage from the Victorian and Edwardian capital and will splice it with 80s analogue video, showing Margaret Thatcher outside Downing Street. London: The Modern Babylon – review 2012-08-02T19:00:01Z The Specials formed in 1977 just as the punk revolution was waning, their rise coinciding with the start of Margaret Thatcher’s reign and a deepening recession. Music: The Specials, Ska Revivalists, Enjoy a Revival 2010-04-01T21:52:00Z Back then Blair promised a bright future; now the future, particularly in the north-east, is potentially as bleak as it was under Thatcher. Our mutual friends 2010-09-17T23:05:00Z Rushdie, 65, said he met Thatcher just once, at an annual Scotland Yard gathering held for those being protected. Rushdie remembers Thatcher's `great life' 2013-04-08T18:49:08Z Thatcher's transformation into a stage and screen character started not long after she took office. Thatcher had profound effect on popular culture 2013-04-08T16:16:08Z He was a character of his time," said Oldman, "and if you look at him now, Bex says everything about the Thatcher years. Trailer Trash 2013-04-13T23:05:38Z While the moral panics of past eras can seem ridiculous, this week's Thatcher controversy shows that the central issue - which is worse, censorship or causing offense? - is both complex and unresolved. Thatcher song joins list of tunes BBC censored 2013-04-12T15:45:09Z She stumbles upon the story of Thatcher Greenwood, the science teacher who lived on their land. Barbara Kingsolver’s New Novel Moves Between the Distant Past and the Troubled Present 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Charles Moore's biography of Margaret Thatcher immediately supercedes all earlier books written about her. Thatcher biographies rushed into print 2013-04-09T10:26:06Z Margaret Thatcher, a champion of conservative values, always wore skirts, but Hillary Clinton and Angela Merkel are rarely seen in them. On the World's Oldest Trousers 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z On-screen, the character of Thatcher had a jokey cameo at the end of the 1981 James Bond movie "For Your Eyes Only," but for left-wing directors, she was no laughing matter. Thatcher had profound effect on popular culture 2013-04-08T16:16:08Z He said it was in line with the wishes of the Thatcher family and had been decided many years ago by the previous government, which initiated plans for Operation True Blue. Margaret Thatcher death celebrations were puerile, says Nick Clegg 2013-04-11T09:48:13Z There were cuts, they tell me, in the Thatcher years. Andris Nelsons 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z Early in her career, Thatcher takes advice from political consultants who tell her to lose her ultrafeminine, fussy style, particularly her hats. Designs to build character 2011-12-19T18:14:04Z Reviews of The Iron Lady have been lukewarm in Thatcher's home country. Streep set for BAFTA glory in home of "Iron Lady" 2012-02-12T10:05:37Z “From the death of Catherine the Great to the election of Margaret Thatcher, no women were technically ruling European states,” she said. Amid Diamond Jubilee Fever, Scholars Reflect on Monarchy 2012-05-28T16:54:59Z The parents of deregulation were Reagan in the US and Thatcher in Britain. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z He accused Thatcher and Norman Tebbit, her "acolyte and fellow Munsters evacuee", of breaking an "unseen bond" of community connecting all Britons. Russell Brand: messiah or very naughty boy? 2013-06-15T23:05:40Z Michael Foot, on the other hand, was the best-read politician of modern times but unable to overcome the monstrous political dreadnought that was Margaret Thatcher. Election 2010: What happened to the arts? 2010-05-03T12:04:00Z In the second episode, “The Balmoral Test,” the relationship between the queen and Thatcher sours during trips to the queen’s private residence in Scotland. How to Survive a Royal Weekend on ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Though Streep won an Oscar for playing Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady,” she said that performance was instructive only up to a point. Meryl Streep for President 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Thatcher approached Moore in 1997 offering access to herself and her papers, and ruled that it should not be published in her lifetime. Lady Thatcher's authorised biography sparks excitement and scepticism 2013-04-19T18:33:00Z In the movie, Thatcher is shown ordering Britain's military to sink the Argentine warship Belgrano, which killed 323 Argentine sailors and remains controversial because the ship was considered to be outside the war zone. Thatcher movie opens in Argentina to tough reviews 2012-02-02T17:53:07Z The best actress category includes two performers playing real-life icons - Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe in "My Week With Marilyn" and Meryl Streep as former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady." 'Artist,' 'Tinker Tailor' up for UK film awards 2012-01-17T12:40:16Z Portas appeared to be a natural Tory – somebody who had pulled herself up by her own designer laces, overcome adversity to succeed in business, a rock star Maggie Thatcher for the 21st century. Mary Portas: 'I'm one of the best in the world at retail' 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z There are exceptions: Some women, like the late Baroness Margaret Thatcher, become "life peers" by the monarch's appointment, not by inheritance. In UK, aristocrats still face 'Downton' dilemma 2013-04-12T14:27:08Z Photograph: ITV / Rex Features Debate continues on whether Margaret Thatcher saved or destroyed British industry, but there is one industry that she practically created. Margaret Thatcher, hero of British comedy 2013-04-10T13:21:01Z To the satirical puppeteers of popular 1980s TV series "Spitting Image," Thatcher was a cigar-smoking bully, a butcher with a bloody cleaver, a domineering leader ruling over her docile Cabinet. Thatcher had profound effect on popular culture 2013-04-08T16:16:08Z But when offered the role of Mrs. Thatcher, Ms. Streep didn’t hesitate. Arts & Leisure: For ?Iron Lady,? Armor Added to Streep?s Wardrobe 2011-12-23T15:01:39Z Thatcher, like Khomeini, thrived on ideological aggression and brooked no dissent. Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl – review 2013-07-07T07:01:13Z And when they want to get Mrs Thatcher out of No 10 – I've usually not met most of them. Margaret Thatcher v Smash Hits – a classic interview from the vaults 2013-04-09T11:25:08Z In 1979, Mr. Thomas became chairman of the Center for Policy Studies, a right-wing policy institute whose supporters included Margaret Thatcher before and after she was elected prime minister, serving from 1979 to 1990. Hugh Thomas, Prodigious Author of Spanish History, Dies at 85 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z If you've seen a Hollywood movie in the past 30 years, chances are excellent that you've heard the majestic horn playing of James Thatcher. French horn musicians converge in L.A., where Hollywood meets classical 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z More widely, Thatcher's conviction politics had a literary and cultural dividend that was completely unintended. Margaret Thatcher's mark on books 2013-04-09T14:00:02Z “Footwear connects you to the earth, to feelings of well-being, agility and health in general,” Mr. Thatcher said. Weird Times Call for Even Weirder Shoes 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z "A character so controversial for her own citizens, the citizens of the world and especially for Argentines, Thatcher deserves a better movie," huffed La Nacion. Thatcher movie opens in Argentina to tough reviews 2012-02-02T17:53:07Z These quirks and the pivotal role she played in the British 20th century mean many people have played Thatcher, in everything from films, plays, television shows and drag performances. How Do You Play Margaret Thatcher? Like This 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z In a TV clip, Thatcher is shown baring her teeth in a feral smile, her eyes gleaming, as she vows to crush the National Union of Mineworkers. ‘Pride’ Shows the Alliance of a Gay Group and Mineworkers 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z I'm not sure if this passion for the watery past extended into the 90s: certainly it's tempting to guess at the national psychology that made the sea so seductive in Thatcher's Britain. The Mary Rose museum has cast me adrift on a sea of 80s nostalgia 2013-05-30T16:00:01Z But it takes a good ear and a sense of humour – more Disraeli or Churchill than Gladstone, Salisbury or Margaret Thatcher. When politicians go pop – the perils of trying to appear 'in touch' 2012-12-18T14:30:01Z Meryl Streep, winning best actress in a drama for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady,” said she would like to thank “my agent, Kevin Huvane, and god: Harvey Weinstein.” ?The Artist? and ?The Descendants? Win Golden Globes 2012-01-16T05:19:04Z Reporter: Are we going to declare war on Argentina, Mrs. Thatcher? Book Excerpt: ‘The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher’ 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z The story Laffer and his conservative allies tell about his career is a highlight reel of tax-cutting successes, starring leaders whose economic plans he helped conceive, including British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Reagan and Trump. Tax-cut guru still says he’s right about Trump, Truss and trickle-down 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Set four years after Baroness Thatcher took office in 1979, Mantel's story imagines the killing of the prime minister by an IRA sniper. Mantel attacks Thatcher book critics 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Some must have heard about The Iron Lady, the Margaret Thatcher bio-fantasy that earned Meryl Streep a Globe statuette last night. MLK Run: Contraband Filches the Holiday Weekend from Beauty and the Beast 2012-01-16T23:04:53Z The flurry of tweets questioning who she was, however, provides a useful reminder that awareness of, let alone reverence for, Thatcher is as far from universal as it is for other aspects of her era. Was Margaret Thatcher the first Spice Girl? 2013-04-09T16:27:14Z To the best of my knowledge he never read The House of Sleep, another book of mine that critiqued Thatcher. Perhaps Margaret Thatcher's death will bring us clarity 2013-04-12T11:01:00Z The poll tax riots, unlike the race riots of 1981, did not cement the Thatcher government's hold on power, but were a symptom of its convulsive death agonies. Film review: One Night in Turin 2010-05-06T21:30:00Z He also revealed that the script had been changed to reflect the death of Baroness Thatcher, with David Cameron's character making reference to the funeral. A Curious night at the Olivier Awards 2013-04-29T07:53:19Z Thatcher, a King Charles Cavalier, can't stop buzzing about his Halloween party plans. Pet Costume Contest 2010-09-24T19:42:00Z Winner himself had been a fervent supporter of Margaret Thatcher, before a Blairite conversion. Michael Winner 2013-01-21T17:28:09Z Beard points to Margaret Thatcher taking elocution lessons to deepen her voice, and to the trusty pantsuit favored by female politicians. From Ancient Myths to Modern Day, Women and the Struggle for Power 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z They advised Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, became gurus to reformers in post-Communist Eastern Europe and elsewhere and inspired others in China, India and the rest of Asia. ‘Chicagonomics’ and ‘Economics Rules’ 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z "The play was a reaction to the fact that theatre was being devalued under Thatcher," she says. Timberlake Wertenbaker: 'I'd love to write for Holby City' 2013-01-14T18:45:02Z Thatcher is first introduced to “The Crown” through the lens of the British class system. How to Survive a Royal Weekend on ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z While her performance in The Iron Lady has been well-received in Thatcher's home country, the overall film has had lukewarm reviews. Silence is golden as "The Artist" scoops 7 BAFTAs 2012-02-13T12:34:09Z The economist Joseph Stiglitz reminds us that, with the stripping back of the state under Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, we lost capacity. Patterns of pain: what Covid-19 can teach us about how to be human 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z He was a great admirer of Thatcher, my dad. Perhaps Margaret Thatcher's death will bring us clarity 2013-04-12T11:01:00Z I found last Monday night's coverage of Mrs Thatcher's death rather good. Rewind TV: Mad Men; Thatcher coverage; Off Their Rockers – review 2013-04-13T21:45:01Z As the shadow minister responsible for housing, Thatcher invited him to the Commons. Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z "The surge in sales follows a campaign to get the track to Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart following the death of Margaret Thatcher on Monday," said the spokeswoman. "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead" hits UK chart on Thatcher's death 2013-04-10T13:48:12Z Photograph: Eamonn Mccabe Everyone who has read The Line of Beauty will recall the party at which the young protagonist, Nick Guest, dances with Mrs Thatcher. The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst 2011-07-22T21:55:09Z Those include Ronald Reagan, sporting a cowboy hat, and Denis Thatcher, who asks the young queen if she would like a dance. At the End of Her Reign, the Queen Takes a Bow Onstage 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z He cited Thatcher's role in ending the Cold War through her alliance with then U.S. Iron Lady or monster? Thatcher film stirs UK passions 2012-01-05T16:50:30Z The tensions and contradictions that propelled Thatcher’s rise and fueled the eloquent, impotent resistance to her rule have not gone away. Riff: Riff: The Iron Lady as Anti-Muse 2011-09-25T04:33:02Z Ronald Reagan’s first state dinner in 1981 was for Margaret Thatcher, a nod to the United States’ close ties with Britain and its conservative leader. What’s a state dinner, again? Macron is back for the first one post-covid. 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z They have no stake in society because Cameron's mentor Margaret Thatcher told us there's no such thing. UK riots: Big Brother isn't watching you 2011-08-11T17:18:00Z The long-awaited opener of Season 4 of “Sherlock” aired on New Year’s Day, and the episode, “The Six Thatchers” — not lacking in dramatic events — elicited strong responses from fans and critics. A ‘Sherlock’ Creator Responds to a Critic in Verse 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Cult of memory … the state funeral of Baroness Thatcher in London. From Margaret Thatcher to the Nazis: let's not go down memorial lane 2013-04-22T16:04:52Z While she moves easily between the accents of her native and adopted countries, Anderson worked at evoking Thatcher’s cadence and mannerisms with film and audio recordings as guides. Gillian Anderson brings uncanny ‘Iron Lady’ to ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z This is the only gig up and down the land, I'm betting, where Margaret Thatcher's funeral receives no airtime. Frank Turner – review 2013-04-19T15:00:03Z “The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher” allows Ms. Mantel to transform a convenient coincidence in her own life into an opportunistic political fantasy. ‘The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher,’ by Hilary Mantel 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z We've seen sleepless power before: think Thatcher at her cockiest, Brown at his weakest. In praise of … getting your eight hours 2013-04-02T21:12:53Z Maybe it's peculiar to my generation who were learning our times tables as Thatcher came to power. Why shouldn't a teacher earn more than Dave? After all, he's a class act 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z That speech, where the singer refers to Thatcher as "a terror without an atom of humanity", was taken unattributed from a 2012 interview with Loaded magazine. Morrissey: still not Margaret Thatcher's biggest fan 2013-04-10T11:48:24Z Christ, you're an anarchist band trying to complain about the workings of capitalist society and you get someone like Thatcher. The villain of political pop 2013-04-08T17:00:00Z In an interview with the former Soviet Union leader, Frost asked about communism, his legacy, and his relationship with, and views of, Thatcher. David Frost’s Most Memorable Interviews 2013-09-02T02:01:39Z So profoundly did New Labour internalise Gould's lesson that it must accept the principles of the Thatcher era that, even where it attempted modest redistribution from rich to poor, it kept quiet about it. Philip Gould: An Unfinished Life, edited by Dennis Kavanagh - review 2012-09-26T07:30:04Z I yearned for this book to tell me one thing that I didn't already know about Thatcher, or to present me with one surprising insight or fresh perspective or novel way of thinking about her. Chateau Despair by Lisa Barnard; The Real Iron Lady by Gillian Shephard – review 2013-03-25T11:00:01Z His admiration for Margaret Thatcher was less total. Murdoch's Politics: How One Man's Thirst for Wealth and Power Shapes Our World by David McKnight – review 2013-02-20T07:01:01Z The case plays out against the backdrop of the Margaret Thatcher years in Britain, and the series weaves in connections. ‘Des’ Review: Depravity, Brought to You by David Tennant 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z The actual Margaret Thatcher, reportedly suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, has retired from public life. Riff: Riff: The Iron Lady as Anti-Muse 2011-09-25T04:33:02Z As you approach, crouching down to bring these figures into focus, they reveal themselves as familiar personages at approximately the same height as their innumerable reproductions in newspapers: Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, Col. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries Right Now 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Next, she plays the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the film "Iron Lady," which opens Jan. 13. Meryl Streep covers Vogue magazine for first time 2011-12-12T16:39:22Z Streep said she did not agree with many of Thatcher's policies but admired many of her personal qualities, a stance shared by many British people. Iron Lady or monster? Thatcher film stirs UK passions 2012-01-05T16:50:30Z The story of Margaret Thatcher's premiership is usually told in terms of a right-left struggle between establishment and workers. The Cherry Orchard 2010-04-20T22:30:00Z He was born in London in 1903, and died just before his eightieth birthday—a span that took him from the Edwardian Age to the age of Margaret Thatcher. The Seductive Enthusiasm of Kenneth Clark’s “Civilisation” 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z After high school she moved to New York to study theater and landed the role of Becky Thatcher in the Broadway production of "Tom Sawyer." 2010-01-28T19:43:00Z The suggestion was that they had been driven to their fates by the forces of history or, as they were known at the time, "Thatcher". Royal Wedding; Worried About the Boy; Girls and Boys: Sex and British Pop; Ashes to Ashes 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z "The effect of the film is to dramatize very successfully many of the things that made Lady Thatcher so remarkable," Moore said. 'The Iron Lady' shows Thatcher still divides Brits 2011-12-21T11:12:16Z Even if the man who led the case for the OFT was Sir Bryan Carsberg – who won the "Sir" in 1989, largely for services to Thatcher's privatisation policies. Net gains? 2010-06-17T09:02:00Z Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian When it was published in 1995 it sold more than half a million copies, but what did Margaret Thatcher call her autobiography? Quiz: Political memoirs 2010-09-02T11:41:00Z Streep’s impersonation of Thatcher is predictably excellent: she nails the hawklike posture and roiling persecution complex, if not the lead-with-the-overbite speaking style. Firth?s Theorem: Awards Season and the Anglophile Biopic 2011-12-15T09:58:21Z The image ideally realises what Tory makeover people wanted Thatcher to be – not just the hard-as-nails Conservative who destroyed a nation's industrial base, but a woman capable of deploying sexual allure politically. Meryl Streep playing Margaret Thatcher ? what's not to like? 2011-02-08T20:30:31Z Do you think it’s harder for people to overcome stereotypes – as the women in the series and your film do – in Brexit Britain than in Thatcher’s Britain? Steve McQueen: 'I experience racism every day' 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z When Thatcher died in 2013, Streep issued a statement calling her “a pioneer, willing or unwilling, for the role of women in politics”. Meryl Streep urges Congress to back equal rights amendment 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z And this, sadly, is another legacy of Margaret Thatcher. Margaret Thatcher: the Iron Lady of British film 2013-04-09T07:00:06Z In considering her manner of speaking, I thought of vocal fry, and uptalk, and Margaret Thatcher taking speech lessons so that her voice would sound more authoritative, which ended up meaning “more masculine.” Perspective | Elizabeth Holmes’s weird, possibly fake baritone is actually her least baffling quality 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z "Mrs Thatcher is not a witch or a monster," he told BBC TV. Thatcher "witch" song 2nd in UK charts in death protest 2013-04-14T18:13:46Z After Mrs. Thatcher’s election as prime minister in 1979, Mr. Johnson became an adviser and speechwriter for her. Paul Johnson, Prolific Historian Prized by Conservatives, Dies at 94 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z “Brideshead” was first broadcast shortly after Margaret Thatcher ascended to power and just as Britain was emerging from a period of austerity, he said. ?Brideshead Revisited,? 