| 单词 | prime minister |
| 例句 | As far as they were concerned, he was some sort of crazy terrorist who had just parachuted into the Science Museum and taken six shots at the prime minister. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The prime minister glanced at his press secretary, puzzled. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z WITNESS: This letter has not been ignored by the prime minister. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In many ways, Bram Fischer, the grandson of the prime minister of the Orange River Colony, had made the greatest sacrifice of all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z England has a relatively new prime minister, and Ellen wants to meet him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Are you going to play the Japanese prime minister’s cat?” asked Fred. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The prime minister, Sir Milton Margai, was then brought over to meet me, and the clerk introduced me as the chief. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Scruffy, a checkered blue bow bobbing in his fur, prances up to the Four Paws Spa's arched grand entryway, where the Japanese prime minister's cat is secretly being held hostage by the evil Dr. Loofah. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Before I left, my father had been teasing Atal, saying he could be my secretary when I became prime minister. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z "The evil Dr. Loofah is climbing into the helicopter! He has the prime minister's cat and puppy!" Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “You slightly spoiled things by shooting the prime minister,” Alan Blunt said. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z To honor his promise to defend Poland, British prime minister Neville Chamberlain turned to the Soviet Union. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z We did not know how the prime minister had died. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "We have to rescue the Japanese prime minister's cat!" shouts Nala. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z WITNESS: The prime minister did respond to the letter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But Headmaster ruled the school like the prime minister ruled India—nobody said no to his decisions. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z To pay for the war, the prime minister decided to put some teeth into the legislation. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z She did not know they had renamed kwashiorkor after the British prime minister, but her amusement dissipated when she went to Adanna’s room. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In my cross-examination of Mr. Barnard I first read the court the letter I sent requesting that the prime minister call a national convention for all South Africans to write a new nonracial constitution. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, with a sense of disbelief, he recognized the prime minister standing, slack jawed, next to Herod Sayle. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z But as the car raced along the edge of the cliff, the prime minister had a tough time keeping his mind on the gorgeous view. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z That fall, in October 2007, something happened that gave us hope: Benazir Bhutto, who had been the first female prime minister of Pakistan, was returning to run in that year’s election. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And of course, Atal said, no, he would be prime minister, and I would be his secretary. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Is that name Gladstone, do you think? Could be a relative of the prime minister. But I can’t make out anything else.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “Mandela, you look like a prime minister now, not a prisoner,” he said and smiled. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Office of Misinformation will in such a case liaise directly with the Muggle prime minister to seek a plausible non-magical explanation for the event. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Smuts, then deputy prime minister, was campaigning around the country for South Africa to declare war on Germany while the prime minister, J. B. Hertzog, advocated neutrality. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Following South Africa’s declaration of war against Germany, Hertzog resigned and Smuts became prime minister. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z NM: Did you place this letter before your prime minister? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Only set a bomb outside the prime minister’s house in London,” replied Hugh. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He might say, for example, that like the pharaoh of ancient Egypt, the prime minister of South Africa was raising an army. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am going to tell you. Yes. He grew up to be the bliddy prime minister!” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He liked having a prime minister of Karhide in his ward, and the prime minister was grateful. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z NM: You don’t agree that it would be irregular for a prime minister to ignore a letter raising vital issues affecting the vast majority of the citizens of that country? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Spy gear that can eavesdrop on all the prime minister's top-secret communications and then uplink classified information to a satellite, which Dr. Loofah will download and sell to the highest bidder. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Henry is seated with the prime minister, and Alex sits and chews his food like it’s personally wronged him and watches Henry from across the room, seething. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He tucks the Japanese prime minister's cat under one arm like a football as he fumbles in his pockets for...a remote! Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Tens of thousands of schoolchildren would be sitting in their classes, gathered around their new Stormbreakers, waiting for the moment—at midday exactly—when the prime minister would press the button and bring them on-line. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The ANC drafted a letter to the prime minister advising him of these resolutions and the deadline for repealing the laws. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was finally able to read again and devoured The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a book given to me by the former prime minister of the United Kingdom, Gordon Brown. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The prime minister lifted his finger and adjusted his position so that the cameras could get his best profile. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z There were many foreign heads of state and prime ministers who had long taken note of this charismatic champion of the people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “To Ceylon and to the world’s first woman prime minister!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z During a state visit to Washington early in the new year, British prime minister Anthony Eden proposed that the United States and Great Britain unilaterally suspend testing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z "Don't you fools dare follow me! For I not only have the Japanese prime minister's cat. I have his new American puppy, too!" Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Stole it,” said the onetime prime minister of Karhide, holding his hands over the stove, which he had not yet turned down; he, even he, was cold. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z So the king and the prime minister and the lord chancellor would all be looking for somewhere to convalesce it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The first Stormbreakers would have already begun leaving the plant, and in less than twenty-four hours the prime minister would be activating them. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The second hit the prime minister in the hand, his finger less than an inch away from the mouse. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Ideas for international control had been making their way to Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill for months, albeit haphazardly. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A podium had been set up in the center for Sayle, the prime minister, his press secretary, and the minister of state for education. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The Russian prime minister, Leonid Brezhnev, wrote to Dr. Verwoerd asking for leniency. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There were telegrams from all around the world, from presidents and prime ministers, but I remember one in particular from a white Cape Town housewife that amused me greatly. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Bram Fischer, a part-time lecturer, was the scion of a distinguished Afrikaner family: his grandfather had been prime minister of the Orange River Colony and his father was judge-president of the Orange Free State. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Tam Lin had tried to blow up the English prime minister, but he’d killed twenty children instead. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Eighteen screens of the prime minister giving a speech at a convention, his two hands shaking themselves out over the podium as he spoke, a bit like mine. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 But the idea of time jumping, which with its false hint of immbr tality had fascinated everyone who listened to me, from the Horden Island fisherman on up to the prime minister, left him cold. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Eventually it will be the name of the Indian prime minister’s Italian wife. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t see why. He might simply ask, Who’ll serve me best as prime minister?—and leave it at that.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Al-though he could have been a prime minister of South Africa, he became one of the bravest and staunchest friends of the freedom struggle that I have ever known. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He could use it to warn the prime minister. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He got excellent exam results and—here’s an amazing coincidence—at the age of fifteen he actually found himself sitting next to a boy who would grow up to become prime minister of Great Britain. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The government had such a large majority that they knew it was in their best interests to laugh at the prime minister’s jokes. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z After the Japanese prime minister made a second trip to North Korea in 2004, Jenkins and his daughters were also allowed to leave. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Lumumba was prime minister of Congo. Do you know where Congo is?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Winston Churchill, the British prime minister himself, sent warnings based on captured German codes to the Soviet government. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The prime minister took his place in front of the microphone. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z In the end, he simply said that the tone of the letter was aggressive and discourteous and for that reason the prime minister did not answer it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The plane door opened, and out hopped Winston Churchill, prime minister of Great Britain, a fat cigar in his hand. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z NM: Now was any reply given to this letter by the prime minister? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure I’ve ever served the king,” said the king’s prime minister. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z That they were giving an award named after a beloved prime minister who had been tragically murdered by a deranged man to someone who represented people on death row revealed a lot about their values. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Plaques and awards lined the walls, along with photos of the mayor with presidents, prime ministers, and everyday Baltimoreans. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Two security men had rushed to the prime minister, who was clutching his wrist, blood dripping out of his hand. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I met the king of Saudi Arabia, the president of Argentina, the prime ministers of Japan and Ethiopia. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The prime minister is going to press the button that will bring all the computers on-line...the whole lot of them. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Do you regard it proper for a prime minister not to respond to pleas made in regard to vital issues by the vast majority of the citizens of the country? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The names on this list are famous ones—prime ministers, presidents, pop stars—and beside each name is an amount of notes offered. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z This blame-the-party-in-power approach made sense in Great Britain, where the prime minister is an elected member of Parliament who serves only as long as his or her party holds a majority of the parliamentary seats. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The British prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, issued an ultimatum to Hitler: If he dared to invade Poland, Britain would declare war on Nazi Germany. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The silhouette of the bodyguard looked menacing, and Matt remembered he’d killed twenty children with a bomb intended for the English prime minister.The man seemed to soak up the faint starlight from the ceiling. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In one strategy meeting at which Brown was not present, David Muir, his director of political strategy, says the public sees the prime minister as "beaten up and lacking in confidence". Revealing documentary shows unguarded side of Lord Mandelson 2010-10-15T10:13:00Z He became prime minister in February 2014 after a bloodless internal coup in his party. Meet Matteo Renzi — the Justin Trudeau of Italy and the Obamas’ final state dinner honoree 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z This is so typical of our prime minister. David Cameron accused of 'shooting from the hip' in Jimmy Carr attack 2012-06-22T19:25:24Z The former Belgian prime minister is an avid writer of haiku, a traditional Japanese form of poetry. EU President Van Rompuy to publish book of poems 2010-03-30T17:23:00Z But as the Nazi government took power, the collection also drew the interest of Hermann Goering, a powerful Nazi figure and the prime minister of Prussia. Court Rules for Germany in Nazi-Era Dispute Over the Guelph Treasure 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z A former prime minister of Haiti, Pierre-Louis is a remarkable woman with a commitment to what she calls the "historically marginalised" of Haiti. Haiti: rocked to its foundations 2011-01-11T21:31:00Z It lost actress Billie Piper as the main character Paige Britain, a hard-as-nails tabloid editor who will get into bed with the police or the prime minister if it will net her a story. 'Great Britain' taps phone-hacking laughs, but not for all 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z The prime minister Winston Churchill worried about making the ritual into a “theatrical performance.” Her Majesty’s Last Broadcast 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z He named the 39-room stucco building after its sloped site, Strawberry Hill, and financed it with inheritances from his father, Robert, Britain’s first prime minister. Antiques: Horace Walpole?s London Home Is Restored 2010-04-15T21:29:00Z “If we said it was blindingly obvious that you would relish the challenge of being prime minister, it wouldn’t be wrong, would it?” Boris Johnson, London’s lively mayor, writes about Churchill and muses about his future Hunt, of course, is also the TV character our prime minister said he was flattered to be compared with. Ashes to Ashes ends and everything becomes less clear 2010-05-21T21:01:00Z The superbly balanced American felling ax, celebrated in Walt Whitman’s immortal “Song of the Broad-Axe,” was a favorite of the British prime minister and gentleman woodcutter William Ewart Gladstone. Design That’s Got Users in Mind 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z The programme's concept, perhaps a tad obscure, was that famous names would be light-heartedly auditioned for key roles of state – chief of police, prime minister. Simon Bird spreads his wings 2011-02-20T00:05:18Z It’s a world where the Canadian prime minister is “widely regarded as the most powerful human being on the planet” and resource-rich Canada itself has become “the global elite’s panic room.” It’s 2038. The World Is Dust and Forests Are Scarce. 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Political analysts in London say that it’s not too much of a stretch to see him ultimately succeed his friend Cameron as party leader, making him a serious contender for prime minister. Boris Johnson, London’s lively mayor, writes about Churchill and muses about his future Doha feared "serious consequences" after Prince Charles objected to Rogers' designs and urged the Qatari prime minister to "reconsider the plans", the court heard. How Prince Charles triggered an ?81m headache for the emir of Qatar 2010-05-21T19:26:00Z For Serbia, coaxing Ms. Abramovic back — something that took the intervention of the country’s prime minister — is a way of signaling a fresh start. Marina Abramovic Comes Home, and Comes Clean 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z In Canada, the prime minister and governor general can dissolve the government and call for an election at any time. 11 weeks of campaigning is too long? Oh, Canada! 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z When the Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, visited London last week, he faced activists protesting against tar sands, the world's largest energy project, which is producing millions of barrels of oil from the Albertan wilderness. Oil City – review 2013-06-20T16:41:28Z He's even said to have taken time out from his busy schedule selling the neon-tinged liquid to write to the prime minister of India and demand better rights for cows. Picking fights: Steven Seagal at 60 2011-04-11T17:15:59Z Over Christmas I was given a sweatshirt depicting the prime minister riding a horse, set against a backdrop that included a rainbow and waterfall. Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau: A Very Canadian ‘First Lady’ 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z That fall, Yeltsin named Putin his acting prime minister, then, in a New Year’s Eve surprise, turned the Kremlin over to him. Ksenia Sobchak, the Stiletto in Putin’s Side 2012-07-03T21:56:57Z 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 Earlier this month, an Iranian vice-president attacked Britons as "inhuman" idiots saddled with a dunce of a prime minister. Iranian media warned after paper calls Carla Bruni-Sarkozy a 'prostitute' 2010-08-31T11:40:00Z That same week saw the assassination of Shinzo Abe, a former Japanese prime minister, a tragic crime made all the more shocking by Japan’s low levels of gun violence. 6 Podcasts About Political Scandals and Upheaval 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Next up for the author, following publication of her book Young Romantics last month, is a biography of 19th-century prime minister Benjamin Disraeli and his wife Mary Ann. Hay festival hears Byron and Shelley were 'monsters' 2010-06-03T10:49:00Z When my son was five, and my daughter two years younger, he said he wanted to be prime minister when he grew up; the height of her ambition was to be a princess. Jane Martinson: 10 lessons I've learned from being Guardian women's editor 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z His remarks, made on The Late Show with David Letterman, prompted Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd to respond on a Sydney radio show. Prime minister reacts as Williams takes the Mork out of Australia 2010-03-31T14:59:00Z They will outlast their political contemporaries: Larry is already on his second prime minister, and given the mess we are in, it won’t be long before a third moves in. Cat-inet reshuffles: the long history of felines in politics 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z For the past 80 years, Labour and Tory prime ministers alike have been almost as unwilling as Churchill to forsake their vision of Britain as a global power. Britain and the U.S.: A Forced and Unequal Marriage 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z He explains this in a letter to the Chinese prime minister that doubles as voice-over narration for “The White Tiger,” Ramin Bahrani’s restless new film, which is itself a blend of disparate elements. ‘The White Tiger’ Review: Don’t Call Him a Slumdog 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z 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 And as the former prime minister Gordon Brown pointed out last week, child poverty was declining before 2010, now it is rising again. Why aren’t we outraged by child poverty in Britain and the US? | Mary O’Hara 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Warburg's political pal, Wilson, was an economic failure as prime minister. 'High Financier': Niall Ferguson on the banker who helped make London a capital of finance 2010-06-23T23:38:00Z It’s a seamless effort that comes alive with a dazzling ensemble that includes Jason Isaacs as Zhukov, a preening military force, and Michael Palin as Molotov, a first deputy prime minister. Review: The Slapstick Horror of ‘The Death of Stalin’ 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z 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 It seems perfectly possible that David Cameron will be remembered as the prime minister who 'lost' Scotland and took Britain out of Europe. Julian Barnes criticises Britain's 'philistine' approach to arts 2013-04-12T12:21:21Z The minister of Democratic Institutions returned to work in May with her son Oliver in tow, introducing him to her Liberal colleagues, including Justin Trudeau, the country’s prime minister. Footage of Canadian minister breastfeeding her baby in House of Commons goes viral 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z The movie had another reason for high hopes as it opened in New York and Los Angeles before going nationwide in the US next month: Americans’ enduring admiration for the British wartime prime minister. Churchill 'in the year of Trump': Darkest Hour feeds America's love for Winston 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z But there is a case for arguing that, in modern culture, we are – to adapt David Cameron's recent claim about a female Tory prime minister – all Newtonians now. Shhhh! How keeping secrets became cool 2013-04-23T15:29:58Z It twists a famous quote from a Labour prime minister of the era, Harold Wilson, by adding: "You've never had it so often." New Lloyd Webber musical tackles '60s Profumo affair 2013-12-20T01:19:01Z Port Moresby is due to host the Apec summit in November with world leaders including Chinese president Xi Jinping, Australian prime minister Scott Morrison and US vice president Mike Pence due to attend. Polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea reaches capital Port Moresby 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z In 2008, the nation's prime minister issued an historic apology to Aborignes for the racial discrimination and injustices they endured for over 200 years. 'Sapphires' actor O'Dowd on aboriginal similarity 2013-03-29T13:37:08Z “The prime minister is very much behind this idea of promoting contemporary culture, and Nicholas Yatromanolakis is a really brilliant guy, but Greece has been in a dire situation since the debt crisis,” he said. Building a Hub for New Art ‘Under the Shadow of the Acropolis’ 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z When he met with the prime minister, Churchill began asking him about his shows. What’s a Best Book? And What Isn’t? 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z That applies equally to prime ministers, American presidents, British entrepreneurs and exceptional writers. How to raise a brilliant child without screwing them up 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z And throughout the 1950s she caught nearly every important event in the career of the charismatic prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Art Review: ‘Candid,’ Photos by Homai Vyarawalla, at Rubin Museum 2012-08-23T22:02:45Z The prime minister's relaxed appearance is not arrived at easily, according to the biography. David Cameron's 'chillaxing' hobbies revealed in new biography 2012-05-19T10:46:51Z The play imagines private meetings between the queen and the prime ministers of her 60-year reign, from Winston Churchill to David Cameron. Mirren to reprise Oscar-winning royal role 2012-09-21T16:49:13Z 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 Trump spoke with a number of foreign leaders over the weekend, including the president of Mexico, the prime minister of Germany. ‘Donald Trump is the Chris Brown of politics’ – the best presidential gags 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Alan Jones also accused conservative opposition of being soft on the prime minister because she is a woman. Alan Jones forced to apologise for latest Julia Gillard tirade 2012-10-01T08:34:00Z I remind him that he suggested he might run for prime minister one day. Ducking and weaving 2010-07-30T23:09:00Z Gunnlaugsson’s office issued a statement saying that the prime minister is stepping aside “for an unspecified amount of time.” Panama Papers drama: Iceland’s prime minister says he’s not quitting after all 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z 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 The prime minister sought to keep filming of "The Hobbit" movies in New Zealand by holding a crisis meeting with studio executives Tuesday, but said the country would not be drawn into a bidding war. New Zealand tries to keep 'The Hobbit' 2010-10-26T03:18:00Z 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 “Three years later, Oxford dons snubbed her by refusing to award her the honorary doctorate that they traditionally bestowed upon prime ministers.” Hugh Thomas, Prodigious Author of Spanish History, Dies at 85 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z If Johnson were to become prime minister, as some fear, is there any guarantee he would take even that job seriously? TV highlights 25/03/2013 2013-03-25T07:00:19Z The candidates for prime minister compete in “tests of leadership” that poke fun at national identity: sniff-testing wood, passive-aggressive queuing, and clubbing baby seals. ‘The Twentieth Century’ Review: The Great Weird North 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z It was a famously American way to finish off the night, during which the prime minister compared Trump to one of the most famous presidents in American history. Trump brushes off political controversy to wine and dine Australia at state dinner 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z The conversation returns, like so many other discussions among Milan executives, to the putative new, young prime minister. In Italy, Hoping for a Youthquake 2014-02-19T19:07:27Z Sir Adrian warns the prime minister that the supposed North Korean denuclearization is a scam — that if they have destroyed one nuclear facility they have simply hidden another one elsewhere. Review | At 80, Frederick Forsyth has produced a classic thriller that’s also eerily relevant 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Not least of whom is Matteo Renzi, the brash and charismatic 39-year-old who became Italy’s prime minister in February, and is often described as Machiavellian by both local and international journalists. In Tuscany, Following the Rise and Fall of Machiavelli 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z If you could require the prime minister of Pakistan to read one book, what would it be? Malala Yousafzai: By the Book 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z Cita Stelzer’s new book, “Dinner with Churchill,” is a welcome addition to the myriad biographies of and histories about the British prime minister. ‘Dinner with Churchill’: Dining and diplomacy 2013-05-15T22:58:06Z As prime minister, he refused an armistice with Germany and famously said, “we shall never surrender.” 