30 Years Later 2011-12-30T17:00:00Z Politically, he was far to the left of Thatcher and mocked her before 1989, naming one character "Margaret Torture" in his novel "The Satanic Verses" and at times using unprintable language when referring to her. Rushdie remembers Thatcher's `great life' 2013-04-08T18:49:08Z Like most British parks, it has suffered since Margaret Thatcher's government decided that spending on open spaces was not a statutory obligation on local authorities. Chiswick House: 2010-06-12T23:04:00Z Mr. Thatcher, who grew up in Easton, Pa., joined the San Francisco Ballet in 2010 after taking part in its trainee program. New York City Ballet Gambles on Unknown Choreographers 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z At the microphone sits a smiling mannequin dressed in a fuchsia dress that bore a strong resemblance to Margaret Thatcher. Across Britain, Silent Relics of the Cold War 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z The current blitzkrieg of eulogies to the Thatcher years is driven by a nostalgia without memory. Margaret Thatcher and Spitting Image: we had no idea we would be joined at the hip 2013-04-17T19:00:01Z Thatcher died on Monday after suffering a severe stroke. Anti-Thatcher sentiment primed to sweep through singles charts 2013-04-09T10:50:00Z "And there's a chapter on his approach to religion, and his approach to the 'English question' – Thatcher, and Orwell." Christopher Hitchens faces posthumous 'prosecution' in new book 2013-01-16T11:43:48Z Plus, it was a quiet news day when my news came out – supposing Thatcher had died that same day, I'd have been nowhere near the front page. Iain Banks: the final interview 2013-06-15T07:07:55Z The collection of 10 short stories will be published in September, called The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher. Hilary Mantel reveals next book 2014-01-17T09:53:59Z However, even the Thatcher government stopped short of the toxic language used by the present bunch to stigmatise the low paid and unemployed. Letters: Politics and propaganda on the screen 2013-01-18T21:00:13Z At the height of their fame, they backed the coal miners in their bitter dispute in 1984 with the government led by then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Flying Pickets singer Brian Hibbard dies aged 65 2012-06-18T14:47:19Z When Margaret Thatcher dies and her courtiers genuflect to her one last time in St. Paul’s Cathedral, Bennett shows no pity. The voice of Winnie the Pooh is something of a teddy bear himself (with claws) 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z While her predecessor Margaret Thatcher appeared in British Vogue, May would be the first British leader to feature in the magazine's U.S. edition. UK PM May to appear in April edition of Vogue 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z Brighton-based Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher saw their blistering debut record top the album chart in its first week of release, becoming the the UK's fastest-selling British rock debut release in three years. Mercury Prize 2014: The nominees 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Whether that figure was entirely, consistently accurate is up for debate, but Thatcher is definitely remembered among those who knew her as one who, “when everyone else went off to bed, went off to work.” Is sleep the new sex? 2013-04-10T21:45:00Z The debate over Thatcher's legacy is likely to rumble on among Britain's next generation of politicians, who like their predecessors, appear to either love or loathe the former leader. Iron Lady or monster? Thatcher film stirs UK passions 2012-01-05T16:50:30Z Streep, meanwhile, earned the third Oscar of her transcendent career for playing former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. For blacks, mix of 'Help' emotions on Oscar night 2012-02-27T22:18:08Z I've become annoyed by the liberal fingerwaggers, solemnly telling the people who hated Thatcher the "proper" way to mark her death. Thatcher Ding Dong! chart campaign is puerile – but the best protest available 2013-04-11T11:46:33Z As the Falklands taskforce set off, the then French president François Mitterrand, in theory Thatcher's ideological opposite, mused aloud, according to the diary of one of his advisors, "Do I admire her … or envy her?" Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z A large part of the “Chariots of Fire” chapter is taken up with a sentimental exploration of the Reagan/Thatcher partnership. Watch One With the Gipper: An Aide Recalls Movie Nights With the Reagans 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z But she soon relaxes her grip on Thatcher's mannerisms, and what emerges afterward is nothing short of masterful. "The Crown" returns with Princess Di & Margaret Thatcher testing the Queen's humanity 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z The paradox, then, was delicious, because Thatcher, her ideas, and their impact on society all served to create a cultural earthquake. How Thatcherism politicised the arts in Britain 2013-04-09T10:51:09Z There are power bags, like Margaret Thatcher’s structured Asprey and Winston Churchill’s red dispatch box for papers of state. The Once and Future Handbag 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Thatcher was in the throes of trying to put down the miners’ strike; there was all kinds of shenanigans going on in Central America. U2 bringing 'Joshua Tree' anniversary tour to CenturyLink Field 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z But Clegg was highly critical of some impromptu street parties in which activists, mainly from the hard left, celebrated Thatcher's death. Margaret Thatcher death celebrations were puerile, says Nick Clegg 2013-04-11T09:48:13Z It will be the ninth edition fronted by the 75-year-old, who first hosted the results programme in 1979 when Margaret Thatcher became prime minister. Dimbleby to host final election show 2014-02-20T15:32:32Z As much as anything, Williams wanted to capture the selfishness of the Thatcher era. Roy Williams: Confessions of an uncool kid 2010-06-07T20:31:00Z Sir Keith Joseph, one of Margaret Thatcher's earliest supporters, had flour bombs and eggs thrown at him at Essex University in 1977. A brief history of throwing food and drink on people as protest 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z But if Thatcher seemed the dominant figure at the time the play premiered, in 2013, the year of the former prime minister’s death, so the queen does now. At the End of Her Reign, the Queen Takes a Bow Onstage 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z “This was my first feature and my first premiere,” said Alexandra Roach, who played young Ms. Thatcher in the film. Scene City: An ?Iron Lady? After-Party Fit for the Queen of Hollywood 2011-12-14T22:35:14Z So said which British novelist on the occasion of Margaret Thatcher’s 1979 election victory? The Iron Lady in literature 2013-04-08T14:58:19Z Thatcher died from a stroke Monday morning at age 87. Thatcher biography due out after funeral 2013-04-08T17:31:09Z It is no accident that Thatcher seized on Lloyd Webber as a symbol of what theatre should be. Thatcher casts a long shadow 2013-04-08T15:44:23Z By the time she became prime minister in 1979, Thatcher looked and sounded posh, but she had very little in common with royalty. How to Survive a Royal Weekend on ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Spitting Image was never really leaned on; instead, it became a weekly lancing of Thatcher's excesses. Margaret Thatcher and Spitting Image: we had no idea we would be joined at the hip 2013-04-17T19:00:01Z Naomi Frederick and Kate Fahy, playing the bossy, stubborn Thatcher in her youth and her prime, are both on predictably fiery, feisty form. At the End of Her Reign, the Queen Takes a Bow Onstage 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z At No. 10 Downing Street, Margaret Thatcher is gone, savagely defenestrated a year earlier by treacherous members of her own party. A Low Point for the Monarchy, in a New Season of ‘The Crown’ 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Pop was political in Thatcher's day, as the bitter social divisions of the 1980s sparked an angry musical outpouring. Thatcher had profound effect on popular culture 2013-04-08T16:16:08Z Margaret Thatcher's funeral has attracted the attentions of the comedian Frankie Boyle, who is running a commentary on Twitter. Frankie Boyle launches alternative Thatcher funeral commentary 2013-04-17T11:08:30Z On stage, Thatcher remains a potent figure, a shorthand for the 1980s. Thatcher had profound effect on popular culture 2013-04-08T16:16:08Z The song he mentions was an incongruous top-20 hit in 1985: a hymn to the human hopes that were met by the post-war social settlement, but were then being crushed by the Thatcher government. Billy Bragg: Barking's Woody Guthrie on 30 years of songs and activism 2013-03-26T17:00:32Z Stephen Frears' "My Beautiful Laundrette" was one of several 1980s films that depicted Thatcher's Britain as a land of poverty and racism as well as economic enterprise. Thatcher had profound effect on popular culture 2013-04-08T16:16:08Z "This needs to be a fitting event for a very great lady," Francis Maude, a minister who served under Thatcher and is responsible for the ceremony's arrangements, told Sky News. Thatcher "witch" song 2nd in UK charts in death protest 2013-04-14T18:13:46Z Myriad books have been written about the birth of punk, its cultural godparents in the Warhol Factory and Detroit, and distaff cousins in the United Kingdom, where Margaret Thatcher was punk’s evil stepmother. Was glam any different from pop? Simon Reynolds has the answer in 'Shock and Awe' 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z The man who once caused waves in the London theater community by praising Margaret Thatcher’s early tenure said he is “horrified” at the idea of former President Donald J. Trump coming back. Tom Stoppard Finally Looks Into His Shadow 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z The streaking Streep is the clear front-runner for her portrayal of polarizing Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. BAFTA 2012 Nominations: The Artist, Tinker Tailor Lead the Way 2012-01-17T15:06:40Z Margaret Thatcher's government , and in 1991 the licences were auctioned to the highest bidder, subject to a quality threshold. Torin Douglas: 24 years in media 2013-06-03T07:43:41Z Churchill and Thatcher were especially vocal critics: They felt there was something a bit pinko about the whole enterprise. A Century of the BBC, a ‘Quasi-Mystical’ Part of England’s Psyche 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Colman’s queen lets him voice his troubles, saying unemployment “bothers” her “greatly” and seems to have real sympathy for the plight of the working classes under Thatcher. How to Survive a Royal Weekend on ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z On The Young Ones, at the Comedy Store and in his own series Stuff, all those tirades about Thatcher, Oxbridge and Enver Hoxha rang not just funny, but insurrectionist. Alexei Sayle: How?Stalin stole my?childhood 2011-08-11T20:00:02Z The book, “The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher,” was acquired by Henry Holt in the United States and 4th Estate in Britain. ArtsBeat: Hilary Mantel’s Next Book Is a Story Collection 2014-01-17T18:43:19Z A montage of her work, from The Deer Hunter to The Devil Wears Prada, ended with her as Margaret Thatcher in the upcoming film . Neil Diamond Unites Washington at the Kennedy Center Honors 2011-12-05T16:21:00Z Regardless, the woman in the apartment pulls no punches about her complete sympathy for the assassin and her own hatred for Thatcher. ‘The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher,’ by Hilary Mantel 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z “It’s our turn now,” say the strikers of the Heath and Thatcher years, as though they were the next instalment of the tale. Relative values 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The most acclaimed recent screen Thatcher came with Streep's turn as the aged politician looking back on her life in the 2011 film "The Iron Lady." Thatcher had profound effect on popular culture 2013-04-08T16:16:08Z A mural of Margaret Thatcher adorns one wall in an 80s-era lounge bar This is uncanny. Maggie's nightclub ? the ultimate tribute to Thatcher 2010-11-22T20:30:00Z The choice to dwell on the subject of Thatcher's dementia has been criticized, not least by current British Prime Minister David Cameron, who like Thatcher is a Conservative. Silence is golden as "The Artist" scoops 7 BAFTAs 2012-02-13T12:34:09Z Arthur Smith was one of many to christen Tony Blair Margaret Thatcher's son. Margaret Thatcher had the last laugh in comedy 2013-04-10T14:34:29Z In a doubly cruel twist, Close’s routinely more celebrated peer Meryl Streep instead scored a third victory for her kabuki Maggie Thatcher, in a film scarcely more liked than Albert Nobbs. Will Glenn Close finally win her first Oscar for The Wife? 