'Darkest Hour' offers a timely study into Churchill's leadership 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z "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 Nevertheless, the former Labor prime minister Tony Blair elicits nearly comparable scorn as a sanctimonious egotist in the pocket of the United States. The voice of Winnie the Pooh is something of a teddy bear himself (with claws) 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z On Friday the Portuguese prime minister, José Sócrates, urged his parliament to back new austerity measures. Portugal's new tourism draws are Phantom Of The Opera and Evita 2011-03-20T00:05:46Z In 1953, the film's preface tells us, the CIA and the British secret service organised a coup d'état that toppled the legitimate Iranian prime minister Mohammed Mossadegh, who'd nationalised the oil industry. Argo – review 2012-11-11T00:05:47Z 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 The Hunt for Tony Blair, which received its world premiere in Edinburgh on Friday, has Stephen Mangan playing the former prime minister in the 1950s-style film noir pastiche. Comic Strip returns with Tony Blair on the run in Channel 4 film noir comedy 2011-08-26T18:40:01Z An early sketch of his depicting Winston Churchill in his last days as an MP was spiked by The Times, who feared his depiction of the age-ravaged former prime minister would upset Churchill's wife. Gerald Scarfe's colourful career 2013-01-29T13:10:53Z The main left-wing opposition Syriza party accused the prime minister of using Greece’s military helicopters like a “personal radio taxi.” Tom Hanks and wife get Greek citizenship for wildfire aid 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z The video consists of a single image, the facade of the St. George Hotel in Beirut, in front of which the former prime minister of Lebanon, Rafik Hariri, was assassinated in 2005. Art in Review: ?DOUBLE CRESCENT?: ?Art From Istanbul and New Orleans? 2011-10-20T18:59:07Z But global video streaming market leader, Netflix, was drawn into a legal battle last year after a complaint that its first Indian original series “Sacred Games” insulted former prime minister and Congress leader Rajiv Gandhi. Netflix, local rival Hotstar to censor content in India - sources 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z The Dow fell 276 on Monday of last week and then 297 points the following day after the Greek prime minister said he would put an unpopular package of austerity cuts to a public vote. Wall Street tumbles as euro zone wavers 2011-11-09T20:36:00Z Kevin Rudd, the former Australian prime minister, and Robert Daly, director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the U.S., provide a counterpoint. Spare Times for Oct. 9-15 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z A celebrity since birth — the son of a groundbreaking prime minister and a flamboyant mother who struggles with bipolar disorder — Trudeau shares an engaging life story that would be worth reading whatever his aims. Audiobooks for Those Long Summer Drives, Without the Kids 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z To spend hours playing frivolous iPad games despite being the prime minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. From Armchair Paralympian to Paedosavile: my words of 2012 2012-12-30T20:00:00Z The aristocracy continued to wield considerable political power throughout the 19th century, supplying many prime ministers, such as the 1st Duke of Wellington, the 2nd Earl Grey and the 2nd Viscount Melbourne. The establishment uncovered: how power works in Britain 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z He does not have to be actively plotting to undermine the prime minister. Boris Johnson reminds Tories of what David Cameron has lost 2012-10-06T23:08:26Z She said they could get smitten with “the dustman, the postman, the butcher or the prime minister. It happens to be about the people.” Queen! Bow Down to Tattoo-Flashing Octogenarian Dame Dench 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z His ambition is not only to be prime minister, his sister Rachel recently revealed, but also "World King". The Wit and Wisdom of Boris Johnson, introduced and edited by Harry Mount – review 2013-05-22T13:00:01Z Frost seemed to catch the British prime minister off-guard when he asked an unexpected question about his relationship with President George W. Bush in an interview. David Frost’s Most Memorable Interviews 2013-09-02T02:01:39Z Who is responsible for the coup and then the hanging of the prime minister? A young woman caught between Pakistan and the West 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z And of course, there is another image that simply isn’t being shared with the same frequency or enthusiasm—one of Michelle Obama sitting with her husband and the Danish prime minister laughing and smiling openly. The media’s Michelle Obama problem: What a selfie says about our biases 2013-12-10T23:59:00Z For three decades Dundas was the Grand Manager of Scotland, or Great Tyrant to his enemies, and the trusted lieutenant of British prime minister William Pitt. Dundas papers secured for archive 2012-07-03T12:35:56Z At the time of writing there are two men remaining in the contest to become prime minister. What Moves Nina Stibbe Most in a Book? ‘Dogs’ 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z The following morning, he will address the conference itself, a glorious opportunity for Borisovian grandstanding and an event that the prime minister will feel painfully obliged to attend. Boris Johnson reminds Tories of what David Cameron has lost 2012-10-06T23:08:26Z In any dialect, he was a consummate raconteur who seemed to have known everyone from Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, to musicians Bob Dylan and Frank Zappa. Theodore Bikel, singer, activist and Oscar-nominated actor, dies at 91 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Her favorite billboard was for the 2017 drama “Darkest Hour” about a period of Winston Churchill’s time as British prime minister during World War Two. Athens painter turns blockbusters into motion picture art 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z The X Factor's dominance suggested that, to quote a certain late prime minister, "there is no alternative". Thatcher Ding Dong! chart campaign is puerile – but the best protest available 2013-04-11T11:46:33Z The NT boss also becomes, by default, a sort of prime minister of British theatre, required to appear before select committees and on Newsnight to make the case for artistic subsidy. Hytner's National Theatre: who should run it next? 2013-04-11T10:39:49Z It stands in contrast to the oil paintings and portraits of former prime ministers elsewhere in the 300-year-old house, which serves as the British leader's office and London home. Tracey Emin neon lights up 10 Downing Street 2011-08-21T11:53:09Z Portillo rattled the prime minister when, as opposition leader, he went soft and liberal and cuddly, occasionally sniping at Smith from the left. What if John Smith had lived? 2011-04-07T20:00:15Z 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 He was also the inspiration for the former prime minister dogged by allegations of war crimes in Robert Harris' thriller "The Ghost," which was turned into a film by Roman Polanski. Blair memoir excites booksellers, riles critics 2010-08-31T15:55:00Z Laffer in early October publicly endorsed a dramatic tax-cutting plan proposed by Liz Truss, who was just getting settled in as Britain’s prime minister. Tax-cut guru still says he’s right about Trump, Truss and trickle-down 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Glinski, the culture minister and deputy prime minister, does not agree. A Museum Becomes a Battlefield Over Poland’s History 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Even the Labour prime minister Harold Wilson, the antithesis of an imperial statesman, insisted that Britain’s “frontiers were on the Himalayas.” Britain and the U.S.: A Forced and Unequal Marriage 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z The radical Liberal prime minister William Gladstone was the son of a major slave plantation owner and much of the centre's noble architecture was built with profits from the trade. Liverpool prepares to mark Slavery Remembrance Day 2012-08-08T06:00:00Z Of course, Canadian researchers are failing to ask the critical question: “Would you change your mind about living separately if you were moving in with our prime minister?” ‘We have never lived together. Is that so strange?’: the married couples who live apart 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z That same boy became the prime minister of Cuba 19 years later. Dear Mr. President: Kids have been sending letters to the White House for years 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z At the weekend, Donald Tusk, a former Polish prime minister who now chairs summits of European Union leaders, warned against the "appeasement" of Russia amid a renewed offensive by separatists. Last survivors recall Auschwitz, ask if lessons learned 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Blair, one of the longest-serving recent prime ministers, does not appear onstage, and is referred to only briefly. Mirren reigns as Britain's queen in 'The Audience' 2013-03-06T12:26:09Z She became the leader of his Pakistan People's Party in 1984, and prime minister four years later. 2010-01-27T22:35:00Z Benjamin Netanyahu, Rabin’s electoral opponent and now Israel’s prime minister, appears before angry crowds, encouraging their rage and seeking to turn it to political advantage. Review: Amos Gitai’s ‘Rabin, the Last Day’ Looks Back in Anguish 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z For instance, Callil says, she is madly in love with the Danish TV show Borgen, which centres on a female prime minister. Has Virago changed the publishing world's attitudes towards women? 2013-03-14T08:00:02Z I wondered what might be happening behind the scenes, and came up with these scenarios: Clegg and Brown celebrating, Brown letting Clegg try out the prime minister's chair. General election 2010: the art of the political poster 2010-04-27T07:00:00Z It will help the prime minister relate to refugees as individuals and not as a mere word. Hanan al-Shaykh: By the Book 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z In Britain, the prime minister recently announced a ban on all single-use plastics, including stirrers and cotton swabs, starting as early as next year. Slowly but steadily, the travel industry cuts its ties to disposable plastics 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z He began stalking the prime minister and eventually succeeded in pumping two bullets into his back after a peace rally in Tel Aviv. Review: ‘Killing the King,’ on the Murder That Claimed a Peace Process 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z You might ask President Obama and the British prime minister, David Cameron, who call Britain’s connection with the United States not the “special” relationship but the “essential” relationship.” Books of Style: Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip - Books of Style 2012-01-20T23:51:59Z A BBC story Wednesday recalls the former prime minister’s “fearsome reputation” for requiring only four hours of sleep a night. Is sleep the new sex? 2013-04-10T21:45:00Z Ellison positions three brightly bound books by Abraham Kuyper, the Dutch prime minister and Christian theologian from the turn of the 19th century, over his shoulder. Buck Ellison’s Great White Society 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Over in Hertfordshire, England, Trump was joking about referring to the prime minister of Canada as “two-faced.” Impeachment goes to college 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z “He was intended to reflect a particular kind of privileged, self-seeking, self-interested, ambitious, untrustworthy, unprincipled politician,” said Herron, who attended Oxford University’s Balliol College at the same time as the current prime minister. Writer Mick Herron’s ‘Slow Horses’ are spies for our times 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Did I want to be president or prime minister or an M.P.? The Saturday Profile: An Iranian Filmmaker Tiptoes Around the Censors to Explore Risky Subjects 2011-05-07T01:56:05Z Putin, the prime minister, won a third presidential term in March's election despite a wave of massive protests against his rule. Russian court ponders keeping punk rockers in jail 2012-04-19T12:13:09Z Some characters in “The Chosen Ones” suggest real-life figures — one is “the prime minister,” for example — others bring to mind archetypes, such as “liberal protester.” A Cabaret in Hungary Asks a Horrific Question: What if Jews Vanished? 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z It may be too soon to write the ending of the prime minister's story, but it's not too early to start thinking about the cast. Gordon Brown ? the movie 2010-05-11T18:00:00Z Streep played the British prime minister as a senile retiree, as well as a hectoring, dominant figure who instilled fear and respect in her own cabinet. Meryl Streep wins 3rd acting Oscar for 'Iron Lady' 2012-02-27T06:06:08Z 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 Skilful application of pressure ... prime minister Earl Grey. Perilous Question: The Drama of the Great Reform Bill 1832 by Antonia Fraser – review 2013-05-03T07:00:17Z Here we first see him clean-cut, handsome and unmistakably male in bespoke suit, looking rather like Britain’s current prime minister, David Cameron. London Journal: A Nonstop Carnival of Culpability 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Furthermore, the Netflix show is actually inspired by “The Audience,” which details a series of meetings between the British monarch and various prime ministers from Winston Churchill to David Cameron. No Netflix 'Crown' for Helen Mirren 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Britain’s wartime prime minister Winston Churchill and German-born physicist Albert Einstein, who both spoke at the Hall at different times, were also honored. Clapton, Churchill among those honored by Royal Albert Hall 'Walk... 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z He hosted the prime minister of Japan and the president of China and tapped two ambassadors from his membership list: Robin Bernstein for the Dominican Republic and handbag designer Lana Marks for South Africa. Palm Beach used to be a nice town for billionaires. Then Trump came along. 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z While the prime minister dreams of good citizens raising up their communities, his chancellor stands, knife in hand, ready to puncture the balloon in the very spot most likely to generate some lift. David Cameron's 'big society' is already being conducted by our orchestras 2010-10-19T16:03:00Z Last September, Jacinda Ardern, the prime minister of New Zealand who announced recently that she was stepping down after almost six years in power, did something heads of state rarely do. After Jacinda Ardern, Politics Will Never Look the Same 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Her replacement as prime minister, the dully ineffectual John Major, has failed to repair the sclerotic economy, which has slid into recession. A Low Point for the Monarchy, in a New Season of ‘The Crown’ 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z To be clear, we’re still talking about the works of a capable amateur, of note — and of occasionally startling financial value — chiefly because they were made by the wartime prime minister of Britain. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z What Buffini gives us isn’t merely one queen and prime minister, but two. Review | Thatcher and the queen square off in ‘Handbagged’ 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z At about the same time, the crown prince invited Saad Hariri, the prime minister of Lebanon, to Riyadh, where he was put under arrest and forced to announce his resignation. ‘MBS’ Chronicles the Shockingly Young, Powerful and Ruthless Saudi Crown Prince 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z "The Audience" shows her meeting with prime ministers over many decades, and required that she portray a woman in her 20s as well as an octogenarian. Mirren wins London theatre award for Queen Elizabeth II portrayal 2013-11-17T22:54:49Z He said he "didn't think a great deal" of the former prime minister, and thought viewers would "like to see Tony Blair chased". Comic Strip returns with Tony Blair on the run in Channel 4 film noir comedy 2011-08-26T18:40:01Z Others were compelled to make bad personal choices, like the prime minister’s chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, who drove 260 miles, in breach of lockdown, to visit his family as the virus struck. Britain Wonders, Is It Too Soon to Dramatize the Pandemic? 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z On the day Winston Churchill became prime minister of the United Kingdom — May 10, 1940 — Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Perspective | What to read in 2020 based on the books you loved in 2019 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z The last meaningful Israeli-Palestinian negotiations on a partition deal were held more than a decade ago, and Israel’s current prime minister is opposed to the idea of Palestinian statehood. Furor over Miss South Africa appearing in pageant in Israel 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Daldry will not reveal any key plot points, although he does divulge that the prime ministers will not come on stage sequentially, and that not all of them will make an appearance. Stephen Daldry 2013-02-10T07:00:19Z In his weekly phone-in programme on LBC radio, the deputy prime minister supported David Cameron's plans to cancel next week's session of prime minister's questions. Margaret Thatcher death celebrations were puerile, says Nick Clegg 2013-04-11T09:48:13Z In the latest iteration of this, as expressed by Theresa May soon after she became prime minister, Britain must become “the world’s great meritocracy”; this is the primary means to address society’s “burning injustices”. The class pay gap: why it pays to be privileged 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z After Putin was named Russia’s prime minister in 1999, minor but regressive amendments began to be made to the progressive 1991 media law, chipping away at newly established press freedoms. How Stalin’s Control of Foreign Reporters Helped Shape Russia Coverage Today 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z A new prime minister with an environmentalist agenda announces that Norway will shut down its oil and gas industry in the face of global warming. ‘Occupied’ and ‘The Bureau’: Two Gripping European Thrillers 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Never before had a British prime minister so explicitly identified certain sectors of society as enemies — trade unionists, socialists, liberals — and so diligently set out to crush them. The villain of political pop 2013-04-08T17:00:00Z "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 Grant also said it was actually his idea to have the prime minister’s secretary interrupt the dancing as a way to end the scene. 22 facts you actually didn’t know about “Love Actually” 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z After almost three years in Downing Street, she will resign as Conservative Party leader on Friday after failing to deliver Brexit, but remain in post as prime minister until her successor is elected. Melania and May's husband Philip attend English garden party 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z A legal fight over the oft-maligned boots irritates Australians, including the prime minister, who say too many of famous names are taken by others. In Cuba, Patching Together 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z There wasn’t actually due to be one for three years, but prime minister Theresa May called it early. John Oliver's plan for Theresa May: send Lord Buckethead to negotiate Brexit 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z And, while wishing Robert Hardy rapid recovery, there's something appropriate about this happening in a play about prime ministers, who are used to being removed at short notice with an understudy ready to step in. It's hard not to groan when a star pulls out 2013-03-01T17:39:37Z He became prime minister in 2007 and left office in May. Wife of Britain's ex-prime minister to pen memoir 2010-06-14T11:46:00Z Cattrall hit the treadmill and cut out breads, dairy, sweets and most meats to prepare for her role as an assistant to a former British prime minister, played by Pierce Brosnan. Kim Cattrall glams down for gritty indie role 2011-03-29T20:07:27Z On May 7, Jacinda Ardern, the prime minister of New Zealand, announced the possibility of reducing the country’s lockdown measures to “Level 2” as soon as next week, pending cabinet approval. The First Signs of Travel’s Return? 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z But, like the holidays of the British prime minister, David Cameron, in Cornwall, the choice shows a certain patriotism. Monsieur Hollande's holiday looks set to pass normality test 2012-07-24T14:17:41Z It almost makes you feel sorry for the internet companies – but their intentions are no more noble than the prime minister's. Why David Cameron's war on internet porn doesn't make sense 2013-07-21T19:00:01Z Bearing in mind the rule that prime ministers are not allowed to be sick, the incident needed to be carefully managed. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z Stiller, who directed and starred in 2001's "Zoolander", about a male fashion model brainwashed to assassinate a fictional prime minister of Malaysia, called "The Interview" cancellation "a threat to freedom of expression." Hollywood slams Sony, movie theaters for canceling 'The Interview' 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z As prime minister, you live your whole life in a goldfish bowl. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z Unsurprisingly, the Russian prime minister declined to be interviewed. Khodorkovsky ? the unexpected Berlin film festival hit 2011-02-15T00:29:13Z Of all the cockneys on the list, Helena Bonham Carter is probably the least familiar with a plate of jellied eels, being the great-granddaughter of former prime minister Herbert H Asquith. Clip joint: cockneys 2013-06-26T10:50:38Z Modernism, after all, arrived years before the interests of India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, aligned with Le Corbusier’s interests in the foothills of the Himalayas. When Architects Made Worlds 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z “If they seem too pointed or too cute or something, I get rid of them. Sometimes someone says, ‘Oh, do you realize that’s the former right-wing prime minister of Australia?’ Jim Jarmusch’s Collages Are Ready for Their Close-Up 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z And on Tuesday he was in Montenegro, apparently looking at property and meeting with the prime minister. No show for Depardieu in drunk driving charges 2013-01-08T13:01:11Z The most important thing that Boris has which the prime minister lacks is popularity. Boris Johnson reminds Tories of what David Cameron has lost 2012-10-06T23:08:26Z The month began with the news that Sir David Frost, the veteran interlocutor who interviewed countless presidents, prime ministers and celebrities, had died aboard the Queen Elizabeth cruise liner at the age of 74. In pictures: Stars we lost in 2013 2013-12-30T01:27:27Z “We would like to be a trustworthy partner in the areas of art and culture,” the prime minister said. Japan Makes Gift to Support Smithsonian Museums of Asian Art 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z The incident at Sunday’s pageant, which was attended by the prime minister’s wife, created a huge uproar in the Indian Ocean island nation. Reigning Mrs. World arrested over onstage melee in Sri Lanka 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Some read the title as a reference to Vladimir V. Putin, then the Russian prime minister and now the president. Eurovision Song Contest 2016: A Viewer’s Guide 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z And here, a few years later, are the prospective new editor of the Times and his proprietor, Roy Thomson, meeting the new prime minister, Harold Wilson, for a private dinner at Chequers. Memoirs by William Rees-Mogg - review 2011-07-13T15:00:02Z Mailman plays Alex, an Indigenous woman who confronts a gunman and becomes a national hero, one with potential value to the prime minister facing infighting and opposition attacks. New this week: ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ and Paul McCartney 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Jamaican politicians like the rival former prime ministers Michael Manley and Edward Seaga are very much present, too, along with leaders of the “garrisons,” the communities and criminal militias that their parties controlled. Marlon James’s New Novel Is ‘A Brief History of Seven Killings’ 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z The 62-year-old prime minister’s love letters to a young socialite, Venetia Stanley, 27, get a brief oblique reference. Telling tales 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Two former prime ministers are invoked at this crammed gig. Steve Mason – review 2013-04-12T16:42:19Z The setting is ostensibly a century ago, but the title is borrowed from a 2015 comment by Stephen Harper, then the Canadian prime minister, who drew a distinction between refugees and “old stock Canadians.” Review: ‘Old Stock,’ an Immigrant Love Story Set to Klezmer 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z Jean-Claude Juncker, who was prime minister of Luxembourg for almost two decades, was a controversial pick as the 28-nation European Union’s new chief executive, not least because the British government vociferously opposed him. AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z The prime minister then sends the decision to the Queen who decides if the honour should be forfeited. Former Chetham's director Michael Brewer stripped of OBE 2013-05-28T18:26:52Z Some people urged Mr. Masur to run for mayor of Leipzig or even prime minister, but he returned to the podium. Kurt Masur, conductor who was a unifying force in a divided Germany, dies at 88 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z She said there were never any plans - or even discussions - about a meeting with the prime minister. Israeli PM's meeting with Bieber called off 2011-04-13T12:48:09Z And Tom Segev’s biography “A State at Any Cost” explores the ways that Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, set that country on its path, for better and worse. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z But is there any specific role from her marvellous roster of performances that suggests Streep has what it takes to play the British prime minister? Meryl Streep playing Margaret Thatcher ? what's not to like? 2011-02-08T20:30:31Z General Assembly - a clear dig at the Canadian prime minister's immaculate hairdo. UN chief gets pranked by Quebec radio station 2012-09-28T03:19:22Z As a piece of casting, Brown was a perfect chancellor – dour, penny-pinching, calculating, grim – but has struggled after taking over the difficult role of prime minister. Stage-managed? Theatre and the leaders' debate 2010-04-29T14:36:00Z They were well off — his father had a successful business selling vandal-proof bus shelters — and he was sent to Eton, where he met people like the future prime minister, David Cameron. Dominic West in ?Appropriate Adult? on Sundance Channel 2011-12-04T03:49:03Z 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 According to an unconfirmed report in Israeli media, Donald Trump called the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to object to the industry. Blazing a trail: as legal cannabis goes global, will Britain be next? 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z 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 "This was a chance to do something for the people," said Victoria Tigipko, the festival's president who is also married to a former vice prime minister of Ukraine. Against the odds, Odessa Film Festival in war-torn Ukraine survives 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Suleiman I, whose raunchy portrayal in a Turkish soap opera has outraged the country's prime minister. The Turkish soap opera that has enraged the country's politicians 2012-12-09T20:30:05Z But it isn’t long before Putin has changed his tune, and his tone, as he rises from prime minister to president and consolidates power around himself. Putin, Chekhov and the Theater of Despair 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z What goes on between her and the prime minister when they meet every week? 'There is now a republican movement': anti-royal campaigners get organised 2013-07-19T17:59:00Z With Angela Merkel gone, and the United Kingdom running through prime ministers like Kleenex, Macron looks like the de facto leader of Europe. At state dinner, Biden and Macron stand ‘shoulder to shoulder’ 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z It is also the job of the chief of staff to break bad news to the prime minister. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z DC LOL: the prime minister might be what a Harvard study calls a classic 'always on' professional dysfunctional. Improve efficiency ? switch off your smartphone 2012-05-19T23:05:54Z Say what you will about Victorian England’s prime ministers and business leaders, at least they weren’t Yahoos. Review | Looking back to a time when leaders and millionaires were also men of letters 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z However, he revelled in the incongruity, accompanying exquisitely melancholy tunes with quips about Pimm's and "fascist" prime ministers. Magic Loungeabout festival ? review 2011-08-01T17:36:30Z Morgan squeezes into his brief, non-chronological scenes each prime minister's most famous traits. The Audience – review 2013-03-10T00:06:29Z Fiji’s prime minister called for a sense of urgency in the fight against global warming Monday, telling negotiators at climate change talks in Bonn, Germany, that “we must not fail our people.” At climate change talks, a call for urgent action 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z A No 10 source said: “The prime minister is appalled by what has been reported. This shows there is a long way to go to ensure all women are treated properly as equals.” Presidents Club to close down after claims of harassment at ‘hostess’ gala 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z “I just got a text from the prime minister,” he said. Kala festival, Albania: party time in what feels like a paradise 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Michael Gambon portrays Winston Churchill at 78, determined to keep his life-threatening stroke — in the summer of 1953, when he was prime minister for the second time — a secret from the world. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Churchill’s Secret’ and ‘Son of Zorn’ 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z 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 The other royal-related task is to accompany the prime minister on the annual visit to stay with the Queen in Balmoral at the beginning of September. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z What must her thoughts be on yet another meeting with a new prime minister, yet another state opening of parliament or dinner with a visiting potentate? Night of Triumph by Peter Bradshaw – review 2013-06-12T15:00:00Z The news of Ms. Balshaw’s appointment was widely reported last week after the Tate trustees forwarded the appointment to the government for approval by the office of the prime minister, Theresa May. Maria Balshaw Named Director of Tate Museums 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z It escalated into a series of tweets that expressed disappointment, first with the prime minister, then with Sweden itself. Hostage Affairs Envoy Takes On an Unlikely Case: ASAP Rocky 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Last year — when he was 18 — we had great fun reading “The Splendid and the Vile,” Erik Larson’s rip-roaring description of Churchill’s first year as prime minister, a year that coincided with the Blitz. The Best Book That Amor Towles Ever Received as a Gift 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z On the following day Winston Churchill, recently returned to Downing Street as prime minister, spoke on the BBC to an audience at home and throughout the world, ending with a grandiose flourish. Dark Truths About Britain’s Imperial Past 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z In their detailed portrait of the prime minister at work and leisure, the authors also detail how Cameron maintains an even temper when infuriated by pen-clicking, phone checking and transport delays. David Cameron's 'chillaxing' hobbies revealed in new biography 2012-05-19T10:46:51Z Her father’s decision to remove her feeding tube and allow her to die was supported by the Italian courts and opposed by the Vatican and the prime minister at the time, Silvio Berlusconi. Marco Bellocchio’s ‘Dormant Beauty,’ About the Right to Die 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z The prime minister proposed international collaboration between police and internet companies to pursue child abusers and those who viewed images and video online. UK government to 'drain the market' of online child sex abuse 2013-07-22T11:22:16Z That the Beat were already issuing such an unequivocal demand only a year into her premiership shows the divisive power the nation's prime minister was already wielding. Five songs about Margaret Thatcher 2013-04-08T13:36:00Z In Haiti, the rioting became so violent and public confidence in the government’s ability to address the problem dropped so precipitously that the Haitian Senate voted to oust the country’s prime minister, Jacques-Édouard Alexis. Real-life hunger games 2012-08-07T20:03:00Z But Poland’s president, prime minister and culture minister — who might normally be expected to attend such a high-profile event — were absent from the opening. Court Clears Takeover of Poland’s New World War II Museum 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z The prime minister went to the Imperial War Museum and outlined government plans for the national centenary commemorations of the first world war. First world war: learning the right lessons from history 2012-10-11T21:43:43Z Emma Thompson, as the hapless, put-upon prime minister — who bears more than a slight resemblance to Theresa May — adds some welcome dryness to an otherwise very broad movie. Review: Rowan Atkinson Returns in ‘Johnny English Strikes Again’ 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Abbas was jolted this week by his prime minister's surprise offer to resign and faces pressure by U.S. Palestinian 'Arab Idol' victory unleashes rare outburst of joy 2013-06-22T23:28:17Z Hain also told the prime minister that the scheme would help to better protect homes in the area that are vulnerable to flooding of the River Severn. Abandoned Severn tidal power project to be reconsidered 2012-08-20T14:09:23Z When the settlement movement began, David Ben-Gurion, one of the Zionist founding fathers and Israel’s first prime minister, was just leaving politics. Review: Israel Is the Focus of ‘The Settlers’ and ‘Ben-Gurion: Epilogue’ 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z The Queen has remained tight-lipped and, more surprisingly, so have the 12 prime ministers she has engaged with over the past 60 years. Stephen Daldry 2013-02-10T07:00:19Z But the prime minister's salary has always been incredibly low considering the importance of the job. Why shouldn't a teacher earn more than Dave? After all, he's a class act 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z Several rabbis pronounce anathema on the prime minister. Review: Amos Gitai’s ‘Rabin, the Last Day’ Looks Back in Anguish 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Clegg should have demanded significant ministerial posts for himself and his lieutenants, but settled for the vainglorious title of deputy prime minister instead. 5 Days in May: The Coalition and Beyond by Andrew Adonis – review 2013-05-13T07:00:03Z The prime minister installed a neon by her in 10 Downing Street. Tracey Emin's art lesson for Gove won't spark a riot 2013-01-22T16:04:01Z It’s named after the prime minister Ben Franklin.” The Apprentice: who said what? 2013-05-07T14:52:16Z Some people ask why I think he wasn’t put back in office for a second consecutive term as prime minister, but many also ask what sort of grandfather he was. Memories of Traveling With Churchill 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z When 43-year-old Justin Trudeau was designated the prime minister of Canada this week, it awakened memories of his late father, Pierre, a dashing law professor who became the country’s most towering politician. Justin Trudeau’s mother, Margaret, was like the Princess Diana of Canada — with a happy ending 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Photograph: Reuters If "chillaxing" was an Olympic sport then , would win a gold medal, according to a new biography of the prime minister. David Cameron's 'chillaxing' hobbies revealed in new biography 2012-05-19T10:46:51Z Her reign, which spanned 15 British prime ministers and 14 American presidents, coincided with tremendous social and cultural change at home and abroad, as its empire overseas fell away. 9 Books to Read About Queen Elizabeth II 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z French paints a detailed portrait of India's Gandhi dynasty, which began with its first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. 'India: A Portrait': Patrick French's new history of India since 1947 2011-07-27T19:39:04Z Italy’s Mario Monti was neither elected nor supported by traditional political parties when he became prime minister and Greece’s Tspiras government was forced by its European neighbors to enact policies rejected by its own citizens. A Grand Tour of the Crisis in Europe 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z The play stars Helen Mirren as Her Majesty, and focuses on the queen's relationship with the 12 prime ministers of her 60-year reign. Mirren reigns as Britain's queen in 'The Audience' 2013-03-06T12:26:09Z Former prime minister Tony Blair has called for more taxes on junk food to tackle the UK's obesity crisis. Why taxing ‘junk food’ to tackle obesity isn’t as simple as it seems 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z The works, which include paintings by Rembrandt, Poussin, Van Dyck and Velásquez, were once in the ownership of Britain's first prime minister, Robert Walpole. More than 70 great paintings return to home of Britain's first prime minister 2013-05-11T08:29:52Z Wright suggests that Darkest Hour, which stars Gary Oldman as the British prime minister during arguably the UK’s most testing period of the second world war, is directly relevant to the US’s current political turmoil. Winston Churchill of Darkest Hour a rebuke to Trump, says film's director 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z But he won the presidency easily in March 2012, after four years as prime minister, and remains Russia's most popular politician. Vladimir Putin teams up with Steven Seagal to promote healthy lifestyle 2013-03-13T16:52:41Z For most of my generation, the key event of 1979 was Margaret Thatcher's election as prime minister. Derek Ridgers's best photograph – PIL fans kissing in 1979 2013-07-03T17:30:00Z I liked Ted Heath's private secretary remembering when he was asked to find the source of a leak, only to find it was the prime minister himself. Radio review: One Hundred Years of Secrecy 2011-08-16T20:30:03Z Paavo Lipponen, a former prime minister of Finland and the current board chairman of the association, pushed for Finnish ownership of the house. Preserving a Finnish Design Masterpiece in France 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z 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 Two-thirds of British prime ministers at the peak of the empire, and almost a third of all U.S. presidents, lost a parent when they were children. Malcolm Gladwell Book Cheers Underdogs 2013-10-07T17:29:42Z 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 Here in Sheffield, we've heard the deputy prime minister speak passionately about the arts. Arts and the new coalition government 2010-05-21T23:07:00Z "Quite a lot of people at the BBC do that," the prime minister said when reminded that Purnell is to earn more than him. BBC strike: David Cameron insists corporation is 'well funded' 2013-02-19T00:00:02Z Leaders of the opposition have perfectly cordial relations with the prime minister, but an early-morning call was not routine. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z Even in writing the life of the top-down Churchill, he sought out the prime minister’s former secretaries, chauffeurs and other employees to lend the narrative a populist perspective. Martin Gilbert, Churchill Biographer With a Populist Bent, Is Dead at 78 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Churchill tips the spectators – not to say the audience – the wink about what they should feel early on: "One by one your prime ministers will fall under your spell." The Audience – review 2013-03-10T00:06:29Z Even the British, Earnest says, don’t televise the prime minister’s twice-daily news briefings or put them on the record, that is, directly attributable to a named individual. A Beltway tradition is on life support. Will we miss the White House briefing if it dies? 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z “As prime minister he introduced social security and land reforms, and his downfall, as everyone knows, was his nationalization of the oil industry, which until then had been controlled by the British.” He Tried to Change the System, Then Became It 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Stone was impressed the prime minister had attended. Broadway hit 'The Book of Mormon' lands in London 2013-03-22T16:16:05Z Indian film stars and politicians alike issued messages of praise and condolences, while the prime minister lamented the loss of a "self-educated son of the soil." Bollywood strongman Dara Singh dies at 84 2012-07-12T11:44:13Z Lumière | Club des Chefs des Chefs It's good to be a chef, particularly if your boss is a president, a prime minister or a prince. | Club des Chefs des Chefs 2012-07-27T19:59:55Z Secretary of Defense Bob Gates and the Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh both come across as having a kind of impassive integrity. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z The prime minister is currently on an official visit to the Middle East. Nadine Dorries ditches MP duties to take part in I'm a Celebrity … 2012-11-06T13:35:00Z Michael Heseltine, Britain’s onetime deputy prime minister, is an enduring political figure whose public persona is often defined in two ways. Perspective | Why I want my politicians to spend some time in a garden 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Ben Ali, his prime minister, deposed him in 1987, but remained committed to education and women’s rights. Tunisia After the Revolution 2012-04-06T18:10:20Z Sharif resigned as prime minister in July after the Supreme Court disqualified him for not declaring a source of income and faces trial before an anti-corruption court. Pakistan unveils 1,700-year-old sleeping Buddha, evoking diverse heritage 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z But in a letter last month to the French prime minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, who labelled the actor "pathetic", Depardieu said he was leaving because success was now being punished in France. Depardieu denies being tax exile 2013-01-08T00:14:00Z The weather was so grim in the winter of 1916 that Cynthia Asquith, the daughter-in-law of the former prime minister, “was reduced to wearing her fur coat at breakfast.” The Women Doctors Who Fought to Serve in World War I 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z They've arbitrarily decided that it's a scandal if any public servant is paid more than the prime minister. Why shouldn't a teacher earn more than Dave? After all, he's a class act 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z "Putin should understand that it's enough already. This is not a conflict between Ukraine and Russia. It is an international conflict," Ukraine's usually quietly spoken prime minister, Arseny Yatseniuk, told a news conference. Once joined in Soviet Union, Ukraine, Russia never further apart 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Biden attended the annual gala of the Ireland Funds, although early in the evening Ireland’s prime minister received notice of a positive test and had to leave. The elite D.C. social scene sees a rash of covid cases, but parties on 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z In “Churchill’s Secret,” Michael Gambon plays Britain’s aging prime minister in 1953, determined to hide his debilitating stroke from the world. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Churchill’s Secret’ and ‘Son of Zorn’ 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z There are terra cotta and ceramic representations of pirates, mystical creatures, Dickens characters, British prime ministers, American presidents, movie stars and starlets, and even Looney Toons and Marvel characters, from Daffy Duck to Spider-Man. His collection of 8,000 Toby Jugs became a museum 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Walpole – gossip, aesthete, author and son of the first prime minister – never married and had no children. Strawberry Hill will open doors to public once again 2010-09-23T16:23:00Z July brought upheaval across the pond, as the British prime minister, Boris Johnson, was dramatically ousted by his own party. 6 Podcasts About Political Scandals and Upheaval 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z The Guardian seem to hate me more than the prime minister. The Thick of It – Lines of the Week 2012-09-29T21:15:00Z In Oliver’s opinion, that “d–head” is Stephen Harper, the current prime minister. Watch John Oliver Break Canadian Election Law 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z The former Khmer Rouge cadre was a somewhat unpromising 30-something with one eye—he lost the other in battle—when the Vietnamese installed him as prime minister in 1985. Miracle or mirage? 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Brown wrote a letter to George Bush after their first meeting after Brown became prime minister saying: "I hope you will find that I am straightforward, direct, and will do exactly as I say." Thirty new facts about Gordon Brown from Anthony Seldon's book 2010-12-23T12:38:02Z At the opening ceremony, Tatyana Golikova, a deputy prime minister, took the stage to rail against “unfriendly political elites,” whom she accused of trying to “cancel Russian culture all over the world.” Russia’s Storied Tchaikovsky Competition Is Diminished by War 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z And in a prime minister’s conversation about education, they turned out to be the toughest but most teachable moment. Australia’s female prime minister gets bullied online 2012-10-08T15:39:00Z He established himself as a reformer in the 1980s, enough for Gorbachev to ask him, unsuccessfully, to be prime minister of the Soviet Union. Astana, Kazakhstan: the space station in the steppes 2010-08-08T00:59:00Z It's another year of profound shifts in British history, most notably with the election of the country's first Labor Party prime minister. Change is in the air at 'Downton Abbey' 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z The deputy prime ministers' decision to appear on the weekly show is widely considered to be an attempt to revive his personal approval ratings, which are the worst of the three main leaders. Nick Clegg launches LBC radio show – and admits to owning a onesie 2013-01-10T11:06:27Z And of course, it'll only encourage Balls no end, now that he knows he is under the prime minister's skin. Is it unparliamentary to call someone a 'muttering idiot'? 2012-05-26T17:19:01Z But the case attracted months of overheated tabloid coverage at a time when Britain was navigating a stubborn pandemic and a struggling economy while its prime minister was on the ropes. ‘Wagatha Christie’ Trial, a British Spectacle, Ends: There Was No Libel, Judge Finds 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z It’s a Danish drama about the prime minister. Summer Is Flying By. Plan Accordingly. 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Earlier this year she was appointed a British business ambassador by the prime minister. Fairhead approved as BBC Trust chair 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z As a leftist teenager, Cercas had identified the prime minister, a "cocky provincial" and "Francoist on the make", with his father José, a veterinary surgeon from a "rich family come down in the world". Javier Cercas: A life in books 2011-04-04T07:00:01Z Now, Britain once again has a new prime minister: Liz Truss, the fourth Conservative premier in 12 years. 25 Years After ‘Sensation,’ Has London’s Art Scene Kept Its Cool? 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Le Corbusier was commissioned by Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister, to build a city that would replace Lahore, the capital of the Punjab lost to newly created Pakistan after partition in 1947. Le Corbusier's Indian masterpiece Chandigarh is stripped for parts 2011-03-07T19:28:49Z The prince wrote privately to Qatar's prime minister voicing his opposition to the plans for apartments on the Qatari-owned land. Prince Charles: I defend ordinary people against property developers 2010-06-29T17:34:00Z After Beach’s essay was published, Calloway was briefly a bigger search term on Google than the British prime minister, Boris Johnson. 'I love fame': how Caroline Calloway survived being cancelled 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z In response, some people circulated an April 2012 tweet from the president’s daughter Ivanka thanking the Turkish prime minister for his help in facilitating the massive two-pronged Trump Towers in Istanbul. Melania Trump seems unfazed by her husband’s possible impeachment 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z The knighthood given to Blair, who served as prime minister from 1997 to 2007, was separate from the main list because it was decided by the queen and made without government advice. Tony Blair, Daniel Craig join scientists on UK Honors List 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Shephard collects plenty of tributes to the former prime minister's obvious qualities: her conviction, her determination, her courage, her energy, her appetite for work and her attention to detail. Chateau Despair by Lisa Barnard; The Real Iron Lady by Gillian Shephard – review 2013-03-25T11:00:01Z It's the casting that suggests that this is not just a stage rip-off, but a fully fledged project, with Henry Goodman playing Sir Humphrey and David Haig as the prime minister. Theatre picks of the week 2010-05-07T23:14:00Z By writing to the prime minister of Qatar, the prince managed to stop a plan by Lord Rogers for the redevelopment of the former Chelsea Barracks in London. Why Prince Charles has to keep his views to himself 2010-10-08T06:00:00Z I might even dust down that pilot I once wrote, about a working-class lad becoming prime minister. The media class, not the middle class, are the BBC's problem 2011-01-26T12:39:16Z Now he's prime minister suddenly he's a Scottish misanthrope with a grudge. Hare v Kinnock 2010-04-12T19:00:00Z Sergio is quickly upstaged by the prime minister himself, who is in a temporary Napoleonic exile in Sardinia. ‘Loro’ Review: A Corrupt Leader, and the People Who Love Him 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z On the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Biden shook hands with Israel’s prime minister and president. Biden greets MBS, and we once again obsess about a fist bump 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z As president and now prime minister, Putin has counted the secret services and armed forces among his loyal supporters, and the paratroopers are one of the most professional and cohesive branches of the Russian military. Russia's unlikely protest song rocks rally 2012-02-05T13:38:07Z The PAS is the country's second-largest political party, and with close to a million members forms a large part of a "rainbow opposition" led by the former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim. Adam Lambert to tone down act for Malaysia concert 2010-10-12T10:54:00Z Interior minister Manuel Valls, shortly to become prime minister, justified this act of official intolerance in the name of tolerance, declaring that: ‘We cannot tolerate anti-semitism, historical revisionism and racism.’ It’s worse than Jerry Seinfeld says: PC is undermining free speech, expression, liberties 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z "Britain doesn't have many prime ministers who are international figures," said Seldon. Blair memoir excites booksellers, riles critics 2010-08-31T15:55:00Z He was also on the arts and media committee making recommendations for honours to the prime minister. John Gross obituary 2011-01-11T18:09:15Z “It will doubtless have been clear to allies of the crown, including former prime ministers, that there was some discontent and anxiety about the new season of ‘The Crown’ before it first aired,” Owens said. ‘The Crown’ Could Have Damaged Charles. Becoming King Has Helped. 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z You never read that "one junior Conservative said that the prime minister had six months to demonstrate leadership". Simon Hoggart's week: biffed by backpacks borne by zombie hordes 2013-06-21T17:59:09Z Tony Blair made his first speech as prime minister at this estate, in a bid to show his government would care for the poorest elements in society. Spin city: London's Strata tower 2010-07-18T20:31:00Z Clegg says the elections were not good for deputy prime ministers past or present. Grayling's rehabilitation speech and Clegg taking DPMQs: Politics live blog 2012-11-20T16:11:00Z It depicts the weekly meetings between the Queen and 12 prime ministers from Churchill to David Cameron. Hardy to reprise Churchill role 2012-11-02T12:21:25Z The diaries start with the lead-up to war and end with the fall of the last Liberal government and David Lloyd George’s extraordinary coup against the prime minister. Telling tales 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z She recounts the tangled legacy of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first prime minister and her baby brother’s namesake: “He was freedom fighter and dictator; father of the nation and pillager in chief.” In ‘Aftershocks,’ a Search for Home in a Life Around the World 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z 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 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 Visiting a doctors’ surgery in London on Friday, the prime minister said to staff, according to Reuters: “There’s all these anti-vaxxers now. They are nuts, they are nuts.” Boris Johnson says 'anti-vaxxers are nuts' 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z The bombers' leader, Menachem Begin, became Israeli prime minister. Empire of Secrets by Calder Walton – review 2013-01-31T11:00:01Z Scientists: Australian prime minister is engineering an “environmental train wreck” Scientists: Australian prime minister is engineering an “environmental train wreck” 2014-04-15T12:30:00Z He also happened to be press secretary to the prime minister of Dominica back then, when local renegades plotted with some violent Rastafarians — “the Dreads” — and a seagoing North American racist cabal. While cruising, learn more by tapping the power of plugged-in local guides 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z The prime minister was murdered, along with key regional politicians and members of their families, as elements from the military took control. Chinua Achebe: A life in writing 2010-12-13T08:00:00Z Stop The War Coalition says they will picket the event and warn that activists will try to arrest the former prime minister for alleged war crimes. Activists plan anti-war rally at Blair booksigning 2010-08-11T21:39:00Z To which he responded, "What class would that be prime minister?" The Real Iron Lady: Working with Margaret Thatcher – review 2013-03-15T19:40:01Z It provides a contextual history — enough details on economic crises and the political fortunes of various prime ministers to test even the most loyal fans. Fans of ‘The Crown’ want to know more about the Windsors. These five books should help. 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z The U.K.’s first female prime minister and Conservative Party leader died at 87 in 2013. Gillian Anderson brings uncanny ‘Iron Lady’ to ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z The day before we spoke, the Japanese prime minister had renounced his country’s dependence on nuclear energy. Haunting Unpredictability 2011-08-07T02:00:07Z Some of them are made up of the world's elite – billionaires, prime ministers and kings. CJ Daugherty's top 10 secret society books 2013-01-10T14:58:14Z Cummings was a lone wolf in the corridors of power, a man once described by Cameron, the former prime minister, as a “career psychopath,” who liked to quote Thucydides and Otto von Bismarck. Brexit Is Dividing Britain. So Is a Brexit Movie. 