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Though Meryl Streep's portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady" a few years ago earned her an Oscar, the film itself failed Thatcher and moviegoers. Biopics find new life at the Oscars and beyond 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z The first volume of the authorised biography of Thatcher – to be titled Not for Turning – was also announced yesterday. Thatcher biographies rushed into print 2013-04-09T10:26:06Z David Dimbleby: the man identifying the big names at Baroness Thatcher's funeral. Margaret Thatcher funeral: Dimbleby is stately on TV's near-state ocacasion 2013-04-17T16:46:10Z Thatcher herself did not read the manuscript – which ends in the wake of the Falklands war – before she died, and Moore is now writing the concluding volume of the biography, Herself Alone. Thatcher biographies rushed into print 2013-04-09T10:26:06Z “There were three coal mines within five miles of here. It was a Thatcher thing. She shut them all down.” Story of a male escort 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, it announced that it would sell 350 of the Thatcher pieces one by one at an auction on Dec. 15 in London. Furor Prompts Another Auction of Margaret Thatcher's Clothes 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z So Labour MP Frank Field describes one of his regular tete-a-tete's with Margaret Thatcher at the apogee of her pomp and prime. The Real Iron Lady: Working with Margaret Thatcher – review 2013-03-15T19:40:01Z Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher declared “Yes Minister” her favorite program. Antony Jay, a Machiavelli Scholar and a Creator of ‘Yes Minister,’ Dies at 86 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z “England frightens me more now than it ever did under Thatcher. I just tell myself stay strong, Sam.” Samantha Morton: ‘Maybe I was the first person to publicly answer Weinstein’ 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Comedy's one-time conscience tried contemporary satire, but it was tough to get as heated over David Cameron as he was about Margaret Thatcher. Ben Elton's standup comeback 2010-10-11T11:07:00Z Margaret Thatcher, a premier with a penchant for dusting, would be appalled. What Boris Johnson’s filthy car tells us about the aspiring PM 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Sophie Thatcher plays a teenager fending off an entity that feeds on her sorrow over her mother’s death. Summer Movies 2023: Here’s What’s Coming to Theaters and Streaming 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Is that Thatcher’s England in which tanks rolled on to campuses, soldiers rounded up the intelligentsia and bonfires were made out of books beloved by Jeanette Winterson? Columns That Scrutinized, and Skewered, the Literary World 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z After that screening, people rushed back to the National Museum to catch Ms. Streep in her latest role, as Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady.” ArtsBeat Blog: Streep and Coen Discuss Foreign Film in China 2011-11-21T21:12:47Z This multicultural London movie that Frears made in the Thatcher era was interesting, but didn’t quite come off. Every Stephen Frears film – ranked! 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z As Hugo Young puts it in his book “One of Us,” the young Thatcher “belonged to the rising petty bourgeoisie, not the beleaguered working class.” How to Survive a Royal Weekend on ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Another performer with strong prospects is Globe dramatic actress winner Meryl Streep as Thatcher in "The Iron Lady." Oscar prospects span the century as noms near 2012-01-24T11:28:08Z Even for her fans and supporters like me, I don't think we expected to see quite so many people turn up to show their affection and their respect for Margaret Thatcher. Margaret Thatcher funeral: quotes of the day 2013-04-17T10:35:03Z Thatcher was awake and at work in her suite, but she was not injured. Review: Jonathan Lee’s ‘High Dive’ Revisits a Plot to Kill Margaret Thatcher 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z Abridged in a single volume in 2009, this week heading Amazon's Thatcher best seller list. Margaret Thatcher biography heralds new chapter for former editor 2013-04-09T15:38:58Z Thatcher, on the other hand, lived for being a politician. Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher are central to ‘The Crown’ Season 4 — and so are their roles as mothers 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z He admitted he was astonished at how much information on Thatcher had not been made public before. Margaret Thatcher biography heralds new chapter for former editor 2013-04-09T15:38:58Z Just watched her scathing counter-tribute to Thatcher in the link and she is one strong, brave woman. Glenda Jackson on Quitting Parliament, Playing Lear and Returning to Broadway 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z “Even though it’s an extraordinary moment in history, and certainly in British history,” Anderson noted, Thatcher appointed only one female cabinet member in her 11-year tenure. Gillian Anderson brings uncanny ‘Iron Lady’ to ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z But then, neo-liberal economics intervened in the transformative epoch begun by Thatcher and continued by Blair, and the consequent disparities revived the old concerns. Rich and poor 2010-03-23T21:00:00Z The actor said she didn’t bring “massive preconceptions” to the role because her family moved back to America from Britain in 1979, the year Thatcher took office. Gillian Anderson brings uncanny ‘Iron Lady’ to ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z I used to think that in my brother's time in No 10 he grew to look increasingly like Mrs Thatcher and his hair became whiter and more bouffant. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z During the course of The Iron Lady, Streep's Thatcher is seen both in her political prime and as a woman in a her mid-80s, struggling with dementia. How Meryl became Margaret 2012-02-26T10:47:39Z "Maggie Thatcher" – two fierce trochees set against the gentler iambic pulse of Britain's postwar welfare state. Margaret Thatcher: we disliked her and we loved it 2013-04-09T05:00:00Z Both the Queen and Margaret Thatcher were reported to be regular listeners and Wogan was invited to attend the former prime minister's funeral. Obituary: Sir Terry Wogan 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z Thatcher preferred supermarkets to mining and manufacturing, and the councillors rightly foresaw a threat to local shops and yet more job losses. Election memories 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z So you think life was better 30 years ago, when Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan ruled the earth? ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Trapped 2013-07-01T15:07:20Z Next up for Broadbent is the role of Denis Thatcher, opposite Meryl Streep as the former prime minister of England, in "The Iron Lady." 'Another Year,' another improvised Mike Leigh script 2011-01-21T00:28:50Z He finds the roots of today’s Tory hostility to the EU in the time when Margaret Thatcher was incensed at seeing Jacques Delors, the European Commission president, speak to Britain’s Trades Union Congress in 1988. The Brexit dilemma 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Streep had been nominated as Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady," a role that won her the dramatic actress award at the Golden Globes over Davis. Davis, Dujardin win lead honors at SAG awards 2012-01-30T03:56:08Z This was a moment in which Ronald Reagan was in the White House and Margaret Thatcher was prime minster of England. Wham! bam thank you ma’am: George Michael’s radical sexiness was the antidote to Gen X fear 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z The Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher eras witnessed cuts in funding for public projects, including support for artists. The Guerrilla Girls, After 3 Decades, Still Rattling Art World Cages 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z It was something of a coup to have engaged the services of Margaret Thatcher, making her debut on CD, in the role of the narrator. Wyn Morris 2010-04-19T18:14:00Z The Witch is Dead heading back to the charts after Margaret Thatcher's death? Thatcher Ding Dong! chart campaign is puerile – but the best protest available 2013-04-11T11:46:33Z Even with Thatcher, the Mondays were very open: 'Yeah, she's all right. How Thatcherism politicised the arts in Britain 2013-04-09T10:51:09Z But he never let politics get in the way of the film business and lavished his passionate bubbling enthusiasm and charm on Margaret Thatcher. Richard Attenborough's death: a sad day for the British film industry 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z The woman is not unsympathetic to his cause — eliminating Margaret Thatcher — although they disagree on motive; hers is an abhorrence of Thatcher's inhumanity and hairdo; his is singular: Ireland. Hilary Mantel's short-story collection long on controversy 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Releases from the national archives disclose that Margaret Thatcher wrote words like "No!" and "This will not do" in the margins of draft documents. It's my habit to share relics 2011-03-22T19:30:00Z This is the real story of Thatcher's Britain. Royal Wedding and Nelson's Hospital: A Time Team Special 2010-05-18T05:45:00Z "Any criticism of Thatcher throws a dangerously absurd light on the entire machinery of British politics," Morrissey wrote on the fan website True To You. Morrissey: still not Margaret Thatcher's biggest fan 2013-04-10T11:48:24Z "We have had Churchill, we have had Thatcher, we have had Blair." Blair memoir excites booksellers, riles critics 2010-08-31T15:55:00Z A nascent love story develops between her and Thatcher, who is married to the wrong woman. Barbara Kingsolver’s New Novel Moves Between the Distant Past and the Troubled Present 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z At the time, in the 1980s themselves, Margaret Thatcher inspired a oppositional genre: films of the resistance. Margaret Thatcher: the Iron Lady of British film 2013-04-09T07:00:06Z For Thatcher the reason was simple: "I have a very, very dry skin, almost like sandpaper," she revealed. Margaret Thatcher's 70s suits up for sale 2012-08-30T16:02:45Z But however truthfully “The Iron Lady” represents Thatcher’s personal life and political career, it is quite unlikely that any film could properly register her impact as a cultural figure. Riff: Riff: The Iron Lady as Anti-Muse 2011-09-25T04:33:02Z Thatcher to me serves as both a warning and a motivation. Iron Lady or monster? Thatcher film stirs UK passions 2012-01-05T16:50:30Z Thatcher is a ghostly presence at the movie feast: indifferent and faintly hostile to it as both industry and art-form. Margaret Thatcher: the Iron Lady of British film 2013-04-09T07:00:06Z Mary and Thatcher are both admirers of Darwin. Barbara Kingsolver’s New Novel Moves Between the Distant Past and the Troubled Present 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Margaret Thatcher, Jimmy Carter and a half-dozen other heads of state slept there. A Honeymoon Through Italy 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z "A searing indictment of Thatcher's Britain" became a set phrase if you were suggesting a story at the monthly writers' conference. Margaret Thatcher never liked her country 2013-04-14T07:00:00Z Thatcher, she said, “wielded a kind of femininity that was intimidating to men, and part of her power was how she could pull it together — it was very specific to the ladder she climbed there.” Meryl Streep for President 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Then Margaret Thatcher took over the Tory party and swung it to the right. What's the future of the Union? 2011-08-27T23:05:40Z It reminds us that everything is about timing: the Falklands war was crucial to Mrs Thatcher's success, and now the changes in nature and climate are defining the issues for this election. General election 2010: the art of the political poster 2010-04-27T07:00:00Z Several years ago, McSweeney’s posted a piece in their section for “Open Letters to People or Entities Who Are Unlikely to Respond” addressed to Mr. James Thatcher, Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble. The new “menstrual activism”: Young women on YouTube, talking about their periods 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Accent accuracy: Streep's posh Thatcher accent was smashing. American actors with the best onscreen British accents, from Peter Dinklage to Renee Zellwegger 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z Having none of that, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dispatched an armada. ‘Little Black Lies’ by Sharon Bolton 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Thatcher was furious with the production company, Thames. How Margaret Thatcher left her mark on British culture 2013-04-13T17:00:00Z When his “Agrippina” premiered in 2000 in Brussels, its first critics wrote that its power-suited cast called to mind politicians like Margaret Thatcher and Bill and Hillary Clinton, and television shows like “Dynasty.” In the Met Opera’s ‘Agrippina,’ the Roman Empire Never Ended 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z How I Killed Margaret Thatcherby Anthony Cartwright I hear your latest book, How I Killed Margaret Thatcher, was the working title of your two previous novels… I said it as a joke, but it's true. Anthony Cartwright: 'The title is intended to provoke a reaction' 2012-08-04T23:05:22Z And what about Punk, spawned of rage and distaste in the Margaret Thatcher era in the 1980s, when riots last engulfed Britain? Special Report: Fashion: London Spring/Summer 2012: Richard Nicoll, Jonathan Saunders 2011-09-18T16:34:51Z In it, we see Thatcher in moments of fervent motherhood and homemaking. Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher are central to ‘The Crown’ Season 4 — and so are their roles as mothers 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z In these meetings, Morgan speculated, the Queen plays the role of substitute daughter or mother or wife—or, in Thatcher’s case, twin sister. Peter Morgan Serves the Queen, Again 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Streep, a two-time Oscar winner and one of Hollywood's most respected actresses, told the Daily Mail newspaper that playing Thatcher was the biggest role of her career. Meryl Streep promotes Thatcher biopic in London 2011-11-14T14:45:49Z Ms. Peck, a principal dancer, said that while she could see some of Mr. Ratmansky’s influence on Mr. Thatcher, he had his own distinctive voice. New York City Ballet Gambles on Unknown Choreographers 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z We spoke to her and four other performers about their approach to playing Thatcher. How Do You Play Margaret Thatcher? Like This 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z The daughter of Labour Party activists, Ms. Whiteread came of age as Margaret Thatcher’s government was undertaking a wholesale transformation of British society — breaking down its welfare state and privatizing swathes of public housing. Ghosts of the Past, Embalmed in White Plaster 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Two years later she played former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the television drama "Pinochet in Suburbia." British actress Anna Massey dies at 73 2011-07-05T02:02:35Z Thatcher, Britain's first woman prime minister, ruled from 1979-1990, leading Britain into war with Argentina over the Falkand Islands and taming powerful trade unions at home. British PM Cameron criticizes Thatcher film's timing 2012-01-06T10:52:15Z Still, a stickler for the rules and an ardent monarchist, Thatcher famously arrived early to her meetings with the queen and gave incredibly low, reverential curtsies. How to Survive a Royal Weekend on ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Yet another thing to blame on Margaret Thatcher. Glenda Jackson on Quitting Parliament, Playing Lear and Returning to Broadway 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z The title refers to being smacked with a purse, a misogynist way of describing Thatcher’s knockdown style. Review | Thatcher and the queen square off in ‘Handbagged’ 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z Letting it be destroyed would be like letting Thatcher win – a victory of despair over hope. Musicians and artists rally to save Glasgow's modern stone circle 2013-01-18T08:00:00Z In the 1980s, satirical puppet show "Spitting Image" depicted Thatcher as a butcher with a bloody cleaver. 'Rude Britannia' looks at 300 years of comic art 2010-06-07T14:47:00Z In the UK this would mean a partial reversal of Thatcher's "big bang" of the 1980s, which set the City free from previous financial controls. Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z Just the other month Primal Scream's single 2013 condemned "Thatcher's children". The villain of political pop 2013-04-08T17:00:00Z Oxford-educated but with middle-class roots, Thatcher is portrayed as ill-equipped to meet the Windsor standard for fitting behavior. Gillian Anderson brings uncanny ‘Iron Lady’ to ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z His libretto for Jacques Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld, in which the character of Public Opinion was clearly modelled on Margaret Thatcher, was performed by English National Opera. Snoo Wilson obituary 2013-07-05T17:57:52Z Stewart also correctly emphasises the slowness of Britain's 1980s economic "miracle": consistently strong growth only arrived six years into the Thatcher government. Bang! A History of Britain in the 1980s by Graham Stewart – review 2013-01-17T08:00:02Z Come out, come out, wherever you are … Where are the likes of Geri Halliwell, who famously admired Thatcher, and whose children's book launch a few years ago was attended by then shadow chancellor George Osborne? The Tory fundraising ball that lays bare the crisis facing Celebrity Conservatism 2013-02-07T18:50:15Z “I don’t see Thatcher as a mother,” says Anderson, who read the late politician’s autobiography and several books about her to prepare for the role. Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher are central to ‘The Crown’ Season 4 — and so are their roles as mothers 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Mrs. Thatcher: Just rejoice at that news and congratulate our forces and the marines. Book Excerpt: ‘The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher’ 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z After meeting Thatcher in Downing Street months after his release, Mandela declared, “She is an enemy of apartheid.” Much to be thankful for 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Thatcher tried to get round the problem by lowering her voice an octave, but she ended up sounding more like a woman pretending to be a man. What makes a great speech? 2011-02-26T00:07:28Z The BBC's former Washington correspondent, and a key figure in its coverage of the Iraq war in 2002, she was also part of the BBC's team for Lady Thatcher's funeral earlier this year. Mishal Husain: 'driven' presenter powers way onto BBC Radio 4's Today 2013-07-16T16:01:06Z Rejoice that, given the demographic parameters that all-but dictate one of the film's leading roles has to go Stateside if it's going to do boffo box office, Thatcher is being played by a great actor. Meryl Streep playing Margaret Thatcher ? what's not to like? 2011-02-08T20:30:31Z Clegg defended the cost of Thatcher's ceremonial funeral, which will involve 700 military personnel. Margaret Thatcher death celebrations were puerile, says Nick Clegg 2013-04-11T09:48:13Z The joke of the play is that she is Margaret Thatcher, and she gets mistaken for a drag queen. How Do You Play Margaret Thatcher? Like This 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Fascinating … Margaret Thatcher pictured in front of Big Ben in 1961. Book reviews roundup: Margaret Thatcher, Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air and A Place in the Country 2013-05-03T16:29:01Z Thatcher’s treatment is perhaps “the royal family at their least beguiling,” he suggested. Gillian Anderson brings uncanny ‘Iron Lady’ to ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z We're now deep into Thatcher's reign, with unemployment topping 3 million. This Is England redux 2010-09-03T23:03:00Z There's also the odd contextualising reference, such as Sallon turning up one night at Taboo – the nightclub run by Bowery – dressed as Margaret Thatcher. Taboo – review 2013-01-11T17:36:56Z At least with Mrs Thatcher there was a coherent theme. Tony Kushner: 'At first I was horrified' 2011-08-15T20:31:01Z Thatcher finished on the winning side in the cold war by investing in weapons production. We mean it, maaan!: the lost art of the pop manifesto 2010-04-29T20:30:00Z "Meryl Streep may be a good actress," he said, "but she ain't Thatcher." 'The Iron Lady' shows Thatcher still divides Brits 2011-12-21T11:12:16Z Like the Reagan administration, Margaret Thatcher’s Conservatives failed to grasp the enormity of AIDS. How Taking Flight in London Helped ‘Angels in America’ Soar 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z There is not quite enough sense of the social texture of Britain, and how that changed, as Thatcher rose, and how that change helped her. Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z I hate puppets – not many people know that – but I rather liked the Thatcher puppet as she was usually five minutes of a 28-minute show that we didn't have to worry about. Spitting Image creators remember Margaret Thatcher 2013-04-12T18:37:54Z Photograph: Rex Features The comedian Frankie Boyle has set up an alternative running commentary to Lady Thatcher's funeral, firing off edgy outrageous messages to his 1.3 million followers on Twitter. Frankie Boyle launches alternative Thatcher funeral commentary 2013-04-17T11:08:30Z That reference to Margaret Thatcher is one of the few instances of the show’s giving a “we-know-better-now” wink to its 21st-century audience. ArtsBeat: Funny Then and There, Here and Now 2011-07-25T16:19:24Z The real comic nemeses of Thatcher were the puppets of Spitting Image. Margaret Thatcher, hero of British comedy 2013-04-10T13:21:01Z The mid-1930s was a time when 75 percent of British families were officially defined as working class, but Thatcher’s family belonged to the 20 percent that could be considered middle class. How to Survive a Royal Weekend on ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Margaret Thatcher forced us to decide what was truly important. Margaret Thatcher: we disliked her and we loved it 2013-04-09T05:00:00Z What always struck me about Thatcher was the gulf between rhetoric and reality. Thatcher casts a long shadow 2013-04-08T15:44:23Z But it’s not just the voice with Thatcher, she also had quite a distinct physicality in how she moved. How Do You Play Margaret Thatcher? Like This 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Margaret Thatcher and the real Barbara Castle behaved pretty much like the men they were outwitting. Women rule the world ... but only if it's Made in Dagenham 2010-10-04T10:53:00Z Expensive hotels, glass-plated Italian restaurants, fountains, piazzas and a Winter Garden have replaced the old NUM headquarters, so loathed by Thatcher, and the civic building known as the Egg Box, so mocked by the people. Election memories 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z Among recent British prime ministers, Margaret Thatcher had a sister and Tony Blair and David Cameron a brother, none of whom ever spoke in public, despite frequent media entreaties. Those media-mad Johnsons 2013-03-25T14:14:00Z The following year, I sailed as the Observer's correspondent with the task force sent by Thatcher to recapture the Falklands. When Brixton burned 2011-04-09T23:05:03Z It is seven years since Mr. Hollinghurst published his previous novel, the Man Booker Prize-winning “Line of Beauty,” which brilliantly savaged Thatcher’s Britain as a place of hypocrisy and self-interest. Books of The Times: ?The Stranger?s Child? by Alan Hollinghurst - Review 2011-12-11T21:24:58Z It will be a shame if The Iron Lady overlooks that deep anger in favour of exclusive focus on Thatcher as a woman triumphing against the odds. Meryl Streep playing Margaret Thatcher ? what's not to like? 2011-02-08T20:30:31Z Now the team behind Channel 4's Comic Strip have turned their fire on Tony Blair and Lady Thatcher in a comedy timed to coincide with the findings of the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war. Comic Strip returns with Tony Blair on the run in Channel 4 film noir comedy 2011-08-26T18:40:01Z And Carol and Mark Thatcher, Maggie suffering the mortifying progeny double whammy. Idolising bad boys makes Charlies of us all 2011-02-20T00:06:25Z Sophie Thatcher stars as a young woman who battles a home-invading supernatural entity that feeds on the suffering of its victims. The Most Anticipated Genre Movies of the Summer 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Thatcher was voicing the neoliberal belief that there are no fundamental differences of power within or between societies; we should compete as individuals devoid of group identities. The Undivided Past: History Beyond Our Differences by David Cannadine – review 2013-04-11T09:00:01Z In the huddled land of what Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher tellingly termed the “haves” and “have-nots,” Britain in the early ’80s was experiencing tectonic convulsions of economic disorder. Almost anarchy: The Style Council and the smooth sounds of sophisti-pop 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z "No British politician has ever been more despised by the British people than Margaret Thatcher," he argues. Morrissey: still not Margaret Thatcher's biggest fan 2013-04-10T11:48:24Z The result is to paint a much more multidimensional portrait of Thatcher than the caricature heroine adored by the right or the devil incarnate loathed by the left. Margaret Thatcher: The Authorised Biography, Volume One: Not for Turning by Charles Moore – review 2013-04-27T13:00:11Z This was not just a time of one woman's assault on a male bastion, but an era of rage about what Thatcher, economy destroyer and warmonger, was doing to Britain. Meryl Streep playing Margaret Thatcher ? what's not to like? 2011-02-08T20:30:31Z "FEMINISM IS POISON" Thatcher's power to polarize makes it difficult for those trying to give a balanced account of her time in office. Iron Lady or monster? Thatcher film stirs UK passions 2012-01-05T16:50:30Z I come from the far-flung land of Itaintalfchillyinere with a vital message for your queen Thatcher. Readers recommend: songs with special guests 2010-10-14T23:01:00Z In her former incarnation as a Spice Girl, Halliwell memorably declared Thatcher to be "the first Spice Girl, the pioneer of our ideology", a quote from which her mortified co-vocalists attempted to distance themselves. Was Margaret Thatcher the first Spice Girl? 2013-04-09T16:27:14Z In the real world, having led the Tories to a general election victory in 1979, Thatcher led the country to war in the Falkland Islands in 1982. Bring on the blood-spattered bodies – the Tories are in power 2012-06-01T13:18:17Z Streep managed to persuade us that Thatcher is a vulnerable figure, much less political than any of us realised. Bafta missed their chance to break The Artist's silence 2012-02-12T22:55:19Z But biographers have observed that Thatcher’s anxious disposition, pretentious accent and grandiose manner simply irritated the queen. How to Survive a Royal Weekend on ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z "I think it's hard to be apathetic when you're raised under Margaret Thatcher; you're going to get pushed one way or the other," he said. How John Oliver started a revolution in US TV's political satire 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z This new novel offers up a rich selection of domestic realism, gothic fantasy and apocalyptic speculation, stretching around the world from the Margaret Thatcher era of the 1980s to the Endarkenment of 2043. Review: ‘The Bone Clocks,’ by David Mitchell But I thought Thatcher was fantastic, and I was listening to a lot of bands saying she was destroying the country. How Thatcherism politicised the arts in Britain 2013-04-09T10:51:09Z Just before the Reagan-Thatcher years, her parents moved to London and bought a maisonette in Belgravia, home to England’s crustiest upper crust and even to Margaret Thatcher herself. | Q&A: Karen Knorr?s Photography Offers an Ironic Sense of Place ? Q&A 2011-11-02T22:32:13Z Streep, 63, described Thatcher as a trailblazer, "willingly or unwillingly", for female political leaders. Streep voices admiration for "Iron Lady" she played in film 2013-04-08T17:28:35Z When Margaret Thatcher eventually outed him he was stripped of his honours. Readers suggest the 10 best … spies – in pictures 2013-04-19T14:39:00Z “The Iron Lady,” which stars Meryl Streep in the role of Margaret Thatcher, has its New York premiere. Talked-About Parties and Openings for the Coming Week in N.Y.C. 2011-12-07T21:38:22Z Le Carré shows himself to be a master of impersonation, giving marvelous versions of Margaret Thatcher, Yasser Arafat, Foreign Office pooh-bahs, miscellaneous Russians and other exotics. Best audiobooks of 2016 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Anyway, before Margaret Thatcher flew into power as a Tory superhero, there was even talk of an aristocrat plot to overthrow the Labour Party by military coup. London Theater Journal: The Despot Behind a Desk 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z When the news broke that Margaret Thatcher had died, the press was quick to note that the end had come peacefully. Is sleep the new sex? 2013-04-10T21:45:00Z In order to hide money from his thieving father, Huck entrusts all his riches to Judge Thatcher, who then establishes a kind of CD which pays a respectable dollar a day in dividends. Mark Twain invented Mitt 2012-07-06T14:20:00Z Most Oscar-watchers expected Meryl Streep to pick up her 17th nomination — a record for an actor — for her turn as Margaret Thatcher, the title character in “The Iron Lady.” The Carpetbagger: Visiting 'The Iron Lady's' Hometown 2012-01-27T14:00:42Z How, I wonder, did he spend Thatcher's funeral day? Jeremy Deller's visions of England 2013-06-01T22:00:01Z Among the most memorable was the British punk designer Vivienne Westwood, who Mr. Roberts styled as a double of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Why Michael Roberts Mattered 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z If “Ghost” is a full-scale death mask of a room and its inhabitants, the sculpture is also a mausoleum for a certain social class, a certain way of life, expunged in Thatcher’s Britain. Ghosts of the Past, Embalmed in White Plaster 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z In that play, Thatcher was incarnated by Haydn Gwynne, and the scene in which she appeared efficiently covered much of the material dealt with here. London Theater Journal: Mind Games 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z This biography will not radically transform anyone's fundamental view of Margaret Thatcher, but it immensely adds to our knowledge and understanding of the longest-reigning prime minister of the democratic age. Margaret Thatcher: The Authorised Biography, Volume One: Not for Turning by Charles Moore – review 2013-04-27T13:00:11Z Thatcher has made appearances in several novels written or set in the 1980s. Thatcher had profound effect on popular culture 2013-04-08T16:16:08Z Margaret Thatcher had her own distinctive, and dismissive, approach to civil servants, we heard: "She thought they were mainly soft lefties." SlapDash Britain 2010-06-15T07:00:00Z Thatcher's economic policy – pithily described by AN Wilson as "sado-monetarism" – trebled unemployment and raised interest rates. We mean it, maaan!: the lost art of the pop manifesto 2010-04-29T20:30:00Z Tom Hughes TV Shows about the unemployed After the first Thatcher recession, unemployment was the 80s' big preoccupation. Acceptable in the 80s 2010-07-29T21:00:00Z The furore over Meryl Streep's performance as Maggie Thatcher is likely to be nothing compared with what will greet Naomi Watts's portrayal of Diana, Princess of Wales. Trailer trash 2012-02-12T00:06:12Z It's avowedly interim and partisan but it has one unique virtue: it was written from the frontline of Thatcher's assault on British life. How Margaret Thatcher left her mark on British culture 2013-04-13T17:00:00Z What British film needs is not another Thatcher, but politicians who can show an actual interest — or at least politicians whose neglect is benign. Margaret Thatcher: the Iron Lady of British film 2013-04-09T07:00:06Z Before Thatcher became prime minister, she was invited to Buckingham Palace as leader of the Conservative Party. How to Survive a Royal Weekend on ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z While Black British creation was bubbling in the Thatcher years Ryan felt both inside and outside. Veronica Ryan’s Uncanny Objects 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Mantel wins the deliberate-provocation sweepstakes with the title story of “The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher .” The tale raised an outcry in England when the Guardian published it online this month. Unnerving short stories by Hilary Mantel, Margaret Atwood and Joyce Carol Oates The absurd name Throbbing Gristle, for instance, did not mitigate the fear and loathing that Margaret Thatcher’s Middle England felt for the band. The Reinventions of Genesis Breyer P-Orridge 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Meryl Streep, a winner for her portrayal of a doddering Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady,” made her victory look like a shock. ?The Artist? Wins Best Film at the Academy Awards 2012-02-27T05:27:18Z The dresses show how Thatcher was "the ultimate power dresser", said Martineau. Margaret Thatcher's 70s suits up for sale 2012-08-30T16:02:45Z According to McKnight, "Thatcher and Murdoch had a deep mutual regard, more sincere on her part than his." Murdoch's Politics: How One Man's Thirst for Wealth and Power Shapes Our World by David McKnight – review 2013-02-20T07:01:01Z On the news, as I write this, Henry