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Once Churchill became Britain’s prime minister, she set about choosing a wardrobe ingeniously designed to help raise morale and keep the people going through their darkest hour. Defined by their look: First ladies must set the right tone with their wardrobe — is this too colorful for the age of ISIS? 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z Season 2 dramatizes the tenure of two more prime ministers, as well as the birth of the queen's youngest son Prince Edward. The queen was apparently a fan. So, where does "The Crown" go from here? 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Similarly, small children might expect the answer to the question: "Who gets paid the most?" to be: "The prime minister." Why shouldn't a teacher earn more than Dave? After all, he's a class act 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z One of the ploys of both prime ministers was to appoint a powerful chairman of the governors to "curb" the director general, in Milne's case Marmaduke Hussey. Alasdair Milne obituary 2013-01-09T19:13:47Z Their real cause for concern ought to have been the suburban office-park-style building in the drawing that the prime minister and mayor unveiled. Critic’s Notebook: A Rothschild Building in London 2013-01-09T21:32:09Z There was only one mention of his heritage in Conchords, an episode in which New Zealand’s incompetent prime minister came to New York. Jemaine Clement: Australians have a great attitude to being made fun of 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z Britain’s beleaguered prime minister is dismissed as someone “who kept him imprisoned for five years now”. Bravery, courage, strength – why Pamela Anderson thinks that Julian Assange is sexy 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z The former prime minister Tony Blair, who played in a band as a university student, wrote in a statement that he was a huge fan of Mr. Bowie’s. Tributes Abound for David Bowie, London Hero and ‘Master of Reinvention’ 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z The year after becoming wartime prime minister, Churchill was appointed Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle in 1941. Churchill beach painting is sold 2011-05-26T15:38:55Z The first prime minister she knew was Winston Churchill. "Never offer the Queen an ultimatum": Why it's good to be Queen, but no one else in the royal family 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z The country’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, wore a mask to a Black Lives Matter rally in Ottawa on Friday, where he took a knee in solidarity. Perspective | Washington has turned upside down and inside out in a time of protest 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Three of his children who went into politics, most prominently the former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, later suffered similarly violent ends. The Scion of a Pakistani Political Dynasty Comes Out 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z On top of the soaring cost of living, the country has seen three different prime ministers, the death of a monarch and strikes across several industries. A Comedian’s Stunt Is a Sly Protest of Qatar’s L.G.B.T.Q. Laws 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z But the singer seemed emboldened: at an appearance in Kiev she spoke out in favour of Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's jailed former prime minister, advising the crowd to "fight for what is right". Madonna: Pussy Riot verdict is 'inhumane' 2012-08-20T10:57:53Z In a 2015 opinion piece in The Sydney Morning Herald, Paul Keating, a former Australian prime minister known for his sharp tongue, slammed the project. Sydney’s Major Art Museum, Mired in a Dispute, Falls Behind Its Rivals 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z The official account of the agency's activities since the Six-Day War – the Bus 300 executions, the monitoring of Jewish militants, the intelligence failures leading to the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin – is chipped away. The Gatekeepers – review 2013-04-11T20:50:01Z He said: “The prime minister is either woefully uninformed or wilfully misleading with those comments and it will anger people right across the sector.” Anger after Johnson appears to blame care homes for their high death toll 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z The prime minister's speech is designed to answer critics who accuse him of talking tough but failing to take action. David Cameron cracks down on online pornography 2013-07-21T23:22:26Z During Jawaharlal Nehru’s political ascent in the 1930s, the man who would become the first prime minister of India felt moved to write an essay, under a pseudonym, warning against his own deification. A Roving History of Mortals Considered Gods 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z As prime minister, Johnson has a weekly audience with the queen. UK’s Johnson says Queen Elizabeth ‘on very good form’ 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z President Donald Trump -- one of the most widely published images of her term as prime minister. Smiling wax figure of Theresa May belies prime minister's torment 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z “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 I announced my departure date and shortly thereafter, in a celebration attended by the prime minister, completed my four-year “partnership tour” of visiting all 589 municipalities. The ambassador’s tale: Lessons I learned about success and scandal 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z The French prime minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, called Depardieu's decision to seek Belgian residency "pathetic" and unpatriotic, prompting an angry response from the actor. Gérard Depardieu meets Vladimir Putin and gets his Russian passport 2013-01-06T10:23:31Z The Portuguese prime minister tries to rally “a nation and an empire behind a cause of such antiquity that its mere mention made mockery of it,” Weisman writes. ‘No. 4 Imperial Lane’: A powerful elegy for lost love and lost empire 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z In "The Audience," the queen meets with a succession of British prime ministers, from Winston Churchill to David Cameron. Tonys 2015: actress in a play 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z One minute, he was sitting at his son’s bedside in the hospital; the next, he was in a specially designated room nearby, talking to the prime minister of Iraq. In Joe Biden’s Memoir, Private Grief and Its Effect on a Public Life 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z The prime minister said it was not the "right approach" and unproven claims "scrubbed off the internet" should not be bandied about in public. PM criticises Schofield over list 2012-11-09T17:35:02Z Many of the monarchy's arbitrary powers, such as the ability to wage war, ended up in the hands of the prime minister. The establishment uncovered: how power works in Britain 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Valls, the French prime minister, has acknowledged a "new", "normalised" antisemitism that he says blends "the Palestinian cause, jihadism, the devastation of Israel, and hatred of France and its values". Antisemitism on rise across Europe 'in worst times since the Nazis' 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z By June 1960, he has become the first prime minister of the newly independent state. A Season in the Congo – review 2013-07-17T12:13:27Z On Monday, Johnson, the British prime minister, announced a bailout to keep the arts alive in his country in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Hoping for a Theater Bailout? Better Head to London 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z The job of the prime minister's close staff is to be a barrier between his anger and fear, and the rest of the world. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z There are numerous faults to this book: it is too hagiographical, offers little sense of the ideology of Thatcherism, or a truthful analysis of the breakdown between prime minister and parliamentary party. The Real Iron Lady: Working with Margaret Thatcher – review 2013-03-15T19:40:01Z When Magdalena Andersson became the country’s first female prime minister at the end of November, she used her first policy speech to assail gangs. After a Star’s Killing, Sweden Struggles With ‘Gangster Rap’ 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z A new line of clothing was produced, and the prime minister was photographed wearing it. 2010-02-01T08:36:00Z IN A speech he gave in 2006, Cambodia’s prime minister, Hun Sen, told his enemies about a particular talent of his. Miracle or mirage? 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Last spring and summer, he worked closely with the Belizean prime minister’s office to draft coronavirus protocols for tourists, and the country’s pandemic travel response has been widely emulated. With covid protocols, a Caribbean fly-fishing haven is back in business 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Photograph: Marty Melville/Getty Images Talks between 's prime minister and Hollywood executives over the future of the Hobbit films ended in deadlock earlier today. No end in sight for New Zealand's Hobbit saga 2010-10-26T11:04:00Z 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 His newspapers railed at the government daily, despite censorship of the press, and he would later loudly call for the wily Welshman, Lloyd George, to replace Asquith as prime minister. Telling tales 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z And the prime minister isn’t the only one supporting the point that Anne-Marie Slaughter raised in that infamous “not having it all” essay in The Atlantic. The TV Watch: ‘Borgen,’ a Danish Political Drama Series, on Link TV 2012-10-11T22:07:07Z But that relief is mixed with dissatisfaction that the prime minister says he’ll stay in office for another month, allowing him to manipulate and cover up — or so the family fears. Perspective | When a crusading Maltese journalist was murdered, her sons vowed justice. Almost miraculously, it’s happening. 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z But the level of indignation over the fact that the prime minister is even thinking along these lines is weird. Why such outrage over porn filters? The idea seems perfectly reasonable to me 2013-07-26T14:15:00Z 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 Photographed with prime ministers, princes and senators, including President Biden, and interviewed on “Good Morning America,” Eli was a pillar of the community. A Father Chose to End His Life at 92. His Daughter Hit Record. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Arab government sources said on Thursday the League monitors would pursue their mission in Syria, despite criticism from Qatar's prime minister that they had made mistakes. Suicide bomb kills 26 in Syria: interior minister 2012-01-06T18:06:07Z They nevertheless get incrementally swept up in the insidious revolution of Rooks’s Four Star Party and her rise to prime minister, replete with a swastika-esque logo. Perspective | How HBO’s ‘Years and Years’ triumphed at personalizing a global sense of doom 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z This breach of tradition — Elizabeth never felt the need to give equal time to the prime minister’s opponents — raises alarm bells and ushers Charles into a fray he’s not ideally equipped to handle. Charles is king, Harry's in trouble and Kate's taking charge in Pasadena Playhouse's royal winner 'King Charles III' 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z The prime minister considers your behaviour shabby, but you, you consider it what? Gérard Depardieu's tax move to Belgium divides France 2012-12-22T12:05:39Z 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 Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, on Wednesday asked the organizers of sports and cultural events scheduled for the first two weeks of March to consider postponing canceling them. Is Travel to Italy and Asia Safe? Your Coronavirus Questions, Answered 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z So here she comes now as the former prime minister's wife in The Ghost Writer, the new Roman Polanski film. David Thomson on Olivia Williams 2010-04-01T21:40:00Z Kevin Rudd, the former prime minister of Australia, will be the first president of the new Asia Society Policy Institute, the society is to announce Tuesday. Kevin Rudd to Head Asia Society Policy Institute 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z The show, which began Dec. 14 and was aired three nights a week, told the story of a fictitious Thai prime minister, his corrupt deputy, black magic and political manipulation. TV drama's cancellation causes uproar in Thailand 2013-01-07T13:01:05Z At its center is Jho Low, now an international fugitive, whose scheme, once it collapsed, also took down the Malaysian prime minister. New & Noteworthy 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Despite the ban on reviews, Leighton Kerner, classical music critic for the Village Voice, was in the audience made up mainly of Wall Street celebrities, along with at least one senator and two prime ministers. Gilbert Kaplan, millionaire businessman and self-taught maestro of Mahler, dies at 74 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Her son’s succession of her husband as prime minister, however, will now draw Mrs. Trudeau back to Ottawa more frequently, even if she is a bit ambivalent about her return to prominence. The Quiet Comeback of Margaret Trudeau 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z In the play, Mirren incarnates Britain's ruling monarch at various stages of her life as she meets with prime ministers to discuss matters of state. Tonys 2015: Helen Mirren's win marks an early showing of star power 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z “We are not throwing out two prime ministers and putting two others in,” he said. Helen Mirren Goes Back to the Palace in ‘The Audience’ 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z But wait … that is what the prime minister looks like; his dishevelment is famous. Why Tracy Brabin was right to give sexist critics the cold shoulder 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Keynes famously likened President Woodrow Wilson to a “blind and deaf Don Quixote,” and was hardly gentler on his own prime minister. John Maynard Keynes Died in 1946. An Outstanding New Biography Shows Him Relevant Still. 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z Intimations of mortality do nothing to persuade him to resign as prime minister and make way for Anthony Eden, as Churchill’s colleagues and family fervently wish. Tina Brown on the Final Two Episodes of ‘The Crown’: Love and Duty 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z He would become British prime minister the following year. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z The houses were later occupied by the likes of William Gladstone, the Victorian-era prime minister. Carlton House Terrace: The Hindujas' New $500 Million Real Estate Masterpiece 2013-10-08T14:00:00Z Indira Gandhi, the future prime minister of India, was a "prune - bitter, kind of pushy, horrible woman." New book shows another side to Jackie Kennedy 2011-09-12T03:51:08Z A new prime minister, David Lloyd George, returned him to the wartime cabinet despite the catastrophe of the Dardanelles. Is This the Best One-Volume Biography of Churchill Yet Written? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z “I do think that we’ve been able to do things differently, and better, in some ways,” the prime minister told the House of Commons. Britain and EU clash over claims to UK-produced Covid vaccine 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z As it was, Queen Victoria's empty carriage followed Livingstone's hearse down Pall Mall and Whitehall, while the Prince of Wales and Disraeli, newly returned as prime minister, attended the rituals in person. Dr Livingstone had an all-but state funeral, yet now he makes us uneasy 2013-04-12T16:53:26Z Paul Hodge decided to write the musical after seeing a play in Australia with his family about a former Australian prime minister. 'Clinton: The Musical' gets U.S. debut at NY theater festival 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z He received an Emmy nomination for the 1982 movie “A Woman Called Golda,” in which he portrayed the husband of Golda Meir, the prime minister of Israel, who was played by Ingrid Bergman. Leonard Nimoy, Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 83 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Less villainously, she played Cherie Blair, wife of the British prime minister, in "The Queen" and "The Special Relationship." Malfoy actors talk good, evil as Potter saga ends 2011-07-07T11:55:08Z 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 As for the relationship between the prime minister and his chancellor, Gordon Brown, Campbell has much to offer. The Burden of Power: Countdown to Iraq by Alastair Campbell – review 2012-06-21T07:00:01Z Less than six weeks later, Mr. Pashinyan was named interim prime minister of Armenia, ushered into office on the shoulders of the extraordinary, nonviolent “velvet revolution.” Reverent Beauty: The Met’s Armenia Show Is One for the Ages 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Among the issues covered in the piece are immigration policy, carbon tax and same-sex marriage, as well as the wider catcalling that has dogged Gillard's tenure as prime minister. Julia Gillard speeches inspire new verbatim play 2013-06-28T08:55:51Z The prime minister, David Cameron, and his chancellor, George Osborne, were both involved in the decision. As they bow to London's arts mafiosi, the Tories still handcuff the provinces 2010-10-21T19:02:00Z Leading multimillion-pound donors wrote to the prime minister last week warning that philanthropy would not fill the shortfall. Arts for everyone is cheap considering its rich returns 2010-07-27T19:36:00Z Now, the president’s houseguests, whether empresses, former first ladies or prime ministers, will be sleeping on a California king. Inside Blair House, where the president’s guests get the VIP treatment 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z But when Malta’s prime minister, Joseph Muscat, made the surprise announcement Sunday that he would resign in connection with the government’s mishandling of the case, there was little jubilation in the family. Perspective | When a crusading Maltese journalist was murdered, her sons vowed justice. Almost miraculously, it’s happening. 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z The prime minister hopes to keep open the possibility of providing arms to the Syrian rebels. Nick Clegg warns over Syria intervention 2013-06-20T09:42:24Z In modern "Doctor Who," the British prime minister shot dead the American president on television — and no one ever referred to it again. 'Dr. Who' head writer Steven Moffat has all the answers 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z “Today, we are learning the language in which God created life,” said then-president Bill Clinton, alongside the British prime minister, Tony Blair, in 2000. Unnatural Selection: the eye-opening Netflix docuseries on gene editing 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Statute or no statute, however independent of government the press is, prime ministers show no reticence in sending for editors, expecting them to turn up and telling them what to do. After Leveson: the struggle to preserve cherished press freedoms won 300 years ago 2013-02-26T19:49:35Z The royals lunched with the prime minister at The Pavilion, an Italian eatery in the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, located right on “Sydney’s tourist trail.” Tour Sydney like Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: How to relax, eat and explore like a royal 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Clearly, the West End is not prone to hagiography on the subject of Britain’s only female prime minister. London Theater Journal: Mind Games 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Denied the presidency itself by the army-designed constitution, she has instead taken on the burden of the foreign ministry and a specially created job that makes her, in effect, prime minister as well. All change, or not 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z The word occurred to me after our president canceled a state visit to Denmark not because the Danish prime minister rejected his absurd proposal to buy Greenland, but because she called it “absurd.” Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Am I judging Trump too harshly? He isn’t the only infantile leader the world has ever seen. 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Season 5 begins its American airing on PBS stations Sunday night with the Crawley estate in a quiet dither over the election of Britain’s first Labor-affiliated prime minister. The latest thing at ‘Downton Abbey’: Exit signs 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z The “last straw,” Mr. Leigh wrote, was the proposal of legislation by the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, requiring that Israeli citizens pledge a loyalty oath to the “nation-state of the Jewish people.” ArtsBeat: War of Words After Mike Leigh Cancels Israeli Trip 2010-10-18T15:44:00Z Although Britain elected a female prime minister in 1979, it took four decades to send a woman to lead the embassy in Washington. The British ambassador brings her unique style to Washington 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z The great postwar Iraqi novel has yet to appear – probably due to the lack of paper, publishers etc – but until it does, why doesn't the prime minister bite down on Kafka's "In the Penal Settlement"? Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z But the museum, like the former prime minister herself, was not for turning. Furor Prompts Another Auction of Margaret Thatcher's Clothes 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z If that’s not enough the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, appeared on breakfast TV in Toronto last Friday, where he asserted: “Yes, Die Hard is absolutely a Christmas movie. There’s no doubt about it.” Yippee ki-yay, turkey plucker … how Die Hard became a classic Christmas movie 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Rao deserves a place alongside Nehru as India’s most important prime minister. Raise him up 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Then in 2013 came his successful play, “The Audience,” also starring Ms. Mirren and directed by Mr. Daldry, which swoops through some 60 years of the weekly meetings between Queen Elizabeth and her prime ministers. In ‘The Crown,’ a Young Queen, but a Young Woman, Too 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z When neither of the two main parties are able to form a government on their own, a compromise coalition government is formed that installs the Duke of Omnium as prime minister – in which novel? Elections in literature 2010-04-07T08:33:00Z But Azhar said the prime minister got the attention of high-profile journalists and international leaders, which helped him earn his position on the list. One Direction top Twitter power list 2013-11-01T10:43:20Z The prime minister triumphantly flobbed a final Green Ernie into the crater, before it was filled with a celebratory cocktail of toxic waste, liquid concrete and dogs' messes. Farewell, BBC TV Centre. You were Britain's very own Disneyland 2013-03-31T00:05:37Z Sometimes the buzz and optimism in there was so fierce, I imagined my dad might be the next prime minister. Election memories 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z Among the most gifted of Deccan political leaders was Malik Ambar, prime minister of one of the sultanates, who was born in Ethiopia. At the Met, the artistic riches of India’s Deccan Plateau 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z In August, Prayuth was elected prime minister by a national assembly packed with serving or retired military officers. More Bangladeshis found in Thailand on human trafficking route 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z “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 The statement said the prime minister doesn’t believe that Boochani remaining in the country will cause any problems for New Zealand’s close relationship with Australia. Refugee’s overstay in New Zealand could fuel Aussie tensions 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z To plumb Johnson’s interior life, Branagh said that he had read all the former prime minister’s books, including his biography of Winston Churchill, as well as his newspaper columns for The Daily Telegraph. Britain Wonders, Is It Too Soon to Dramatize the Pandemic? 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z At City Park in Budapest, a building project has come to exemplify the politics of Viktor Orban, the country’s far-right prime minister. Mitski Steps Back Into the Darkness 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z In the realm of biography, he was regarded as a foremost expert on Churchill, Britain’s wartime prime minister. Martin Gilbert, preeminent Churchill biographer and Holocaust historian, dies at 78 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z There is also a video clip inspired by the much-viewed internet spoof that turned deputy prime minister Nick Clegg's public apology over tuition fees into a music video parody. Warm reception for hacking play 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Insight too is expected into her decision to speak at the 2008 Labour Conference, introducing Gordon Brown as "my husband, the leader of your party, your prime minister". Sarah Brown to pen 'intimate' memoirs 2010-06-13T23:05:00Z I am sure many politicians harbour such feelings, but no former prime minister has ever been so open about it. Tony Blair's A Journey: Andrew Rawnsley's review 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z In January, the prime minister was cleared of corruption over the sum. Murky Malaysian money trail that funded The Wolf of Wall Street – report 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z The former Conservative prime minister is one of five authors in contention for the award, presented annually by the Society for Theatre Research. John Major's music hall history makes Theatre Book prize shortlist 2013-04-03T11:03:43Z As the Japanese prime minister said while awarding me the Most Noble Order of the Harpoon: "You are, sir, the Prince of Whales". Digested read: Harmony by HRH The Prince of Wales 2010-10-18T20:00:00Z Abroad, Djoomart Otorbaev resigns as the prime minister of Kyrgyzstan, citing an inability to get business cards with everything spelled correctly. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: The sad thing is, we’re not making this up! 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z The one with Hugh Grant as the prime minister who dances to the Pointer Sisters. Chris Matthews is America’s greatest champion of ‘Love Actually.’ So we watched it with him. 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z At the same time Tokyo was in political disarray, with six prime ministers in six years. U.S., Japan unveil revised plan for Okinawa 2012-04-27T06:09:00Z The photographs provoked a loud public debate about domestic violence here, with discussions in the House of Lords and even a stray intervention from deputy prime minister Nick Clegg. Nigella Lawson: Another Star Chef Becomes a Cause 2013-07-05T20:08:27Z On one side, a 33-year-old public hospital employee; on the other, Singapore’s prime minister. Singapore blogger loses everything for criticizing prime minister 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z But she chose to work in Japan, where she became an instant hit, performing in operas and concerts before prime ministers. Ukrainian opera singer in Japan prays for peace in melody 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z A year later, the young woman returned to Cuba with CIA backing, but confessed the poisoning plot to Castro after telling the prime minister she still loved him. Jennifer Lawrence to play Fidel Castro's lover 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z But this time, the prime minister made a statement. At the final Obama state dinner, Versace’s glamour shimmers 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z I never imagined that, 35 years later, it would be called the gay national anthem, or that we'd have openly gay pop stars and a Tory prime minister campaigning for gay marriage. How we made: Tom Robinson and Nick Mobbs on Glad to Be Gay 2013-07-01T17:24:15Z "I think it's a very tough job being prime minister," bumbles Boris. Boris Johnson: The Irresistible Rise; Wodehouse In Exile – TV review 2013-03-26T07:00:03Z The summer section covers relations from the end of World War I to the fall of Mohammad Mossadeqh, Iran’s popular prime minister, in 1953. What Has Gone Wrong Between Iran and the United States? 