Kissinger is recalling his first meeting with Thatcher: she told him that modern politics had become too consensual. The art of Thatcher: images of the battling baronness 2013-04-09T08:00:03Z "What surprises me is some of the youngsters have no concept of the state we were in before Maggie Thatcher came to power." Margaret Thatcher funeral: quotes of the day 2013-04-17T10:35:03Z A philistine who used ideas solely to pursue her practical and above all moral purposes, Thatcher was the antithesis of an intellectual: “I am not by nature either introspective or retrospective,” she declared. Seeing Margaret Thatcher Whole 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Hare takes us through his student days at Cambridge, proceeds to London in the swinging '60s and ends at the dawn of those Thatcher years he dissected in his dramas. For theater lovers, these holiday gifts would be a show of affection 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z The early 1980s: Reagan and Thatcher were in, greed was good, and here was a film about the richest man in the world who still couldn't be happy. Nicolas Roeg: 'I don't want to be ahead of my time' 2011-03-10T22:25:00Z That first run made certain critics think of ruthless politicians of the then-recent past, like Margaret Thatcher and the Clintons. Review: The Met Opera Is Handel’s House in ‘Agrippina’ 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z One aspect of Thatcher's impact on the arts is easy to overlook, given that it largely became apparent after she had left office. How Thatcherism politicised the arts in Britain 2013-04-09T10:51:09Z In the U.K. we voted in -- we voted in -- we kind of flourished under Margaret Thatcher, and then the point came where we all voted for Tony Blair, and look what happened. Tilda Swinton, rock star of the art house 2010-06-19T18:01:00Z Loach remembers Britain's postwar solidarity with archive footage and more than a hint of nostalgia and Thatcher bashing. This week's new films 2013-03-16T06:00:06Z "I am trying to approach the role with as much zeal, fervour and attention to detail as the real Lady Thatcher possesses – I can only hope my stamina will begin to approach her own!" Meryl Streep's Margaret Thatcher revealed in first still from The Iron Lady 2011-02-08T12:27:25Z Lloyd and Morgan hope their approach will help the movie resonate with people who are less familiar with Thatcher. Thatcher's "Iron Lady" image softened by new movie 2011-12-27T13:06:35Z Here's what O'Farrell wrote of the idea of Margaret Thatcher receiving a state funeral when she – God forbid – dies. Why the satirist John O'Farrell would make a great MP for Eastleigh 2013-02-13T12:55:01Z Thatcher: "Oh, they will have the same as me." Margaret Thatcher had the last laugh in comedy 2013-04-10T14:34:29Z "Mrs. Thatcher was great, because she was a strong woman and she produced strong images," he said. 'Rude Britannia' looks at 300 years of comic art 2010-06-07T14:47:00Z The Heath government had been brought to its knees by the unions; I think that was the root of Thatcher dismantling the power of the working class and trade unions. Paul Weller and Bruce Foxton on Town Called Malice 2012-11-12T17:33:06Z Clegg said it would be a "bit odd" to have a knockabout session in the Commons on the same day as Thatcher's funeral. Margaret Thatcher death celebrations were puerile, says Nick Clegg 2013-04-11T09:48:13Z To claim Thatcher in a one-line paragraph as "My other mother" is a hollow shock effect. Maggie and Me by Damian Barr – review 2013-04-25T09:00:12Z Ginger Thatcher, in an excerpt from her “Urban Study,” showed some skill in arranging her motifs. Dance Review: Ballet NY at Ailey Citigroup Theater 2014-04-16T20:45:53Z Thatcher must fight off, in public, accusations that in teaching his students Darwin’s ideas he is peddling indecency. Barbara Kingsolver’s New Novel Moves Between the Distant Past and the Troubled Present 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z "The Hour" continues a run of strong female characters for Morgan, who dared to depict the divisive former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady." BBC drama 'The Hour' back to make the 1950s sexy 2012-11-28T18:16:04Z They've never had their hands dirty even in the economic sphere; they aren't like the Thatcher generation, who at least had a modicum of experience in business. Arts funding cuts will bring down the curtain on our theatre's golden age 2010-07-28T12:31:00Z Oliver grew up in Bedford, the son of two teachers in a household politicised by Thatcher’s spending cuts to education. John Oliver: ‘I’m used to audiences not liking me’ 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z Reissued on Blu-ray, “The Long Good Friday” has become something of a period piece itself: a prescient portrait of the Thatcher years, created just as they were getting under way. DVDs: Class Alliances and Ambition in Thatcher Time 2010-09-25T21:04:00Z Margaret Thatcher certainly didn't resign within days of hearing the Beat sing Stand Down Margaret. Ramy Essam ? the voice of the Egyptian uprising 2011-07-19T20:31:01Z Margaret Hilda Thatcher was born in 1925, the second daughter of Alderman Alfred Roberts and his wife, Beatrice. Margaret Thatcher: The Authorised Biography – Volume One by Charles Moore - digested read 2013-04-22T23:52:02Z Sheridan came to prominence protesting the unpopular Poll Tax introduced by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 1999 as part of the new Scottish Socialist Party. Ex-lawmaker faces jail over sex life perjury 2010-12-24T14:32:14Z Festival organizers said Streep, 62, who is currently starring as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady," would be presented with an honorary Golden Bear on February 14. Meryl Streep to get Berlin Film Festival lifetime award 2012-01-03T20:24:21Z Apart from Streep’s Thatcher in "Iron Lady"-- a film written and directed by women -- women were unlikely to play the roles of powerful executives and politicians. Women scarce in films abroad, USC study finds 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z It threatens the "national-popular" foundations of the Thatcher revolution; it is a brutal and destructive creed at odds with national interest as she understood it. Britannia Unchained: Global Lessons for Growth and Prosperity – review 2012-09-27T07:00:03Z Instead the honor went to Meryl Streep, nabbing her third Oscar for the wretched Margaret Thatcher biopic “The Iron Lady,” a movie very few people actually liked. The Oscars might not be #SoWhite in 2017: These buzz-worthy performances could be game-changers 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Maggie Thatcher disparaged the cultural elite, questioned the worth of intangible values and legitimised greed. Is the age of the critic over? 2011-01-30T00:07:09Z Thatcher's lack of humour and abrasive and confrontational approach to carrying out her policies made the downright rudeness of Spitting Image possible. Margaret Thatcher and Spitting Image: we had no idea we would be joined at the hip 2013-04-17T19:00:01Z From there, it moves to the 1984 bombing of a Brighton hotel at which Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her entourage were staying for a conference. The best new audiobooks for your summer vacation 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z The fourth and latest season depicts the marriage of Diana and Charles and explores the relationship between Elizabeth and Britain’s first female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher. Netflix refuses to add disclaimer to ‘The Crown,’ despite pressure from the British government 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Oxford and the world are inseparable; scores of prime ministers up to and including Thatcher, against Cambridge's lonely Walpole and Pitt cannot be a coincidence. Stephen Fry recalls his student days for West End play: From the archive, 2 April 1988 2013-04-02T06:00:00Z I read the eulogies for Margaret Thatcher and I thought that woman mistook capitalism as the framework by which you build a just and viable society. David Simon: 'I don't want anybody in jail for using drugs' 2013-05-11T17:00:10Z Thatcher Ding Dong! chart campaign is puerile – but the best protest available The possibility of Ding Dong! Sleeve notes: Thatcher's musical legacy 2013-04-12T12:39:24Z Margaret Thatcher is a serious politician and she wants your vote … Who were your heroes and heroines when you were growing up? Margaret Thatcher v Smash Hits – a classic interview from the vaults 2013-04-09T11:25:08Z Meryl Streep won an Oscar for playing a steely yet faltering Margaret Thatcher in the 2011 British film “The Iron Lady.” Women scarce in films abroad, USC study finds 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z She made some memorable, resonant speeches — remember that voice — on the floor of Parliament, including a scathing counter-tribute to Margaret Thatcher after the former prime minister’s death. Glenda Jackson on Quitting Parliament, Playing Lear and Returning to Broadway 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z In a sign of her continuing ability to stoke controversy, more than 24,000 people have signed a tongue-in-cheek petition pushing for any state funeral for Thatcher to be privatized. Iron Lady or monster? Thatcher film stirs UK passions 2012-01-05T16:50:30Z If Thatcher failed “the Balmoral test,” “The Crown” shows Diana passing with flying colors. How to Survive a Royal Weekend on ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Workmen build a stand for the media ahead of Margaret Thatcher's funeral ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral in London. Thatcher's funeral to be beamed to millions worldwide 2013-04-12T17:48:39Z He said he loathed the “small-town mentality” of Stockport and felt increasingly uncomfortable with the conservative politics of his father, a successful electronics salesman who admired Margaret Thatcher. Specializing in Secrets and Their Dear Cost 2012-10-07T05:00:06Z We also do “Margaret Thatcher Queen of Club Nights,” which is basically an ’80s disco where she brings everybody together for a big old dance. How Do You Play Margaret Thatcher? Like This 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z This season opener, “The Six Thatchers,” revolves around finding someone who, for some reason, is seeking and destroying busts of Margaret Thatcher. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Sherlock’ and Carrie Fisher’s ‘Wishful Drinking’ 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z And behind the portrait of individual desperation lurks a wider point about a society, six months after Mrs Thatcher's elevation to power, that has nothing much to offer but a savourless materialism. Ecstasy - review 2011-03-16T00:17:46Z Margaret Thatcher and her remote Tory government closed all the heavy industry in the city within a generation; ships, steel, coal—all gone. Douglas Stuart on Growing Up Queer Before the Internet 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Thatcher said, according to Paul Johnson, one her closest advisers, writing in Britain's centre-right Spectator magazine last year. Iron Lady or monster? Thatcher film stirs UK passions 2012-01-05T16:50:30Z The exhibition's centerpiece is a room devoted to politics, showing how artists have skewered politicians from Napoleon Bonaparte to Adolf Hitler and prime ministers Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair. 