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z "I wanted to democratise it, so whether it's the prime minister or a boy in Wood Green who just happens to be walking down the street, their view is equally valid." Asif Kapadia's 2012 Odyssey: the film that captures London's dark side 2012-06-24T17:30:01Z Cox, 73, keeps up on events in his homeland and bristled at Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who wrote a book on Winston Churchill and considers the wartime prime minister his hero. With ‘Succession’ shut down, Brian Cox takes on other roles 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z What they offer over the next hour is a kind of soap-opera version of the prime minister's life, somewhere between verbatim drama and surrealist comedy. The election, live on stage! 2010-05-06T15:04:00Z “And if the prime minister himself wants to talk to me, I will crawl, swim, I will fly over there this weekend,” Brooks said. Brooks’ music coming to digital via his own site 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z "Virtuoso", "translucent", and "compelling" were among the words used by U.S. movie critics this week to describe Streep's turn as Britain's polarizing, and only female, prime minister. Meryl Streep gets glowing reviews as UK's Thatcher 2011-12-29T21:41:27Z His losing gamble on the outcome of the Iraq war also drained the prime minister of political capital. The shredding of Tony Blair 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z He is the embodiment for Hare — British theater’s preeminent chronicler of the darker effects of Margaret Thatcher’s tenure as prime minister — of an entitled mind-set dismissively equating poverty with a desire for handouts. In ‘Skylight,’ a brilliant view of faded affair 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z The bulk of “Operation Finale” is devoted to Eichmann’s abduction from Argentina, masterminded by the Mossad and encouraged by David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s founding prime minister. A Mossad Show Heavy on Spycraft Recounts Eichmann’s Capture 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Belgian prime minister Yves Leterme offered condolences to the families of the victims and said authorities would continue to help care for the injured. Pukkelpop festival thunderstorm leaves five dead in Belgium 2011-08-19T14:49:29Z If you were to Google the sculpture in a few year's time," he said, "search engines would collapse at the behest of the prime minister. Big blue cock erected on fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square 2013-07-25T15:13:58Z Relying on a prime minister who thought education in England should be run as it was in his native Scotland, she announced: "There will be no failures, and no schools designed for failures." What if John Smith had lived? 2011-04-07T20:00:15Z An embittered Brown was driven deranged because someone other than himself was prime minister and he ran an "insurgency" to force his way into No 10. The Third Man by Peter Mandelson 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z When Johnson met with Greece’s prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, last month, he reiterated the government position that anything to do with the marbles was a question for British Museum trustees, not him. As Europe Returns Artifacts, Britain Stays Silent 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Arthur Balfour, prime minister from 1902 to 1905, lamented “some process of social degeneration” that “may conveniently be distinguished by the name of ‘decadence.’” Britain at the Turn of the 20th Century Was Dealing With a Lot, Badly 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Lesser prime ministers also get it in the neck. 'She is the Queen, whereas you are Joe Shmuck': Clive James on The Crown 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z “The part can be whatever — big or small, a nice guy or a bad guy, a prime minister or the opposite of a prime minister,” he said. ‘Ted Lasso’ Taught Phil Dunster How to Play Nice 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z The Academy Award winning actress plays Britain's first female prime minister in the soon-to-be released "The Iron Lady." Meryl Streep unveils poster for 'Iron Lady' 2011-11-14T16:36:36Z 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 Though the film mercilessly bashes both left and right, Rimmer rigs the election for the Conservatives by giving the prime minister intentionally bad advice and, in one of the film’s funniest sequences, sabotaging his teleprompter. From All-Star Flop to Astute Satire in Just 50 Years 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z If we're struggling with finding flights, he thinks the prime minister of Turkey may lay on a private jet. Spies, Chopin and a Libya rescue 2013-01-14T07:00:03Z That led to her conducting live online interviews for Facebook at events, including the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where she interviewed Tony Blair, the former prime minister of Britain. Randi Zuckerberg, on Her Own Now 2011-10-19T22:07:09Z He’s just shimmied his way around a bit of the set made up to look like 10 Downing Street, a grand marble staircase behind him hung with photographs of former prime ministers. Behind the scenes of Comic Relief’s Love Actually: Andrew Lincoln’s creepy cards return 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z But Charles' letter to the Qatari prime minister on 1 March 2009 contains no reference to any local opposition to the scheme or anyone asking him to write on their behalf. Prince Charles: I defend ordinary people against property developers 2010-06-29T17:34:00Z Morgan also created “The Audience,” a hit play in which he imagines the private meetings held each week between the queen and the prime minister. The British royal family is struggling through scandals. Can ‘The Crown’ help? 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z In 1984, they divorced, just after he left the prime minister’s office for the last time. Justin Trudeau’s mother, Margaret, was like the Princess Diana of Canada — with a happy ending 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Former prime minister Tony Blair added his tribute by saying it was "a very sad moment for UK journalism". Guardian journalist Hoggart dies 2014-01-06T17:42:10Z Conway sat at the president’s table at September’s White House state dinner for the Australian prime minister but hasn’t been seen out as much in the past few months. Trump’s absence at Washington’s premier social event is a relief for some. But the prestige of the presidency is missed. 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z But it seems to me if you have this major ceremonial funeral on that day having the knockabout of prime minister's questions at the same time might feel a bit odd. Margaret Thatcher death celebrations were puerile, says Nick Clegg 2013-04-11T09:48:13Z Were British politicians mad to get rid of such an outstanding prime minister? The Real Iron Lady: Working with Margaret Thatcher – review 2013-03-15T19:40:01Z The mayor casts a shadow over the prime minister because he allows the Conservative party to imagine how things could be different with someone else in charge. Boris Johnson reminds Tories of what David Cameron has lost 2012-10-06T23:08:26Z In “Yes, Prime Minister,” the same cast returned, with Hacker elevated to prime minister. Antony Jay, a Machiavelli Scholar and a Creator of ‘Yes Minister,’ Dies at 86 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Implementing the controversial bailout package reached October 26 is a priority, the prime minister said, to ensure Greece stayed in the euro, the single currency used by the 17 nations in the euro zone. Greek prime minister expected to resign 2011-11-06T15:27:00Z Thus the Munich sell-out had received the royal assent before the prime minister was obliged to go to parliament and justify what he had done. Why The King's speech is a gross falsification 2011-01-31T20:30:02Z Yet, listening to the first programme, the value of such a comprehensive, detailed overview of Brown's time as prime minister soon became clear. Radio review: The Brown Years 2010-09-22T06:59:00Z Finally, The Audience peddles the idea of the Queen as a necessary corrective to her prime ministers. The Audience – review 2013-03-10T00:06:29Z DID a British prime minister ever have a more indiscreet wife? Telling tales 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Never mind that he personally wrote to the Qatari prime minister, and discussed the matter with the emir at Clarence House. How the 'meddling prince' and his aides turned up heat on developers 2010-06-17T22:33:00Z "The new prime minister seems to think that nuclear power plants are necessary for Japan's economy, and how to resume their operation is one of his key political agendas," Oe said. Nobel winner urges Japan to abandon nuclear power 2011-09-06T11:14:08Z “The prime minister would show up for half-an-hour on a runway in Lampedusa and then leave, leaving the island in the same situation in which they found it.” 'A tale of two crises': a husband and wife document Europe's refugee crisis 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Mirren is reprising her Oscar turn as Queen Elizabeth II in a 12-week Broadway run of “The Audience,” a play about the monarch’s weekly meetings with the prime minister. Nothing like a dame: The splendor of Helen Mirren 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z The Audience imagines the private meetings between the monarch and her prime ministers over her 60-year reign. Dame Helen to play Queen on Broadway 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z She shared drinks and horses with police officers, and her newspapers’ ability to make and end the careers of prime ministers meant that they frequently courted her, instead of the other way around. ‘Hack Attack,’ About a Rupert Murdoch Paper’s Trials, by Nick Davies 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z In the intervening seven decades, the queen has shared confidences with 14 prime ministers and met 13 U.S. presidents. Elizabeth the Steadfast: Queen marks 70 years on throne 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z “It left me wondering about the humanity of the filmmakers who are very subtly denigrating someone who was a great prime minister,” he told the BBC. Carpetbagger Blog: What Do 'Dragon Tattoo' and 'Iron Lady' Have in Common? Ask the Grousers 2011-12-23T13:30:35Z The story, imagining the assassination of the former prime minister, is due to feature on Book at Bedtime in January. Mantel attacks Thatcher book critics 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Gaston Browne, the prime minister, has said that 90 percent of the island’s properties were damaged or destroyed. After Maria and Irma: Caribbean Tourism, Island by Island 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Peres, portrayed as an unsentimental hard-liner — an interesting contrast to his later dovish reputation — pushes the prime minister, a more emotional and indecisive man, to approve a risky military response. Review: ‘7 Days in Entebbe’ Revisits a Notorious Hijacking 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z By concentrating on her late-in-life confusion, the central core of the former British prime minister's groundbreaking accomplishments was lost. Biopics find new life at the Oscars and beyond 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z 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 Under India’s current prime minister, Narendra Modi, relations with Nepal look warmer than ever, with big investments set to pour across the border. Between a rock and a high place 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z “I never ended up being prime minister of New Zealand” — an early aspiration — “and I never ended up running an opera company,” she said. Sarah Billinghurst on Her Tenure at the Met 2014-05-09T21:50:45Z Upon meeting prime minister Golda Meir, Heifetz handed her a check for about $25,000 and told her “to do with it as she sees fit.” Jascha Heifetz in the Case of the Violinist and the Fanatical Doorman 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z In his book, My Dear Mr Churchill, Walter Graebner, tells how the prime minister made up an "impromptu piece of doggerel" concerning Graebner's drinking habits after dinner one evening at Chartwell. Winston Churchill manuscript reveals his poetic side 2013-02-06T20:30:03Z Since Clinton began her campaign, former prime minister Stephen Harper dissolved Canada’s parliament, called an election, lost to current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and retired from party leadership. View from Canada: Your elections are too damn long! 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Putin began a third term on May 7 after four years as prime minister. Russian It Girl's path from parties to protests 2012-06-14T16:31:18Z She was also accused of disrespecting Indian sensibilities by wearing a dress that exposed her legs during a meeting with the Hindu nationalist prime minister, Narendra Modi, in Berlin last year. Bollywood star apologises over Hindu terror plot row 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z The church's most senior official, the archbishop of Canterbury, is appointed by the prime minister on behalf of the monarch. The establishment uncovered: how power works in Britain 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z It is something he advises British journalists to do with Johnson, for whom Hasan interned at the Spectator, when the now prime minister was the magazine’s editor. Mehdi Hasan: 'Most people ask the question and move on. I don't' 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Just being or Conservative leader didn't hack it – there was never a moment when anyone thought Iain Duncan Smith might become prime minister someday soon. What if John Smith had lived? 2011-04-07T20:00:15Z She never met the late prime minister's daughter, but warmed to her nonetheless. Olivia Colman: 'It's slightly scary … it could all go wrong' 2013-07-07T17:30:00Z As to why is so unpopular, the answer lies in the fact that the Tories decided on their strategy the moment he became prime minister. Letters: An obsession with Blair and Iraq 2010-04-13T23:05:00Z Another wild card is a belligerent Ariel Sharon, who keeps turning up in this book — first as an army commander, then as minister of defense and eventually as prime minister. ‘Rise and Kill First’ Shines Light on Israel’s Hidden Assassinations 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z And if there is a singular Italian designer whose name resonates beyond the frock trade and far beyond Italy itself, it’s Armani, who also attended Tuesday evening’s dinner as a guest of the prime minister. At the final Obama state dinner, Versace’s glamour shimmers 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z He became prime minister this July following discontent over how his predecessor, Theresa May, had handled negotiations to extricate Britain from the European Union. A Show That Laughs at Boris Johnson, and May Have Aided His Rise 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z His nephew said both the prosecution and death were devastating for the family, but they were delighted by the formal public apology offered in 2009 by then prime minister Gordon Brown. Alan Turing: the short, brilliant life and tragic death of an enigma 2012-06-20T16:48:51Z So it didn't matter how unlike Miliband Wallace was, as long as they shared the attribute of seeming an improbable sort to be prime minister. Ed Miliband looks as gormless as Wallace but in a totally different way 2012-12-16T00:06:04Z The former deputy prime minister is named as a victim along with Tracey Temple, a government secretary with whom he had an affair. Alleged hacking victims include dead teen, actors 2012-07-24T16:59:10Z It is not the job of the chief of staff to tell the prime minister why something can't be done. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z The Swedish parliament will vote on a new prime minister on Thursday. New Swedish government weighs quotas for women on company boards 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z 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 Britain's Queen Elizabeth and former prime minister Gordon Brown, who is now the United Nations' special envoy on global education, were among those who sent their congratulations. Pakistani teen finds out in class about winning Nobel Peace Prize 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z He was eventually castigated by Israel’s first prime minister and branded a traitor. In the novel ‘Judas,’ Amos Oz wrestles with Jewish attitudes toward Jesus 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z The deputy prime minister said the street parties were at odds with the mood of the nation. Margaret Thatcher death celebrations were puerile, says Nick Clegg 2013-04-11T09:48:13Z In the comedy version, David Cameron is relieved, once he has resigned as prime minister after the vote, that he no longer has to pretend to be an ordinary man of the people. Boris in Union Jack underpants? Musical comedy finds the fun in Brexit 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Penguin India; 391 pages; 699 rupees The real father of India’s economic reforms deserves a place alongside Nehru as India’s most important prime minister. High fliers 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Finally there’s the biggest prima donna — the entitled, petulant, newly reelected prime minister, Winston Churchill. Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ is best when viewed like separate little movies 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Women who are PM's, they are prime ministers of their own lives. Candace Bushnell on life after 50: "You have to figure out how to survive again" 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z But on Thursday, the prime minister and his staff were careful to hold back from criticising Barlow, who received an OBE last week. Jimmy Carr says he regrets using Jersey tax avoidance scheme 2012-06-21T20:10:37Z This Christmas, the prime minister may want to immerse himself in the biography of another rock icon. Christmas reading for the rich and famous: what do you recommend? 2012-12-21T15:09:13Z That year, the then prime minister, Indira Gandhi, declared a national state of emergency, ruling by decree, imposing censorship and imprisoning thousands of activists. From vibrators to gay kisses, how Bollywood embraced the taboo 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Jones publicly apologised on Sunday and tried, unsuccessfully, to speak to the prime minister. Alan Jones forced to apologise for latest Julia Gillard tirade 2012-10-01T08:34:00Z 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 The prime minister wasn’t kidding about what a paradise this country is. Kala festival, Albania: party time in what feels like a paradise 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z “Borgen,” the cult hit about a female prime minister of Denmark, puts a fictional spin on women in power. What’s on TV Monday 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Mantel wins the deliberate-provocation sweepstakes with the title story, which imagines the attempted murder of the former prime minister. The top 50 fiction books for 2014 And Macheath was patterned on Britain's prime minister of the day, Sir Robert Walpole. Get ready for a Mack attack, Seattle: Here comes 'Threepenny Opera' 2011-02-12T01:12:03Z “Noori walks in, looking like the prime minister of Canada,” Mr. Sparks recalled. They Fled Afghanistan for America. Now They Feed the Newest Arrivals. 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Like the stage play, it will centre on her encounters with the 12 prime ministers who have served during her reign, and the political and social upheavals that have unfolded over that time. Netflix to adapt Elizabeth II play 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotakis, the prime minister’s wife and a champion of Greek culture and craft, agreed that it was important “to keep the momentum that is existing right now, where the art scene is flourishing.” The Athens Art Scene Goes Contemporary 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z He takes a tour of the Guinness factory, learning how to pour a pint of the black stout, before being presented with a certificate of Irish heritage by Ireland's deputy prime minister, Eamon Gilmore. Tom Cruise celebrates Irish heritage in Dublin - video 2013-04-04T14:22:00Z However, youth protests in Sudan, Lebanon, Iraq and Algeria in 2019 and 2020 all led to the removal of corrupt and authoritarian prime ministers and presidents. Revisiting the Arab Spring, in Letters to the Editor 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Months of research, four hours for makeup and costumes every day, and capturing the famous voice of Britain’s wartime prime minister were just some of the challenges facing Oldman in the movie “Darkest Hour.” Gary Oldman slays dragons to play Churchill in 'Darkest Hour' 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z After an odd comment about gender and prime ministers, Morrissey adjusts his sights to attack "dim-witted" David Beckham and "avid hunter" Bryan Ferry. Morrissey supports Johnny Marr in David Cameron row 2010-12-06T10:38:00Z It shouldn’t be a spoiler to say how things turned out, or who is currently Armenia’s prime minister. ‘I Am Not Alone’ Review: Looking Back on an Uprising 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z “FANTASTICALLY corrupt” said David Cameron, Britain’s prime minister, talking about Nigeria with the Queen on May 10th. No fantasy 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Britain’s prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, flew to the birthplace of the Third Reich to meet Hitler and try to stave off a conflict. The Plot to Kill Hitler 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z There’s a shambolic “upper-class twit” of a British prime minister who hides his essential hollowness by spouting “random Latin phrases.” Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny Deliver a Page-Turner Part Sly, Part Sweet 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Back in England, he is hailed as a peacemaker and continues as prime minister for nearly two more years, but Hitler’s continued aggression finally forces his resignation. Review | The anti-Hitler resistance has one chance to avoid war in Robert Harris’s ‘Munich’ 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z The prime minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, described Depardieu's behaviour as pathetic and unpatriotic at a time when the French are being asked to pay higher taxes to reduce a bloated national debt. Gérard Depardieu says he will give up French passport over tax rises 2012-12-16T10:12:42Z The prime minister’s residence at 10 Downing Street reflects the fustiness of a weakened empire: dowdy furnishings, corridors lined in linoleum, a cramped attic for advisers stranded overnight. The Plot to Kill Hitler 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z It was the first state dinner, for the Indian prime minister. Singer-songwriter Falu goes back to Bollywood 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Thanks to a new record featuring his speeches, the British wartime prime minister is now at No 4 in the UK album charts, alongside Phil Collins, KT Tunstall and Mumford & Sons. Winston Churchill scores chart victory 2010-10-04T09:40:00Z Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council and former prime minister of Poland, also offered his congratulations in a tweet. Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke Awarded Nobel Prizes in Literature 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z A prime minister is therefore never allowed to be sick. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z The death of Britain's first female prime minister from a stroke on Monday morning was greeted with tributes from around the world - and with street parties in Brixton and Glasgow. Thatcher biographies rushed into print 2013-04-09T10:26:06Z The group, which in the past has included British wartime prime minister Winston Churchill and scientist Stephen Hawking, can only number a maximum of 65, excluding the sovereign, at any one time. ‘I’m so lucky’: Elton John receives prestigious UK award 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z To replace human rights with citizens' privileges is to walk the road to Guantánamo at the strangest moment for a British prime minister to re-enact that journey. Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z The professionals whose job it is to get them up to speed are called teachers and last week we learned that one of them is paid more than the prime minister. Why shouldn't a teacher earn more than Dave? After all, he's a class act 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z The Jamaican media severely criticized Tosh for the speech, delivered to an audience that included 200 foreign journalists and the prime minister. Late Reggae Icon Peter Tosh Receives Jamaica Honor 2012-10-16T02:02:42Z They met with the country's prime minister, and their visit was hailed on the government's website. Kim Kardashian, Kanye West have daughter North baptized in Jerusalem 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Boris Johnson, Britain’s prime minister, dismissed calls for the song to be dropped from the event. The British Museum Reopens to a World That Has Changed 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Grant, who played a prime minister in the hit movie "Love Actually," met with David Cameron Tuesday at the governing Conservative Party's annual convention. Hugh Grant: Reform needed after phone hacking saga 2011-10-04T18:44:12Z Called the Guardians of the Universe, these are basically Yoda multiplied, wizened immortals who live on the planet Oa and were originally drawn to look like, no kidding, the first Israeli prime minister, David Ben-Gurion. | 'Green Lantern': It?s Not That Easy Being ... You Know 2011-06-16T15:32:25Z Frederiksen was sworn in as Denmark’s youngest ever prime minister on June 27, 2019, becoming the second woman to hold the post. Danish prime minister gets wedding on third scheduling try 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z It’s the historic training ground for prime ministers and politicians in the U.K. and throughout the former British Empire. Scalia told me a secret about George W. Bush 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z The prime minister's knee-jerk decision to launch a full inquiry into the culture of hacking has thrown all of Westminster into disarray. The Thick of It: lines of the week – episode five 2012-10-13T21:00:00Z I really do believe he could have been an Olympic athlete if he hadn't chosen to be the country's finest ever prime minister. Digested read: Behind the Black Door by Sarah Brown 2011-03-14T21:00:01Z No, equality is the prime minister of New Zealand. Women's empowerment is not "kicking ass in bikinis": Julie Taymor on what real feminism looks like 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z A new comedy "Coalition" takes a quirky look at British politics with Liberal-Democrat leader and deputy prime minister Nick Clegg finding his political career taking an unexpected twist. Anarchic Edinburgh Fringe swings into high gear 2012-08-04T19:24:21Z Originally Brown spent much of Monday, much of Tuesday and all Wednesday morning preparing for prime minister's questions. Thirty new facts about Gordon Brown from Anthony Seldon's book 2010-12-23T12:38:02Z “When a deputy prime minister spent half an hour telling me who should be director of the ballet,” says one, “I felt like I was in the fantasy world of ‘Alice in Wonderland.’ ‘Bolshoi Babylon’: Ballet’s dark side meets Kremlin politics 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z A number of people I spoke with, however, immediately mentioned Kim Campbell, who was the prime minister of Canada for four heady months back in 1993. Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau: A Very Canadian ‘First Lady’ 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z 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 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 Figures like the actress Judi Dench and the former prime minister John Major, who features prominently in the new season, condemned the show’s approach to historical fact. ‘The Crown’: The History Behind Season 5 on Netflix 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z For Michael Gove, the education minister and a close friend of Cameron, the prime minister's ability to relax is a rare quality. David Cameron's 'chillaxing' hobbies revealed in new biography 2012-05-19T10:46:51Z 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 But it was his portrayals of Churchill, Britain’s crusty and indomitable wartime prime minister, that defined him for many British audiences. Robert Hardy, British Actor Who Played Churchill Often, Dies at 91 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z It was intended for a spring 1970 release, which would have coincided with the general election when the Conservative leader Edward Heath upset the Labour Party prime minister, Harold Wilson. From All-Star Flop to Astute Satire in Just 50 Years 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z For surely Houellebecq’s novel could not be so full of hatred and intolerance that it deserved to be excluded from the prime minister’s vision of France as a tolerant society? Michel Houellebecq’s ‘Submission’ 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z In 1938, British prime minister Neville Chamberlain met Adolf Hitler and came home promising "peace in our time". The fake photographs that predate Photoshop 2012-08-29T08:44:53Z “I was disappointed about this, and would have liked to have been able to provide a heads-up for the prime minister,” Lees-Galloway said in a statement. Refugee’s overstay in New Zealand could fuel Aussie tensions 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z The queen quickly corrects her, saying many a prime minister has broken down in front of her. Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher are central to ‘The Crown’ Season 4 — and so are their roles as mothers 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Called the Statue of Unity, the work is to be placed in the western state of Gujarat, where India’s new prime minister, Narendra Modi, was born, grew up and became a powerful politician. An Indian Sculptor With Monumental Ambition 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z It implies quite unashamedly that it is after all fund managers and central bankers, not prime ministers or presidents, who are sovereign. My problem with George Orwell 2013-01-17T15:49:30Z The prime minister and the president both wore traditional black tuxedos. For state dinner dress, the first lady chose Brandon Maxwell. Who? Ask Lady Gaga. 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Firmly planted in New Zealand, if the country's prime minister has anything to say about it. New Zealand offers to mediate "Hobbit" union spat 2010-10-04T06:26:00Z It's said that when prime ministers enter Downing Street they are confronted by terrible realisation. Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z “If I were prime minister or president and there was no nuclear weapon, I would’ve liked to have piled into Ukraine and made war. Because we are now all Neville Chamberlains — appeasement, appeasement.” Tom Stoppard Finally Looks Into His Shadow 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z These encounters are so mundane that we rarely pay them much attention, apart from when somebody shocks the entire world by pushing someone in front of a bus or runs into the prime minister. Runners v pedestrians: who should give way to whom? 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Sure they are: as relaxed as they were about the mayor comprehensively upstaging the prime minister during the Olympics, as relaxed as a cat on a hot tin roof. Boris Johnson reminds Tories of what David Cameron has lost 2012-10-06T23:08:26Z The prime minister's people would very much like to see what Mr Johnson has in store for the conference. Boris Johnson reminds Tories of what David Cameron has lost 2012-10-06T23:08:26Z For instance, the M'Naghten Rules of 1843, on the criminal responsibility of the insane, arose from the case of a schizophrenic who shot a man whom he mistook for prime minister Robert Peel. Shooting Victoria by Paul Thomas Murphy – review 2013-01-11T10:00:01Z Not attending: former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, who played a key role in bringing the Olympics to Tokyo and who once dressed up as Super Mario to promote the Games. At fraught Tokyo Olympics, Jill Biden may win just by showing up 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z In some of his toughest language against the world's largest internet providers, the prime minister will warn them they face a duty to block "sick" people searching for illegal sites online. David Cameron cracks down on online pornography 2013-07-21T23:22:26Z But, ultimately, he was a failed prime minister. Michael Howard: 'Tony Blair was a brilliant politician. But, ultimately, he was a failed prime minister' 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z They are now comparatively cash-lite and, although they have managed the development of the project, they do not actually own the building – it belongs to a consortium that includes the prime minister of Qatar. One Hyde Park ? review 2011-01-23T00:05:43Z Mr Hun Sen was prime minister for roughly half of the ten-year Vietnamese occupation. Miracle or mirage? 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z The house was designed in the 1720s for Robert Walpole, Britain’s first prime minister, by James Gibbs and Colen Campbell, with Kent as the interior architect and decorator for the main rooms. Designer Brian Sawyer Visits England's Stately Homes 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z In June 2010, Berlusconi was prime minister and made a famous statement in the newspaper saying a crisis doesn’t exist in Italy, the restaurants are all full, we are in a very good moment. A Portrait of Italy Today Based on an American Thriller 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z “I would say to Prime Minister Morrison, you’re not a marketing executive. You’re the prime minister of Australia and that involves the obligation to respect our national icons,” Shorten told reporters on Monday. Aussies bridle at horse race ad on Sydney Opera House 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z The prime minister's office confirmed his death and called him a "national treasure." Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies 2012-12-12T04:36:07Z The constitutionally correct answer to this question is obviously David Cameron, because he is prime minister. Heard the one about the corrupt, lying politician? 2011-08-25T21:30:03Z Museum supporters later convinced the next prime minister, Paul Martin, to honor Chretien's pledge, and his successor, Stephen Harper, to kick in operational funding. Canada human rights museum stirs controversy as doors open 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z After the festival’s co-founder Arlen Dilsizian, 43, attended a cabinet meeting with the country’s prime minister and promised that the festival wouldn’t allow behavior like nudity or drug use, the government relented. A Cutting-Edge Music Festival in Uganda Keeps the Beat 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z 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 I applied for the role via a newspaper advertisement and the appointment was made by the Labour prime minister of the time, Gordon Brown. Hannah Rothschild Adds Novelist to Her Résumé 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Critics said Mr. Montano’s cozy relationship with the new prime minister and her cabinet worked to his advantage. The Man Who?s Been Taking Trinidad?s Carnival on the Road 2011-03-23T21:33:52Z When Republicans won the Senate in 1980, he became the committee’s chairman and basked in telling supporters and friends of the kings, presidents, and prime ministers he had met. Former U.S. Sen. Charles Percy dies 2011-09-17T12:43:00Z And that afternoon, President Bush, besieged by Murphy Brown questions at an appearance with the prime minister of Canada, threw up his hands in frustration. That Time ‘Murphy Brown’ and Dan Quayle Topped the Front Page 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z He was an improbable prime minister for confronting Hitler. Was Churchill a Great Man? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z During the war, Churchill organized several lavish social gatherings at Chequers, the country estate of the prime minister, and at No. 10 Downing street, the official residence in London. ‘Dinner with Churchill’: Dining and diplomacy 2013-05-15T22:58:06Z And that, he said, proved entirely true, as his report made clear: “There is a very large problem with the rule of law, with checks and balances, and particularly with the all-powerful prime minister.” Perspective | When a crusading Maltese journalist was murdered, her sons vowed justice. Almost miraculously, it’s happening. 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Across it lies the prestigious boarding school Eton College, the launchpad for 20 of our country’s previous prime ministers, including the current one. In the Royal Borough of Windsor, attractions ancient and modern 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Predictably in a country where skimpily clad women are a common sight on mainstream television channels, especially those owned by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's Mediaset empire, the decision sparked a vigorous debate. Italian TV drops beauty contest that launched Loren to stardom 2013-07-17T19:35:55Z Some of the most intriguing moments of the last series came when we were presented with a Malcolm Tucker who didn't have the prime minister's ear. Why I can't wait for the new series of The Thick of It 2012-07-12T10:16:00Z Photograph: Murdo Macleod He is known for his scabrous and grotesque fiction and for once taking heroin on the prime minister's plane. Will Self in talks to become Radio 4 writer-in-residence 2013-01-18T17:02:38Z A petition with over 40,000 signatures – that of the Slovenian prime minister among them – circulated online to allow Aljaž Pegan, the Slovenian high bar silver medalist, to compete in Beijing. Pommel horses and protesters 2012-08-25T12:00:00Z Her rented escort, her cultural attaché, her camp follower, her prime minister? 4 New Cavaliers Go Full Throttle in ‘The Nutcracker’ 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z The sexual peccadilloes in “Boris the Third,” at the Pleasance Courtyard, belong to Britain’s prime minister. At Edinburgh’s Festivals, Big Names and Live Issues 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Gaston Browne, the prime minister, said that 90 percent of the island’s properties were damaged or destroyed. The Recovery Process: Caribbean Tourism, Island by Island 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z He is compellingly candid about how scared he was when he first became prime minister. Tony Blair's A Journey: Andrew Rawnsley's review 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z Others have mined the drama of a hardworking grocer's daughter who became Britain's first female prime minister. Thatcher had profound effect on popular culture 2013-04-08T16:16:08Z The prime minister was dismissive of Monday's strike by BBC journalists. BBC strike: David Cameron insists corporation is 'well funded' 2013-02-19T00:00:02Z The beleaguered prime minister, Theresa May, keeps insisting there is a way forward. ‘Bodyguard’ Was a Sensation in Britain. But Can It Conquer America? 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z But O’Toole’s most luckless misstep has been his premature exultation in the failure of Boris Johnson to become prime minister. The Real Meaning of the Brexit Debate 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z His mother's father was Herbert Morrison, home secretary in Churchill's wartime cabinet, and later deputy prime minister and foreign secretary in the post-war Labour government. The Third Man by Peter Mandelson 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z The prime minister unveiled a series of measures to try to persuade families to stay together. Mothers' names to be added to UK marriage registers in equality move 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Five songs about Margaret ThatcherTo mark the death of the former prime minister, here are five songs about her from her heyday 3. Sleeve notes: Thatcher's musical legacy 2013-04-12T12:39:24Z Months of research, four hours for makeup and costumes every day, and capturing the famous voice of Britain’s wartime prime minister were just some of the challenges facing Oldman in the movie “Darkest Hour.” Gary Oldman slays dragons to play Churchill in 'Darkest Hour' 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z The fire chiefs were not able to get a meeting with the prime minister, Mr. Mullins said. What You Need to Know About Traveling to Australia During This Fire Season 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z “Here is your reward,” the French prime minister Georges Clemenceau told the men, when the Treaty of Versailles was signed. ‘The Facemaker,’ a Grisly but Inspiring Story of Surgery During World War I 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Nick Clegg prepares for a BBC Radio 5 Live phone-in: the deputy prime minister will launch his LBC radio show on Thursday. Nick Clegg to co-host LBC radio show in attempt to woo voters 2013-01-07T11:29:34Z These two views go back to Alexander Hamilton, who was the first secretary of the Treasury and to some degree was prime minister for George Washington during his administration, and Thomas Jefferson, Hamilton’s bitter enemy. The Queen 2012-06-11T11:00:00Z He too voted heart and soul for Tony Blair, and now finds his prime minister's public postures truthless and emetic. A Delicate Truth by John le Carré – extract 2013-04-12T20:01:02Z There was extra security in the lobby and temporary metal detectors — it was rumored the Israeli prime minister was in the hotel — but Ms. Williamson had entered casually, having shown her required proof of vaccination. Marianne Williamson: A Politico or Apolitical? 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z Because she’s such a famous prime minister, the audience are waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting. How Do You Play Margaret Thatcher? Like This 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Last week the prime minister, Jean-Max Bellerive, trumpeted the prince's charity's involvement, telling reporters: "The contact has already been made, there is an informal agreement." Prince Charles drafted in to help rebuild quake damaged Port-au-Prince 2010-10-10T19:17:00Z At 3:22 p.m., news breaks that Secretary of Energy Rick Perry had recently spent 22 minutes on the phone with a Russian prankster posing as the prime minister of Ukraine. ‘The moment when it really started to feel insane’: An oral history of the Scaramucci era 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z The open-neck shirts of Tony Blair, the former prime minister of Britain, were an image fail. The Look of the French Election 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z The government shut down until June, when the new prime minister formed his cabinet. T Magazine: Dancing on the Edge 2011-09-23T13:30:33Z But once Birgitte becomes prime minister, the demands of her job take a toll on even his patience. The TV Watch: ‘Borgen,’ a Danish Political Drama Series, on Link TV 2012-10-11T22:07:07Z They mean an Italy run by Matteo Renzi, the young new prime minister and former mayor of Florence, a man with longstanding ties to the fashion industry. Italy’s Men’s Wear Designers Stress Their Heritage 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z People voting on a prime minister or a prince or a president or something like that? Sick of US news? Don't worry: there are lots of other things to discuss 2012-11-06T16:10:59Z In two other images, the first lady looks in the president’s direction as he speaks with the Danish prime minister and then looks straight ahead. The media’s Michelle Obama problem: What a selfie says about our biases 2013-12-10T23:59:00Z The great exemplar is the immediate post-war prime minister, Clement Attlee, whose memory is a silent reproach to our current manipulative, media-obsessed, self-aggrandising and increasingly unaccountable political culture. Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z Philip Larkin visited Downing Street where the prime minister quoted approvingly one of his lines to him – "Your mind lay open like a drawer of knives." Margaret Thatcher: we disliked her and we loved it 2013-04-09T05:00:00Z The modern-day fundraiser for the president or game of tennis with the prime minister might be seen as tame. From ancient castles to mega-yachts: what history teaches us about the super-rich 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z In London Has Fallen, the Italian prime minister is on the roof of one of Westminster Abbey’s towers, canoodling with a woman 30 years his junior. London Has Fallen: can city siege movies survive the age of terror? 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z I think our prime minister is the only person who can change our destiny for the better. David Grossman: 'I cannot afford the luxury of despair' 2010-08-28T23:03:00Z Some saw him as a possible prime minister. Ghazi al-Gosaibi obituary 2010-08-24T17:43:00Z Britain’s “special relationship” with the US grew ever closer, thanks to the manoeuvrings of the then prime minister, Tony Blair. 'You've caused an international incident': how my work mistake came back to haunt me 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z Who knows, maybe the white dress code was chosen to show off the erstwhile British prime minister's "really good legs Butt". Justin Bieber gets baptised in a bathtub 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z After his body was found this week, the prime minister said there was no link between the police operation and his death. French city braces for violence after festival-goer’s death 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z This book is an awesome nail-biter and top-notch character study rolled into one: The man who would be prime minister spilled over with bravado, brains and awesome self-confidence even as a youth. The Top Books of 2016 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Yet Mr. Frost’s first guest was Tony Blair, then the British prime minister, who told him that the Iraq war was up to that point “pretty much of a disaster.” An Appraisal: David Frost: Newsman, Showman, and Suave at Both 2013-09-02T20:59:00Z The prime minister is determined to implement changes to the prison system. Government considers single 'supermax' jail for Islamist terrorists 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Will Self Novelist and columnist Obviously the most important duty of our new prime minister is to acquaint himself with the circumstances of those whom he is about to immiserate. Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z Reader, he succeeded: he starred in the role of prime minister for 13 years. Richard Eyre: 'Blair had a very considerable skill as a performer' 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z On top of that, this just seems like a ludicrous waste of money particularly in the week when the new prime minister is warning everyone about future budget cuts. Brighton council apologises to Status Quo over 'insulting' advert 2010-06-11T08:49:00Z Andrea Leadsom, who hoped to defeat Mrs May and become prime minister, was undone partly by a newspaper interview in which she spoke at length about the importance of having children to her candidacy. War of words 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z But the Italian president and the country’s prime minister, traditionally guests at the black-tie evening, were absent. Petals and confetti shower stage at La Scala opening 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Rajiv Gandhi, a former prime minister, once claimed that just 17% of subsidies reached the right people: not so much a leaky bucket as a sieve. Domesday 2.0 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z 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 The only way you could know this much is by being the prime minister himself! What does David Cameron's speech taste like? 2010-04-30T23:30:00Z "The Iron Lady" stars Meryl Streep as Britain's first female prime minister, whose neo-Victorian values and free-market ideology helped transform a battered post-imperial country into an economically dynamic but industrially depleted and increasingly unequal society. 'The Iron Lady' shows Thatcher still divides Brits 2011-12-21T11:12:16Z In September, many educated Russians became indignant at the news of a “castling move,” in which Medvedev and Putin announced they would swap positions of president and prime minister. Does Vladimir Putin Speak for the Russian People? 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z The coverage of the documents led to the resignation of Iceland’s prime minister, David Gunnlaugsson. Firm at Center of Panama Papers Sues Netflix Over ‘The Laundromat’ 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Winston wrote a mammoth biography of Marlborough, which, for historian David Starkey, is crucial to our understanding of the future wartime prime minister, being "a book about history that changed history". TV highlights 26/07/12 2012-07-25T19:00:01Z After the upcoming state dinner honoring the Japanese prime minister, he will leave the job and return to California. Jeremy Bernard, first male White House social secretary, to leave his job 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z When Brown asked former prime minister Tony Blair if he thought Diana’s life signified a “new way to be royal,” he replied: “No. Diana taught us a new way to be British.” Books to get you ready for Harry and Meghan’s royal wedding 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z And so when I tickle David Cameron behind the ears the prime minister very tolerantly continues to gaze towards Gaddafi with a look that is part patrician statesman and part underwear model. What makes Madame Tussauds' wax work? 2011-02-26T09:00:02Z But Hlehel, 35, is a citizen of Israel, and Israeli law bans its citizens from visiting countries defined as "enemy states" – which include Lebanon – without a permit from the interior minister or prime minister. Writer petitions the Israeli supreme court over travel ban 2010-03-26T15:04:00Z The investigation took major steps forward in recent weeks with the arrest of a prominent Maltese businessman, Yorgen Fenech, and the resignation of a political ally to the prime minister. Perspective | When a crusading Maltese journalist was murdered, her sons vowed justice. Almost miraculously, it’s happening. 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Now, if you were born before 10/9/66, you are older than the British prime minister. Crib Sheet: The 10 Things to Talk About This Weekend 2010-05-19T21:52:00Z At one point in this sometimes powerful world premiere at Rep Stage, the feckless but likable King Edward practices swordplay with his prime minister, Sir Roger Mortimer. Games, both old and new, power this reboot of ‘Edward II’ 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z What does this mean for the prime minister, the Conservatives and Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation? The week in review podcast: Andy Coulson, Tiger Mothers, and the offensive charm of Ricky Gervais 2011-01-21T19:21:02Z He first met him in 1990, when the prime minister was a Hindu ascetic and political activist who laughed often, though never with his eyes. Witness to a landslide 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z But the worst of all possible worlds is one in which the prime minister announces he has solved the problem when he's only pretending to have brushed it under the carpet. Why David Cameron's war on internet porn doesn't make sense 2013-07-21T19:00:01Z Thanks to Canada’s parliamentary style of government, these local yokels determine who the prime minister is based on a majority of that party’s members elected. John Oliver to Canada: Arrest me. “Canada is America’s next-door neighbor. Stephen Harper is her dickhead boyfriend” 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Gore Vidal lucidly describes the C.I.A.-sponsored coup that ousted Mohammad Mosaddegh, the democratically elected prime minister of Iran, in 1953. Movie Review: ‘Valentino’s Ghost,’ a Documentary by Michael Singh 2013-05-16T22:47:11Z The terrorist message is sent through YouTube; pressure on the prime minister to save the kidnapped people’s princess explodes via social media. What Black Mirror, Her and the near-future genre tell us about tomorrow 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Earl Grey was a British prime minister famous for liking the strong citrus aroma of Bergamot oil, which he added liberally to everything. Need Some Kind of Explanation? 2012-05-30T12:26:46Z In April, Theresa May, the acting prime minister, called an unlosable general election. 'Satire has had a busy year': how to laugh at the year that was 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z This made it the first party other than Congress, India’s historic freedom-fighting party, to win a majority—and Mr Modi one of the most powerful prime ministers in Indian history. Witness to a landslide 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z Mary Anne Disraeli, wife of the prime minister, Benjamin Disraeli, and 12 years his senior, was roundly ridiculed as unworthy of her clever husband. A mismatch made in heaven 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Some critics, including a former prime minister, have been condemning the project from the very beginning, mostly for grabbing valuable green space. Can the Sydney Modern Change How a ‘Sporting Nation’ Sees Itself? 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z If one of the Miliband brothers wins the Labour leadership and becomes prime minister he will confront in an acute form the constraints on the power of the state his father astutely identified. Ralph Miliband and sons 2010-09-06T07:00:00Z As in, I didn’t know the names of any of our prime ministers’ wives. Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau: A Very Canadian ‘First Lady’ 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z The two-time Academy Award winner will be honored by the Israeli prime minister during a ceremony in Jerusalem in June. Michael Douglas to be honored by the Genesis Prize Foundation 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The biopic received mixed reviews, but Streep was widely praised for her note-perfect turn as the former prime minister, a performance which saw her win her third Oscar, eighth Golden Globe and second Bafta. Meryl Streep praises Margaret Thatcher as 'figure of awe' 2013-04-09T09:19:56Z A former Jamaican prime minister, Edward Seaga, recently rented it for a night. Heads Up: In Jamaica, Treasure Beach?s Quiet Isolation Is Its Draw 2012-03-02T23:24:34Z I would encourage you, when somebody suggests that a negative reaction to Trump or Farage, or to our new prime minister, is an overreaction, to make it your business to set them straight. Romesh Ranganathan: when you’ve often been told to ‘go back home’, Trump’s words are supercharged 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Apparently the prime minister said he was a "big fan of Knight Rider", while the Hoff later joked that he replied: "I'm a big fan of yours, are you Tony Blair?" David Cameron caught Hoff guard 2011-02-09T09:41:40Z The former prime minister of New Zealand urged Latin American leaders to develop new policies to tackle drugs, which she says should be addressed as a public health problem rather than criminalized. U.N. development chief slams War on Drugs 2013-03-15T21:15:00Z The author of “The Devil in the White City” chronicles Churchill’s turbulent first year as prime minister, as he buoyed the spirits of Londoners amid the Blitz. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2020 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z They struck up a conversation, during which the young officer, puffing on a cigar, said he would be giving up the army for politics, and would one day be prime minister. Winston Churchill, war correspondent: His early military years shaped his political ambitions 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Since then I have coughed and chewed my way through a lot of prime ministers. Sixty things I've learned since turning 60 2013-04-29T16:53:01Z The year, evidently, is 1946, and the former prime minister, freshly jilted from office by a war-weary populace, is visiting the United States at the invitation of Harry S. Truman. Review: ‘Churchill,’ a One-Man Show at New World Stages 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z Quite what the deputy prime minister has achieved in his weekly 30 minute slot is moot – or, at least, best left to the political pundits. Call Clegg – radio review 2013-05-10T05:59:04Z Prepare to be unendeared – as the hirsute American offers his unlikely backing to the campaign to make Boris Johnson the prime minister of Britain. Blackadder marches again and Zach Galifianakis votes for Boris 2012-10-10T08:11:05Z The Audience depicts the Queen in conversation with the many prime ministers who have served throughout her reign. Helen Mirren's queen silences noisy drummers 2013-05-06T07:58:14Z “I believe it is reasonable for someone who is likely to become our next prime minister to be held accountable for all of their words, actions and behaviors.” Johnson's domestic dispute fuels debate in Britain over his PM... 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z He will be a candidate for prime minister of the Netherlands, but there is some family business to dispense with first. Books of The Times: ‘The Dinner’ by Herman Koch 2013-02-06T22:50:22Z A spokesman for Netanyahu said Bieber's representatives had initiated the meeting, and the prime minister thought it would be a good idea. Israeli PM's meeting with Bieber called off 2011-04-13T12:48:09Z Moorcock then tells an anecdote about this uncle who'd been Winston Churchill's secretary and served a succession of prime ministers. When Hari Kunzru met Michael Moorcock 2011-02-04T12:05:01Z 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 In the comedy version, David Cameron is relieved, once he has resigned as prime minister after the vote, that he no longer has to pretend to be an ordinary man of the people. Boris in Union Jack underpants? Musical comedy finds the fun in Brexit 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z In the mid to late 60s, the then Labour prime minister, Harold Wilson, resisted attempts by the US president, Lyndon Johnson, to involve Britain in the Vietnam war. Jon Savage on song: The Zombies ? Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914) 2011-03-17T09:32:54Z The Ghost Writer, a political thriller based on the novel by Robert Harris, starred Pierce Brosnan as a disgraced former British prime minister and McGregor as the writer who is hired to ghost his memoir. Roman Polanski film The Ghost Writer dominates European awards 2010-12-05T19:06:00Z Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, the former prime minister of Iceland — shown caught on camera by an Icelandic journalist — also was tripped up by the investigation. “The system is rigged”: How the crimes of “The Panama Papers” affect us all 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z The real enemy, the person whose name most makes the prime minister's people twitch, will be Boris Johnson. Boris Johnson reminds Tories of what David Cameron has lost 2012-10-06T23:08:26Z Yet appointing a new conductor, if not quite as tricky as electing a pope or prime minister, is fraught with hazard. Andris Nelsons 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z “The prime minister has made positive noises about social housing but there is not enough investment to meet demand,” says Polly Neate, chief executive of Shelter. The private renters trapped in Britain’s new slums 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z The prime minister decided to mobilise personal abuse. Simon Hoggart's sketch 2010-12-09T00:05:00Z There are few certain things in bookselling, but this is one – prime ministers' memoirs sell. Tony Blair's A Journey breaks sales records 2010-09-08T11:45:00Z Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, reiterated the ban on cultural exchanges in August. Bollywood film awards: Kashmiri spy thriller Raazi wins best picture 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z The prime minister must be jealous of the series' popularity. Turkish PM fumes over steamy Ottoman soap opera 2012-11-27T18:04:57Z Condolences poured in from the prime minister and leading Bollywood stars. Popular Bollywood composer Bappi Lahiri dies at age 69 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z “It starts with a burqa ban, it ends with Wilders as prime minister,” she says. Turning Points: Three Movies Centering on Young Women 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Greece’s president, prime minister, head of the opposition party and other politicians attended the service along with Theodorakis’ family. Thousands gather for Crete burial of composer Theodorakis 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Greenberg has previously traveled with the king of Jordan, the president of Peru, and the prime ministers of New Zealand and Jamaica on similar programs. Mexico's president becomes TV adventure guide 2011-08-19T19:26:07Z Forty years later, Winston Churchill's valet was unimpressed to find that the former prime minister was incapable of dressing himself without assistance. Servants: A Downstairs View of Twentieth-Century Britain by Lucy Lethbridge – review 2013-03-25T08:00:09Z The quotations, strikingly reminiscent of Potter’s sendup, happen to be from Barack Obama, but they are all but identical to the intonations of every president and prime minister since 1941. Britain and the U.S.: A Forced and Unequal Marriage 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Tom Flanagan, a former adviser to Harper, warns that if Mulcair becomes prime minister, his policy on the tar sands would reignite separatist anger, the Globe and Mail reported. 50 marathons in 50 days 2012-06-06T22:24:00Z The exhibition, titled “Colour Space,” will open in March at Houghton Hall in Norfolk, in the southeast of England; the mansion was built in the 1720s for Britain’s first prime minister, Robert Walpole. New Damien Hirst Paintings to Be Exhibited in Stately British Home 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z The play suggests that the queen was most fond of the less obviously confident and successful prime ministers. Mirren reigns as Britain's queen in 'The Audience' 2013-03-06T12:26:09Z Jones's tirade against Gillard also accused the conservative opposition party of being soft on the prime minister because she was a woman. Alan Jones forced to apologise for latest Julia Gillard tirade 2012-10-01T08:34:00Z In modern "Doctor Who," the British prime minister shot dead the American president on television -- and no one ever referred to it again. Steven Moffat on 'Doctor Who': Space, time and Christmastime 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z They concluded that the former prime minister was too vivid in people’s minds to stray far from the O.G. Britain Wonders, Is It Too Soon to Dramatize the Pandemic? 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z When the late Christopher Hitchens was a political reporter for the New Statesman, he corrected the prime minister on a point of fact, and she was quick to correct Hitchens in turn. Margaret Thatcher: we disliked her and we loved it 2013-04-09T05:00:00Z India's prime minister joined Indian film stars and officials in lauding Anand's achievements and expressing sorrow for his death. Indian film star Dev Anand dies in London at 88 2011-12-04T11:16:04Z If it is serious Boris, the would-be prime minister in waiting, that will be really alarming for Number 10. Boris Johnson reminds Tories of what David Cameron has lost 2012-10-06T23:08:26Z West End theatergoers are currently flocking to see "The Audience," a play about meetings between Queen Elizabeth II and the 12 prime ministers of her long reign. Thatcher had profound effect on popular culture 2013-04-08T16:16:08Z First, the prime minister told the Commons that veterans of one of the second world war's most important missions will finally get medals. Daily Mail celebrates a double campaigning victory 2012-12-20T10:59:00Z The group — then called Reykjavikurdaetur — immediately gained its reputation for scandal when it landed a spot on a national TV show and Johannsdottir performed a profanity-laden rap about Iceland’s prime minister at the time. Feminist Rap Group in Iceland Looks Abroad After Making a Stir at Home 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Mandelson is later shown speaking to the prime minister over the phone, reassuring him about his performance in the first televised debate. Revealing documentary shows unguarded side of Lord Mandelson 2010-10-15T10:13:00Z While he was prime minister of Malaysia between 1981 and 2003, Mr. Mahathir detained opponents, fired top judges, controlled the media, clipped the power of Malay royalty, fired one deputy and pushed another to resign. A Malaysian Art Scene, Under the Radar 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z In March 2009, Charles wrote to the prime minister of Qatar about a project Rogers was developing at Chelsea Barracks, a former military site in London. The Town That Charles Built 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Their restraint brought to mind the late British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone and his doctrine of “Right Timing,” often repeated as “Timing is everything.” Now is not the time to publicly flog Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z The British prime minister Neville Chamberlain, Morgenthau said, went to Munich with the best of intentions to negotiate with Adolf Hitler. The Book That Shaped Foreign Policy for a Generation Has More to Say 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z Indira Gandhi, Nehru’s daughter and India’s third prime minister, cut the ribbon at the opening. When Architects Made Worlds 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z In it, he described the former leader’s biggest fault as bringing an over-concentration of power to the prime minister’s office. A Malaysian Art Scene, Under the Radar 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z The prime minister's aides insist that relations between the two old Etonians are fine, though if they were really that tickety-boo they would not have needed to stage a "reconciliation" meeting before the conference. Boris Johnson reminds Tories of what David Cameron has lost 2012-10-06T23:08:26Z The 2 1/2-month war was a turning point for the prime minister, who, after the victory, saw her approval ratings double and went on to win a second term. Meryl Streep to play Margaret Thatcher 2010-07-01T05:17:00Z Denmark’s prime minister for over a decade who negotiated exemptions for his country to a key European Union treaty after Danes rejected the initial text in a referendum. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z The bracingly nasty dental exception is Kristin Scott Thomas’s portrayal of Patricia Maxwell, the press secretary for the British prime minister. Movie Review: ?Salmon Fishing in the Yemen,? With Ewan McGregor 2012-03-08T23:10:43Z Speaking on BBC1's This Week programme, he said checking his was the third thing he did each morning, but admitted he did not follow the prime minister and suggested how David Cameron should tweet. VIDEO: Sway: I don't follow the PM on twitter 2012-10-19T10:51:51Z His prime minister, Haman, receives Ahasuerus’ blessing to kill all the Jews in the Persian kingdom. Christianity saves in award-nominated romance novel about “blonde and blue-eyed Jewess” and SS Kommandant in Nazi-occupied Europe 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z The play stars Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II, and focuses on the queen's relationship with the 12 prime ministers of her 60-year reign. 'The Audience' to be shown in NJ nursing home 2013-05-17T16:05:12Z These included: give birth; become prime minister of Canada. The many lives of James Franco 2011-02-20T21:29:01Z So masterful were his weekly articles that he was soon advising and arguing with prime ministers about banking and economic policy. Review | In these fractious times, a yearning for Walter Bagehot’s ‘age of discussion’ 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z In 2008, then Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd issued an apology to the country's marginalized indigenous people, which aimed to herald a new era in race relations. Australian rock band Midnight Oil to play first world tour in 20 years 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z News of his death prompted an outpouring of grief from actors, musicians, and even the prime minister; all paid tribute to Lee’s great talent. Christopher Lee dies at the age of 93 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z And at the top, Cobra – chaired by the prime minister – meet round a table in a Whitehall bunker. TV review: The Taking of Prince Harry 2010-10-21T21:35:00Z Due to a transcription error, the Indian prime minister’s wife at Tuesday’s White House dinner was incorrectly described as wearing “a sorry ensemble.” Style Invitational Week 1466: Be Invitationally correct 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The appointment was confirmed by the British prime minister, David Cameron. National Gallery in London Appoints New Director 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z As the prime minister made his keynote speech about a new house building programme to develop 200,000 new homes the activists aimed to send a strong signal to the government. Former Man United stars tell squatters in £1.5m hotel: stay for winter 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z In his LBC phone-in, the deputy prime minister said the government would continue to provide aid to Syrian refugees. Nick Clegg warns over Syria intervention 2013-06-20T09:42:24Z He succinctly describes the painful early relationship between Nehru and his daughter, Indira Gandhi, who eventually also became prime minister. 'India: A Portrait': Patrick French's new history of India since 1947 2011-07-27T19:39:04Z The first wave of stories — the disclosures could go on for years — has already led Iceland’s prime minister to tender his resignation over revelations of his offshore holdings. ‘Hello. This is John Doe’: The mysterious message that launched the Panama Papers 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z For all practical purposes he became the last social-democratic prime minister of Britain. Edward Heath: The Edward Heath: The Authorised Biography by Philip Ziegler 2010-06-18T23:15:00Z The male characters included a prime minister, a member of the royal family, a celebrated painter and Jack the Ripper. Dance Review: At Royal Ballet, Debuts by Liam Scarlett and Wayne McGregor 2012-04-06T22:17:43Z In January, Lycett tweeted a parody version of the investigative report on the boozy government parties attended by the prime minister at the time, Boris Johnson, that violated lockdown rules and enraged Britain. A Comedian’s Stunt Is a Sly Protest of Qatar’s L.G.B.T.Q. Laws 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Crowned queen of England when she was just 18 years old, Victoria led a long and eventful life, outlasting several prime ministers and leaving an indelible mark on her nation. These books can help build strong girls — and boys — for today’s world 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Above all, it should always be clear it is the role of the staff to take the blame while the prime minister takes the credit. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z Overcoming public resistance might be required first, so Camilla confers with a spin doctor, while divorce lawyers and a prime minister endeavor to end the very public “War of the Waleses.” ‘The Crown’: What to Watch Ahead of the Final Season 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z In the wake of the Panama Papers leak, the prime minister first said he would step down, but in a press release later clarified he would just be taking some time off. Panama Papers drama: Iceland’s prime minister says he’s not quitting after all 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z She got to meet the prime minister, and helped change and enact laws due to her role on the show. Five questions with 'Assassin's Creed: Syndicate's' female killer 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z In 2004, then prime minister Tony Blair set up the Women and Work Commission to explore the stubborn refusal of pay practice to fall in line with the law. Why women shouldn't be campaigning for equal pay 2010-09-24T06:00:00Z Yet, back in the '70s, the young, attractive wife of Canada's suave prime minister, Pierre Trudeau, did disappear on his reelection night and turned up dancing at Studio 54 in New York. Quick Hits: KT Tunstall's grand return 2011-09-17T16:01:00Z It purports to be an account of what it is like to be prime minister and it succeeds, sometimes through agonised interior monologues, in conveying the pressures, fears and excitements. Peter Wilby: 'Anybody who studies Blair is forced to the conclusion that what is really at the core of him is Christianity' 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z As prime minister, he refused an armistice with Germany and famously said, “we shall never surrender.” 'Darkest Hour' offers a timely study into Churchill's leadership 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z That and the arrival of prime minister Edi Rama the following day, for an impromptu poolside press conference with the organisers at our hotel. Kala festival, Albania: party time in what feels like a paradise 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z He’d gone to one of those boarding schools famed for producing prime ministers and perverts. Hookups, sexting and unwanted threesomes: first-time dating in the age of Tinder 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z He was 65 years old when he became prime minister and had only just re-entered front-line politics after a decade out of office. Is This the Best One-Volume Biography of Churchill Yet Written? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z The queen's funeral was a larger affair than the former prime minister's. 7 details you may have missed from Queen Elizabeth II's funeral 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z Media reports of Carr's tax arrangements suggest that he is undertaking "straightforward tax avoidance", said the prime minister. Jimmy Carr tax arrangements 'morally wrong', says David Cameron 2012-06-20T15:48:08Z Perhaps the greatest delight of this book is Mr Wright’s description of some of the secondary figures, such as Hassan el-Tohamy, Egypt’s deputy prime minister, who served as Sadat’s “astrologer, court jester and spiritual guru”. Loaded terms 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Or an Arab Hitler, as portrayed by the British prime minister, Anthony Eden, prior to the Anglo-French-Israeli assault on Egypt in 1956? The Arabs and the Holocaust by Gilbert Achcar 2010-06-25T23:09:00Z Any prime minister who mistreats or alienates this cadre of dedicated support staff is making a terrible and probably fatal mistake. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z She has since undertaken light duties including virtual audiences with diplomats and weekly conversations with the prime minister. Queen Elizabeth II to skip Christmas trip amid omicron surge 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z They were the nearest thing America had to prime minister's questions. Known and Unknown: A Memoir by Donald Rumsfeld ? review 2011-02-13T00:05:24Z Thereafter, wrote his friend Violet, daughter of the future prime minister H. H. Asquith, he was viewed as “a rat, a turncoat, an arriviste and, worst crime of all, one who had certainly arrived.” Is This the Best One-Volume Biography of Churchill Yet Written? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z The chief of staff must have the prime minister's complete confidence and that can only come with time. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z Trump has flouted even that custom, stiffing the news media while appearing with India’s prime minister and South Korea’s president in Rose Garden ceremonies. Analysis | Your A-to-Z guide to the media mayhem during President Trump’s first six months in office 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z But that doesn't mean you can't acknowledge and pay tribute to what she was as a politician and to her significance as a prime minister. Margaret Thatcher death celebrations were puerile, says Nick Clegg 2013-04-11T09:48:13Z "Recent media reports indicate the prime minister's cabinet is considering a revision to the law to make 16 the minimum age of marriage for girls," HRW said in a statement. Girls at risk as Bangladesh mulls lowering age of marriage, says HRW 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Nobody has emerged from this imbroglio with much credit, but prime ministers are supposed to make judgments according to loftier criteria than press barons. TV highlights 11/06/2012 2012-06-10T19:00:01Z “For us, there’s a before and an after,” Charles Michel, the young prime minister, said at the end of the deadliest day in Belgian history. Marcel Broodthaers’s Brussels, and Mine 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z And still, after all this, Clark Griswold refused to resign from his job as the prime minister’s special adviser. Ill-advised car journeys on film – ranked! 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z An interview with the prime minister of India was repeatedly interrupted by the calls of a cantankerous peacock in his garden. India, Through a Birder?s Eyes 2011-01-14T20:30:41Z This is a Nehru jacket, which was in fashion from the first prime minister, Nehru. | Video: Fashion From New Delhi’s Hauz Khas Village Neighborhood 2014-03-19T18:03:03Z The president and prime minister are currently engaged in a public power play that includes the cutting off of outdoor lighting to the presidential palace. Could this man control college basketball? 2013-03-17T21:00:00Z Ali's maternal grandfather was prime minister of the Punjab. A life in writing: Tariq Ali 2010-05-07T23:18:00Z Look at New Zealand: Helen Clark said she was going to be minister for the arts as well as prime minister, because it was so important. Why politicians fight shy of campaigning on the arts 2010-04-28T05:00:00Z When Nikol Pashinyan, a prominent journalist, activist and former parliamentarian became prime minister on May 8, a sense of a new era enveloped the country. My Armenia 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Here's hoping the action, set in London, continues to involves the prime minister, because who doesn't want to envision a world in which Stephen Fry runs the British government? TV Picks: 'The Leftovers,' 'Girl Meets World' and '24: Live Another Day' 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z In the fighting that followed, paramilitaries commanded by Menachem Begin, a Tel Avivan who later became Israel’s prime minister, rolled barrel bombs down the alleyways into Jaffa’s cafés and fired mortars into residential districts. From Bauhaus to doghouse 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z He had prevailed over his Asian rival, humiliating the Indian prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. Clash of the titans 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z 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 It was founded in 1965 and follows the ideals of the liberal prime minister Mohammad Mossadegh, who was ousted by the US and Britain in favour of the Shah in 1953. Marzieh obituary 2010-10-19T17:18:00Z This thoroughly researched biography of the controversial, scandal-plagued Israeli prime minister will likely become an essential contribution to understanding Netanyahu and his fractured country. 7 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z When the first crossword in his unbroken weekly sequence appeared in these pages, in March 1972, our present prime minister was five years old. Azed: a giant among crosswords 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z But the film itself continues to stir up controversy, renewing a heated debate about the prime minister’s legacy. The Carpetbagger: Visiting 'The Iron Lady's' Hometown 2012-01-27T14:00:42Z For it is best first to be reminded just how important those speeches by a British prime minister really were, and what difference they made. Exhibition Review: ‘Churchill: The Power of Words,’ at the Morgan Library 2012-06-08T22:20:58Z "They told me the bullying would stop when I joined the Lib Dems," our hero mutters woefully as he settles down to brainstorm ideas for the deputy prime minister's next speech. Alarm clock Britain, Mr Clegg? It's about time you woke up to reality 2011-01-16T00:05:47Z 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 Samaras said he was ready for compromise but only with a new prime minister. Europe turns up heat on Greeks 2011-11-06T17:20:00Z Consider how often the prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, is called upon to provide a running commentary on her uterus. ‘Unlike Hillary Clinton, I have never wanted to be someone’s wife’ 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z There are bits of Blair obviously; he was the same age prime minister for the same length of time, and there was a controversial war, close links to the Americans. Life imitating art 2010-04-16T07:22:00Z Streep has welcomed the challenge of playing Britain's first female prime minister. Meryl Streep's Margaret Thatcher revealed in first still from The Iron Lady 2011-02-08T12:27:25Z “This England” also captures the cramped, claustrophobic work environment in Downing Street, which doubles as the prime minister’s home and the headquarters of the British government. Britain Wonders, Is It Too Soon to Dramatize the Pandemic? 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Together, robbers and hostages hunker down and, as grimaces turn to smiles, form a shaky, unconvincing connection that’s reinforced by the ineptitude of the police and apparent callousness of the prime minister. ‘Stockholm’ Review: Seduced by a Hostage-Taker 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z "This applies, in my opinion, to the role of prime minister of the first and only Jewish state." Helen Mirren defends herself from Golda Meir casting backlash, while acknowledging, "I'm not Jewish" 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z These are the Turks who, at the request of their prime minister, have come to rescue us, and just in time. Spies, Chopin and a Libya rescue 2013-01-14T07:00:03Z But unfortunately for former President Clinton, the film’s title, “The Special Relationship,” refers to his partnership not with his wife but with Tony Blair, the former British prime minister. | 'The Special Relationship': Dennis Quaid and Michael Sheen as Clinton and Blair 2010-05-27T22:06:00Z Last week, she memorably petitioned her fan base to hit up Canadian heartthrob and prime minister Justin Trudeau to talk about education and health care reform. Rihanna Just Tweeted the French President For a Good Cause 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The country’s prime minister, Charles Michel, said on Monday, “We have lost a great musician, a warm personality.” Toots Thielemans, Who Won Jazz Renown With the Harmonica, Dies at 94 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z One of Elizabeth’s prime ministers tells her, with a mixture of exasperation and admiration, “You have a way of saying nothing and yet making yourself perfectly clear.” Review: ‘The Audience,’ With Helen Mirren, Opens on Broadway 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z Irons was calling from his home in Oxfordshire, England, to discuss “Munich — The Edge of War” and his portrayal of the British prime minister Neville Chamberlain. Jeremy Irons Is Transported by Renzo Piano and a Dog Named Smudge 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z There is another complicating factor for the prime minister. Protests held across Italy in support of legalising same-sex unions 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z 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 This operation was set in motion by Churchill himself when he became prime minister in May 1940. Restless – and its roots in the Cambridge spy ring 2012-12-21T22:55:09Z Michelle Obama opted for a strapless, unadorned ivory gown by American designer Brandon Maxwell, longtime stylist to singer Lady Gaga and a red carpet favorite, for Tuesday's state dinner for the prime minister of Singapore. Michelle Obama wears gown by Brandon Maxwell, Gaga stylist 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Reportedly disliking the "John Lewis furniture nightmare" left over by previous prime minister Theresa May, the couple decided to redesign the property and install gold wallpaper at £840 per roll. Marie Antoinette — extravagant French queen has long been a symbol of female excess 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z “This is now bordering on a diplomatic insult,” Australia’s former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer said last week. Trump’s ambassadors fan out across the globe. But some powerful countries are still waiting. 