'Rude Britannia' looks at 300 years of comic art 2010-06-07T14:47:00Z The latter was the only film to receive harsher reviews from female critics, in which Streep played Margaret Thatcher. The growing gender divide over “Ghostbusters”: Why movies starring women get slimed by male critics 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z He also ends up in bed with Margaret Thatcher, who tells him: "I won my war, you didn't." Catch me if you can: The Comic Strip reunited 2011-08-28T20:30:01Z The novel never becomes bogged down in the intransigent politics of the Thatcher era. ‘High Dive’ review: A bomb is ticking under the prime minister 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z I'm washing my hands in a toilet in Chelsea and Margaret Thatcher is lecturing me. Maggie's nightclub ? the ultimate tribute to Thatcher 2010-11-22T20:30:00Z The British prime minister Margaret Thatcher snagged the scrap of paper after seeing it abandoned on the desk after the meeting. Texas Monthly: Uncovering an Enigma Wrapped in a Doodle 2013-12-29T01:04:18Z At the height of the HIV epidemic in the UK, the Thatcher government opened up needle exchanges for intravenous drug users. Why opioid deaths are this generation’s Aids crisis | Mary O’Hara 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z It’s a history of the British class system, a long-form indictment of Margaret Thatcher’s social and economic policies and a rowdy broadside against London’s elite media and political circles. Books of The Times: Get Your Bling and Adidas Tracksuit, Wayne, a British Class War Is Raging 2011-07-12T20:59:50Z The former Tory MP Louise Mensch was among those who urged people to download the song – which featured in Meryl Streep's 2011 Thatcher biopic, The Iron Lady – in protest at the Ding Dong! campaign. Anti-Thatcher campaign narrowly fails to take Ding Dong! to No 1 in charts 2013-04-14T18:00:06Z Under Thatcher the 80s saw a newly empowered and acquisitive working class; Clarke's film is a bawdy tribute to these stirrings. The films that defined the Thatcher era 2013-04-08T17:40:00Z The arrangement that Lady Thatcher offered me," writes Moore, "was that I would have full access to herself … and to her papers. Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z Even before Thatcher entered Number 10 she was being personally singled out. The villain of political pop 2013-04-08T17:00:00Z "Iron Lady": The always amazing Meryl Streep is back on the big screen in this biopic about the life of Margaret Thatcher. Weekend Preview: Seattle Juggling Festival 2012-01-11T19:59:08Z Although Mr. Thatcher’s “Polaris” finds plenty of variety in his score, the “Allegramente” movement of William Walton’s Piano Quartet in D minor, he doesn’t show us what appeals to him in it. Review: New York City Ballet Gives a Dance Form a Makeover 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z If you ever saw the Meryl Streep movie “The Iron Lady,” this is Margaret Thatcher in her heyday. The Metropolitan Opera Season That Vanished 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z It's all very peculiar … So what, might you ask, is Mrs Thatcher doing talking to Smash Hits? Margaret Thatcher v Smash Hits – a classic interview from the vaults 2013-04-09T11:25:08Z Mr. Thatcher’s “Polaris,” for four women and five men, is to the Allegramente movement of William Walton’s “Piano Quartet in D Minor.” Dance This Week: Balanchine Classics, Percussive Feet and Tango 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z She mentioned her penchant for the American crime show “NCIS,” and tackled the constant comparisons between her and the only other female British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher. Theresa May Strikes a Pose 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z “The last time you ever saw a dream ballet in a musical was in the ’50s, right?” quips Ginger Thatcher, the associate choreographer. In ‘Little Dancer,’ Susan Stroman shows the art of perseverance Here I am being poured a glass of refreshing mineral water by the steady hand of Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Prime Minister of the universe. Margaret Thatcher v Smash Hits – a classic interview from the vaults 2013-04-09T11:25:08Z On her way up to accept the award for Best Actress for her portrayal of polarizing Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Meryl Streep lost her stiletto shoe on the way up to the stage. The Artist Silences the Competition at the BAFTAs 2012-02-13T00:15:40Z In conversation with broadcaster Jon Snow she described the way Mitterrand used to tease Margaret Thatcher by indicating Galsworthy and having her translate into English: "This young woman is one of yours." Hay festival diary: Tales of the interpreter 2010-05-30T17:22:00Z Thatcher's ascendance galvanised a generation of dissenters, but her long-term impact on British culture ensured that, despite some notable exceptions, their ranks were never really replenished. The villain of political pop 2013-04-08T17:00:00Z She very graciously gave me the Thatcher nod.....lovely lady. Actress Janet Brown dies aged 87 2011-05-27T14:57:18Z The team behind Sherlock have been at pains to avoid spoilers for the latest series, which begins where the special episode last January left off with the first instalment, Six Thatchers. Sherlock's future in doubt as stars' Hollywood schedules fill 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z But the illusion of entitlement persisted even into the Thatcher era, and this is where the St. Aubyn books resonate beyond the man who is their subject. Patrick Melrose and the Fall of the English Élite 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z In politics, Norman Stone compared the current crop of Conservatives unfavourably to Margaret Thatcher, whom he believed knew how to wield power thanks to the depth and breadth of her experience. Hay festival 2010: Thursday at Hay 2010-06-04T12:05:00Z It was the start of the hardline Margaret Thatcher years, and places – up north, especially – were being decimated. Paul Weller and Bruce Foxton on Town Called Malice 2012-11-12T17:33:06Z Margaret On The Guillotine, a song on Morrissey's debut solo album Viva Hate, prompted Special Branch to question the singer about whether he might pose a security threat to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Morrissey opens up in autobiography 2013-10-17T12:09:33Z To help color in that page, Lewis made Thatcher playlists that leaned heavily on era-defining acts like Hole and PJ Harvey. ‘Yellowjackets’ Leans in to Savagery 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z A month before the cameras rolled, Margaret Thatcher became prime minister. First the gangsters, then the bankers: how The Long Good Friday foretold the future 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Walters is known for her interviews on U.S. television with world leaders including Cuba's Fidel Castro, Britain's Margaret Thatcher, Saddam Hussein of Iraq and every U.S. president since Richard Nixon. U.S. TV journalist Barbara Walters announces retirement 2013-05-13T15:51:42Z It comes after a three-year layoff, except for a Christmas special last year, and begins with an episode called “The Six Thatchers,” based on the Conan Doyle story “The Adventure of the Six Napoleons.” Review: ‘Sherlock’ Returns, Tracking a Smasher of Thatcher Busts 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z After sizing up the crowd, the Weinstein Company decided recently to sidestep it with a Dec. 30 opening for “The Iron Lady,” which stars Meryl Streep as the British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. Hollywood Plans a Bigger Binge for Christmas 2011-11-09T13:00:00Z Gillian Shephard takes a different approach to reanimating the ghosts of the Thatcher years in The Real Iron Lady, her miscellany of recollections of what it was like to work with her. Chateau Despair by Lisa Barnard; The Real Iron Lady by Gillian Shephard – review 2013-03-25T11:00:01Z Thatcher’s 11 years in power was a period of dramatic economic and racial inequality, and a worsening quality of life for the average Briton. How to Survive a Royal Weekend on ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z In 1990 when West Germany, on the verge of reunification with the East, beat England in the semifinal, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was asked how she felt about losing to Germany at Britain’s national sport. A German Comedian in London: Working Out the War in Punch Lines 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z It was great to hear the alacrity and gleeful laughs with which the audience ejected Thatcher. Radio review: Woman's Hour Live Balloon Debate 2010-06-17T06:59:00Z But it was also a period when Thatcher and Reagan were busily redesigning western society around their project of neoliberalism. 'It was quasi-religious': the great self-esteem con 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Her British publisher says, “Where her last two novels explore how modern England was forged, ‘The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher’ shows us the country we have become.” Fall books: 37 new titles to add to your reading list 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z The Conservatives are in power now, although Prime Minister David Cameron has been careful to differentiate himself from Thatcher with his "Big Society" mantra, which encourages grassroots community action as opposed to state intervention. Iron Lady or monster? Thatcher film stirs UK passions 2012-01-05T16:50:30Z In response to the auction, the Margaret Thatcher Centre—a privately funded organization that, in 2019, expects to open Britain’s first version of a Presidential library—launched an emergency appeal. Snubbing Margaret Thatcher’s Clothes 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Geri Halliwell tweeted on Monday: 'Thinking of our 1st Lady of girl power, Margaret Thatcher, a green grocer's daughter who taught me any thing is possible.' Spice Girl all too ready for turning over Thatcher 2013-04-12T18:24:42Z As a young girl, writes Harris, Thatcher had "a sweet smile, beautiful hair, flashing blue eyes". Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z In the 1980s, young Kraft and his best friend — a Hungarian laundryman who accidentally defected — remake themselves into voluble proponents of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. Review | In ‘Kraft,’ German author Jonas Lüscher pokes fun at Silicon Valley’s shiny elitism and rabid faith in technology 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z All the optimism of the early years of Thatcher's premiership can be found in this unashamedly patriotic, and undeniably stirring, epic. The films that defined the Thatcher era 2013-04-08T17:40:00Z Everything went just fine until Thatcher herself stepped down. Willy Russell: let's have a rethink | John Crace 2010-04-06T10:31:00Z The Iron Lady, which follows Margaret Thatcher over a number of years, also won the award for best make-up and hair. The Artist dominates 65th Baftas 2012-02-12T23:22:16Z I suspect the play is really an indictment of both generations: the self-seeking individualism of Thatcher's children and their ineffectual offspring, who talk a good ethical game while lacking the capacity for action. Children's Children – review 2012-05-25T11:20:12Z There was no controversy about Kennedy's official state funeral to match criticism that is emerging in some quarters of Margaret Thatcher's not quite state funeral. The tricky art of a state funeral 2013-04-10T13:59:23Z To come up with the titles, the Glicks hired Thatcher Wine, the guy who created the cozy library for the Nomad Hotel bar. | In the Former Elaine’s Space, a New Restaurant Pays Tribute to Its Predecessor 2013-12-18T22:00:43Z |
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