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z The arrival of the prime minister offers Moose a chance for a promotion and Freya an opportunity to engage with the wider world. ‘High Dive’ review: A bomb is ticking under the prime minister 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z The North Lawndale neighborhood was predominantly Jewish in the early 1900s, its residents including Golda Meir, who went on to become prime minister of Israel. Lawndale religious icon set for demolition 2011-12-23T02:22:00Z In Slovenia, everyone writes their own email, and even the prime minister is just a message away. Why I fell in love with Slovenia 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z Of course, it's also important that the prime minister have some sympathy for all the non-doms and oligarchs who are hitting the skids – poor lambs. Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z “My Bulgarian ancestors were all prime ministers and such, but I never threw my hat in the ring,” he says, smirking just as he did at fourteen. “63 Up” and the Child in All of Us 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z They remained friends, though, even as he became prime minister again and he helped out with her mortgage. Justin Trudeau’s mother, Margaret, was like the Princess Diana of Canada — with a happy ending 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z His exploits were dutifully recorded in the media, rendering almost quaint the international incident he stirred up in 1977 after a dalliance with the estranged wife of Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau. Sober and single, Stones rocker Ron Wood goes solo 2010-09-27T20:23:00Z "You have to imagine: are they talking about matters of state or is it more about the nature of the prime ministers themselves?" says Daldry, between gulps of white wine. Stephen Daldry 2013-02-10T07:00:19Z "There are certain adjustments you can make – tone, style or whatever – and all those can be programmed in," he tells the then prime minister. Revealing documentary shows unguarded side of Lord Mandelson 2010-10-15T10:13:00Z The idea was revived last year when the New Zealand prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, pledged her government would put wellbeing at the centre of its budgets. I thought I had hit the age of peak happiness. How wrong I was 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z And in the title story, ethnographers pay a visit to the last speaker of a language, who tries to invent words for modern terms: astronaut, tractor, prime minister. New in Paperback: ‘Hillbilly Elegy,’ ‘Compass’ 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z He alternated between positions under the country’s prime minister and jobs in the private sector. She was your typical D.C. 30-something. Now she might become Peru’s first lady. 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z But on Tuesday, the prime minister addressed the video during a speech on Tuesday, calling it an “appalling” example of a larger, more worrisome trend. Video of Dublin bar patrons violating COVID safety protocol is 'appalling,' Ireland's prime minister says 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z “Modi is a good man,” said festival goer Seth, who gestured at a figurine of the prime minister. Hindu ascetics lead millions of Indians in holy bath 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z According to Johnson, the Churchill estate approached him to write a book about the wartime prime minister to mark the 50th anniversary of his death in January 2015. Boris Johnson, London’s lively mayor, writes about Churchill and muses about his future When the prime minister arrives at the cathedral where Run plans to shoot him, he does not see a man but instead sees an elephant walking up the steps into the house of worship. Ivorian director Lacote at Cannes: Cinema exists at 'a fine boundary' 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z Trump greeted him warmly and expressed his wife’s enjoyment of a tour she had with Sara Netanyahu, wife of the Israeli prime minister, according to Bunch. What happened when Trump visited the African American History Museum, according to its founding director 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z But many millions more have had no qualms electing women prime ministers in Muslim-majority countries such as Pakistan and Bangladesh. Mohsin Hamid: 'Islam is not a monolith' 2013-05-19T19:00:07Z Fawzi, his spokesman, said Annan had met the emir and prime minister of Qatar in Doha on Monday and was heading for Ankara for talks with Turkey's prime minister and foreign minister. Dozens of Syrian civilians killed in Homs 2012-03-12T13:02:02Z Still others place the blame on Iraq’s Shiite prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, who has fanned sectarian tensions by denying Sunnis a greater role in the country’s government. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z He based his thesis on the changing social make-up of prime ministers and government. Rewind TV: How TV Ruined Your Life; Scenes from a Teenage Killing; Posh and Posher; The Killing 2011-01-30T00:06:19Z Within three years, her own party had ousted her from office, and Gillard not only resigned as prime minister, but left politics for good. Why do we love a trainwreck? 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z It ends years of struggle for the two families, whose claims were all validated by the French prime minister last year. France to return 7 looted Holocaust-era paintings 2013-02-14T16:05:09Z "How many people do you know that are discussed by governments and prime ministers?" 'Prince Roy of Sealand' Roy Bates dead at 91 2012-10-10T16:34:08Z Angus openly snubs Bel, and she retaliates by asking after the prime minister’s health. | ?The Hour?: Espionage in the Government and Shenanigans at Work 2011-08-16T12:00:00Z 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 The video screens showed photographs of the poor and homeless, as well as a shot with a Canadian message, with a protester’s sign addressing Canada’s prime minister: “Harper: No Tar Sands Pipelines.” Review: Janet Jackson, in Virtuous Mode, Plays Vancouver on Unbreakable World Tour 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z The braided blond hair defines her as Yulia V. Tymoshenko, then the Ukrainian prime minister, playing hard negotiator in a soft color with the Russian power player. Special Report: Fashion: Political Style of a Different Kind 2011-02-11T12:37:02Z After all, this was not just a victory against one pub – following his win, the new prime minister, Harold Wilson, sent Stephenson a personal telegram to say he would change the law. Paul Stephenson: the hero who refused to leave a pub – and helped desegregate Britain 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z “My recent painting on our prime minister was whitewashed within five days,” he said. India's protesters cheered on by actors, artists and singers 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z The move was revealed exclusively to the Guardian as the prime minister, David Cameron, steps up pressure on internet providers and particularly on search engines to block access to images of child abuse online. Twitter to introduce PhotoDNA system to block child abuse images 2013-07-22T09:39:03Z And “without the president’s active advocacy,” he says, a deal failed to emerge with Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, then the Iraqi prime minister, to keep a modest number of American troops there. ‘Worthy Fights,’ by Leon E. Panetta 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Gilbert confessed to some trepidation when he was confronted with the chance to pick up, as the prime minister’s official biographer, where Randolph Churchill had left off. Martin Gilbert, preeminent Churchill biographer and Holocaust historian, dies at 78 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z I would recommend everybody to spend a summer reading Proust’s “Remembrance of Things Past,” also the president and the prime minister. Karl Ove Knausgaard: By the Book 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Harry Truman was convinced that Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister, was a Communist, and Dwight Eisenhower’s secretary of state, the starchy John Foster Dulles, harbored similar sentiments. India and the United States: Two Countries That Can’t Live With Each Other or Without Each Other 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z “The pandemic hit the contemporary sector very hard, and I think the prime minister recognized the need to invest more on that front,” he said. Building a Hub for New Art ‘Under the Shadow of the Acropolis’ 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Think of Britain’s wannabe prime minister, David Cameron, cycling to Parliament followed by a limo carrying his papers. Design: The Toxic Side of Being, Literally, Green 2010-04-04T16:05:00Z Before agreeing she wanted to be sure that he understood the unavoidable responsibility of being the child of a prime minister. Television: Noa Rothman?s ?Prime Minister?s Children? on Israeli TV 2012-01-27T12:57:19Z The prime minister resigned, and a new government of technocrats was put in place for a one-year term. ‘Collective’ Review: When Tragedy Consumes a Nation 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z A memo also asked whether the prime minister's milk supply was secure, as "milk bottles on doorstep can be tampered with." UK spies spill secrets in official history of MI6 2010-09-21T15:31:00Z So she sets up a meeting with the hotel management to try to improve workers' conditions, and with the prime minister of Thailand, to save some sea gypsies. TV review: Neil Morrissey: Care Home Kid 2011-03-28T21:01:01Z When he says the world is a place of contradictions, Labour's longest-serving prime minister is really talking about himself. Tony Blair's A Journey: Andrew Rawnsley's review 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z The prime minister replied affably enough that he might not be regarded as This Charming Man, or, referring to the foreign secretary, William It Was Really Nothing. Simon Hoggart's sketch 2010-12-09T00:05:00Z His most recent works include The Ghost Writer, about a writer hired to complete the memoirs of a former British prime minister. 2010-01-23T13:33:00Z He's likely to do so again with this play based on the private weekly audience given by the monarch to the prime minister. The Audience – review 2013-03-05T23:02:01Z "We only have to wait for the prime minister's announcements in the cabinet." Europe turns up heat on Greeks 2011-11-06T17:20:00Z "Papandreou will resign once the new prime minister is selected," he told state NET TV. Europe turns up heat on Greeks 2011-11-06T17:20:00Z Yet India’s prime minister remains, even for Mr Sardesai, a mysterious figure. Witness to a landslide 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z The Greek prime minister is calling it "an affront to the Greek people." Greece outraged by British loan of Elgin Marbles piece to Russia 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z “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 It started with a cordial phone call to the Swedish prime minister. Hostage Affairs Envoy Takes On an Unlikely Case: ASAP Rocky 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Several of those people, including the Lewthwaite-cognate, are believed to be on “kill lists” personally approved by both the British prime minister and the president of the United States. Alan Rickman and Helen Mirren wage the drone war — but the intriguing thriller “Eye in the Sky” doesn’t go far enough 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z 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 Horace Walpole, a writer, historian and collector, was the son of Sir Robert Walpole, Britain’s first prime minister. Special Report: Museums: The Gothic Pioneer Horace Walpole Finally Gets His Due 2011-03-22T17:00:08Z Some participants said the prime minister did not mean the gay community any harm. Hundreds march in New Delhi for gay pride in Modi's India 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z The earliest pyramid, we learn, was built for the pharaoh Djoser under the direction of his prime minister and royal architect Imhotep, sometimes dubbed “Egypt’s Leonardo da Vinci.” ‘The Story of Egypt’: A look at a gender-bending society where women could rule 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Smith did not warm to US president George W Bush, and Bush saw in the prime minister all the vices of louche, lazy, pinkish Europeans. What if John Smith had lived? 2011-04-07T20:00:15Z Russia’s deputy prime minister linked to the ad on his Twitter account. David Duchovny draws ire with pro-Russia beer ad 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z "Don't you realise that Wilson is the most leftwing prime minister this country is ever going to have?" 1963: from the Stones to Dr Strangelove, a year of social and cultural upheaval 2013-05-07T05:00:01Z 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 What the Nazis’ minister of propaganda resented even more than the British prime minister’s stubbornness, however, were his powers of persuasion. How Churchill Brought Britain Back From the Brink 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z The prime minister said at the time that calls to replace or modify statues of English colonists, including Captain Cook, were tantamount to a “Stalinist” rewrite of history. Australia plans Captain Cook monument for anniversary of colonial... 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z Denmark’s real-life prime minister is also the first woman to hold the position, but she didn’t inspire the show. The Danish Political Drama Borgen Is the Hottest Show in Europe: Here Are 5 Thing to Know 2013-12-18T13:00:01Z The charge sheet against the former prime minister is predictably devastating. The shredding of Tony Blair 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z They were calling for the district magistrate, the chief minister, even the prime minister, to witness the bodies, to solve the crime. A Double Tragedy in India and the Search for Elusive Answers 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Coming just over two months after Putin announced his plan to return to the presidency following four years as prime minister, they were the catalyst for mass protests that have rocked the capital since. Pussy Riot: 'we still burn with desire to take Putin's monopoly on power' 2012-08-27T14:43:50Z The emperor’s son, Marji’s grandfather, was briefly prime minister before being jailed as a Communist. Review: ‘Persepolis,’ by Marjane Satrapi 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The crowd includes many folks old enough to remember listening to the wartime prime minister on the radio, including one older man who holds up a cassette recorder and tapes the entire event. Boris Johnson, London’s lively mayor, writes about Churchill and muses about his future No minutes are kept of the meetings between prime ministers and monarchs, so Morgan's script is based on imagination as well as research. Mirren reigns as Britain's queen in 'The Audience' 2013-03-06T12:26:09Z It sees the duo tackling mysteries including the abduction of a prime minister and the case of a film star and a diamond. Agatha Christie Poirot book sells for more than £40,000 at auction 2012-06-27T12:55:48Z A petition opposing the visa restrictions is to be handed into the prime minister's office tomorrow. Artists and academics regularly refused UK entry, say campaigners 2010-03-16T19:51:00Z The prime minister’s office confirmed his death and called him a “national treasure.” Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies at 92 2012-12-12T05:06:00Z The French and British, who also were allied against Egypt, both withdrew in embarrassment after denying the initial reports and British prime minister Anthony Eden resigned within months. Jan Morris, author and transgender pioneer, dies at 94 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z In the panel, the late Singapore prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, is drawn clutching a newspaper and asking Mr. Mahathir why he allows cartoonists to get away with such unflattering depictions of him. A Malaysian Art Scene, Under the Radar 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z This sentimental survey of the Queen’s relationships with nearly a dozen prime ministers deals only in the most glancing way with politics, or questions about the relevance of a monarchy in a modern democracy. Scalia and his audience 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z More recently, one brisk overview has been published in a series about British prime ministers, while another short life examines Lloyd George in a specifically Welsh context. The Great Outsider: David Lloyd George by Roy Hattersley 2010-10-02T13:34:00Z We also talk about antipodean female politicians, including how New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern’s pregnancy seemed to draw criticism that she wouldn’t be able to do a proper job. Toni Collette: ‘I don’t like horror films – I’m too petrified’ 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z As a result, there was virtually no record of his life before he was appointed prime minister of Russia in August 1999 — so he got to shape his own story. ArtsBeat: Masha Gessen Talks About the Reign of Vladimir Putin 2012-03-07T18:52:16Z Each of them, in Cockerell's film, goes much further on the question of whether the most famous member wants to be prime minister than currently seems politic. Those media-mad Johnsons 2013-03-25T14:14:00Z Rimmer’s polling successes make him a trusted adviser to both the prime minister and his challenger, each of whom offers him a seat in Parliament. From All-Star Flop to Astute Satire in Just 50 Years 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z “And our prime minister’s policy on Israel and Palestine makes Romney look like Jimmy Carter.” Canada Would Welcome Election Losers 2012-11-05T16:26:43Z Since then, she has undertaken light duties including virtual audiences with diplomats and weekly conversations with the prime minister. Queen recalls ‘familiar laugh missing’ in Christmas speech 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z In the first, the prime minister, like the country, is in a state of breakdown: in the second act he returns from a mountain retreat to propose wholesale socialist solutions which are eventually rejected. Canadian theatre comes into its own 2011-08-01T15:35:18Z 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 Is the Civil List really there to save us shelling out for psychiatrists for our prime ministers? The Audience – review 2013-03-10T00:06:29Z He also went on to say that “Italy survived Berlusconi” but that the former prime minister was like the progressive politician Adlai Stevenson compared to Trump. Alec Baldwin on Trump victory: 'The American political system is broken' 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Ireland is a parliamentary democracy. During the February election no party achieved a majority within the multi-party House of Representatives, the body that elects the prime minister and other executive branch officials. Finally, an LGBT contingent in New York’s St. Patrick’s Day parade — but that’s not the only reason to celebrate 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Yet both Patagonia and the former British prime minister have one thing in common: They each gave the world items of dress that transcended their origins to become emblems. Tech Bro Uniform Meets Margaret Thatcher. Disruption Ensues. 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z “They are going back to Iraq today with the prime minister on his private plane,” Hamid al-Bayati, the Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations, said in an interview Wednesday. ArtsBeat Blog: Looted Dishes Used in Art Project Returned to Iraq 2011-12-14T19:50:14Z “You cannot bomb Kyiv in the morning and dock your yacht on the Côte d’Azur in the evening,” the deputy prime minister of Canada, Chrystia Freeland, wrote in the Financial Times this month. Yacht justice: A new front in the war drags Russia’s oligarchs into the spotlight 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z The premise is enticing: since the second world war, the British sovereign has met each week with the prime minister. Stephen Daldry 2013-02-10T07:00:19Z On Thursday, the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, said the club’s owners should “think really long and hard” before deciding whether to allow Evans back. Ched Evans leaves prison after serving rape sentence 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z For the last three years Martel has been sending fortnightly letters and books to the Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper – an attempt to educate him in the ways of great literature. Yann Martel 2010-06-22T19:00:00Z After the crisis of May 1940, the prime minister became a demanding impresario to a circle of literary men with corkscrew minds and an appetite for jeopardy, from Ian Fleming to Stephen Spender. The Love-charm of Bombs by Lara Feigel – review 2013-01-20T09:00:03Z Mila, who is nearly six weeks old, was born on the day the prime minister announced the lockdown. 'My husband missed the first week': having a baby in lockdown 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z At the same time, it’s clear they also wanted a strong executive, not serving at the whim of Congress, or subject, like a prime minister, to a parliamentary vote of “no confidence.” Can Donald Trump Be Impeached? 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Did you decide then that you wanted the Shin Bet chiefs, and not the prime minister or the defense minister? The Carpetbagger: Getting Israel's Security Chiefs on Camera 2013-02-06T16:51:10Z 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 In a truly hilarious display of lack of self-awareness, the Mirror this weekend described the exchange with Newmark as a “sleaze scandal” that will bring “embarrassment” to the Parliament and prime minister. The Daily Mirror’s moral disaster: “Sexy blonde PR girl” topples a politician 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z He first set off a bomb at the nearby office of the prime minister, since demolished, where eight people died. Picasso mural removed as Norway begins to tear down block 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z In the old days, a president or prime minister would have shown no more interest in hobnobbing with a pop star than with a window-cleaner. Elvis and Nixon, Reagan and Jacko, Jagger and Blair … when pop stars and politicians collide 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z The prime minister, who contrasted the six-year freeze in the licence fee with cuts to some public spending, noted that the BBC was still paying large salaries after the appointment of James Purnell. BBC strike: David Cameron insists corporation is 'well funded' 2013-02-19T00:00:02Z The painting has never been restored and had only changed hands once before, when it was bought in 1878 by Archibald Primrose, the Earl of Rosebery, who later became a British prime minister. Turner's Rome masterpiece breaks records at London auction 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z She was a militant suffragette who had spent several spells in prison, including once for assaulting a Baptist minister she had mistaken for prime minister David Lloyd-George. All things connected to England's most northerly county celebrated at the Morpeth Northumbrian Gathering 2013-04-04T16:05:33Z Even the then prime minister came on to prove he knew about cool things like Totally Frank and Kelly Osbourne's pop career. Farewell T4: a proper pop show, or hangover TV for hipsters? 2012-12-14T14:00:00Z 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 In modern times, nominations are submitted to the government’s Cabinet Office and vetted by a committee before being passed on to the prime minister and the queen for approval. Tony Blair, Daniel Craig join scientists on UK Honors List 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Several other former prime ministers and political figures are also on the list. Wyclef Jean says his Haiti candidacy a 'wild card' 2010-08-19T02:34:00Z Ivanka attended a meeting with Japan’s prime minister, which reportedly included a gift of a gold golf club for the President-elect. Seth Meyers Takes 'A Closer Look' at Trump's Foreign Business Dealings 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z One day, Bonham Carter would be photographed shopping for milk in her pyjamas, the next she would be enjoying a New Year stroll with then prime minister David Cameron. Helena Bonham Carter: ‘Standing up to Harvey wasn’t easy’ 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z This much is the final twist of Black Mirror’s very first episode, in which Rory Kinnear’s prime minister is extorted into having carnal relations with a pig – on live TV. From I Love Dick to Louie: can TV shows help people understand art? 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Photograph: Getty Images In a memoir filled with profound navel-gazing, political bombshells and a few purple-prose love scenes, has also found time to salute 's activist frontman, claiming he "could be ... prime minister". Bono could have been prime minister, says Tony Blair 2010-09-03T09:42:00Z 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 The episode in which the prime minister hurries in to sort out Prince Eddy’s sexual imbroglio is rushed. Dance Review: At Royal Ballet, Debuts by Liam Scarlett and Wayne McGregor 2012-04-06T22:17:43Z “They just got rid of another prime minister. There’s political turmoil. There’s inflation just like here. There’s a drought just like here.” Their ancestors came to America. After Dobbs, they want out. 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Australia will be a great nation, and a power for good when her head of state is part-Aboriginal and her prime minister a poor man. A life in writing: Les Murray 2010-11-22T00:05:00Z 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 Before the prime minister’s announcement on Friday, gatherings of anywhere below 1,000 people were permitted. Curtain comes down on France's Moulin Rouge in coronavirus clampdown 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Shortly after 11pm, the prime minister announced an attempt to overthrow the government was under way. Experience: a coup interrupted our wedding 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z For decades, through interviews with Supreme Court justices, prime ministers, presidents and countless ordinary individuals, Couric has brought us the life stories of other people. 7 New Memoirs to Read This Season 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z António Costa, Portugal’s prime minister, said at a news conference this week that the works would stay in the city of Porto. After Outcry, Miró Collection to Stay in Portugal 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Many of the prime ministers here unburden themselves of their secret anxieties and fears in their policy sessions with the queen, as if she were a mother confessor. Review: ‘The Audience,’ With Helen Mirren, Opens on Broadway 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z Not all of those diagnosed will need insulin, which is essential to keep people with type 1 diabetes alive, including UK prime minister Theresa May. Insulin shortage could affect 40 million people with type 2 diabetes 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z This week the British prime minister warned that Brexit posed a threat to peace. Historians and Brexit 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z So as debate rages in Parliament in 1940, the brave, handsome Lloyd Williams waits on tenterhooks to see whether the prime minister will be forced to resign. Books of The Times: Ken Follett Offers Second Volume of Century Trilogy 2012-09-16T22:11:55Z Last week the prime minister, George Papandreou, asked to be furnished with the "Anthony Quinn file" ahead of an expected visit to Athens by Hillary Clinton. Anthony Quinn Bay claimed by actor's widow 2011-02-03T18:59:40Z And they are, quietly but unquestionably, changing the rules about what it means to look like a president or prime minister. Hillary Clinton and Theresa May Herald a New Age in Power Dressing 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z It’s by one of the writers of “Borgen,” a cult hit about a woman who becomes Denmark’s prime minister, but this is harder-edged: Corporate malfeasance costs lives, not just taxpayers’ money. ‘Deutschland 83’ and ‘Shkufim’ Are Among Exciting International Series 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z The day before the concert, he spoke at a protest outside the residence of Japan’s prime minister. Ryuichi Sakamoto, Oscar-Winning Japanese Composer, Dies at 71 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Announced in Tokyo, London, Rome and other cities, the laureates were selected from lists submitted by a panel of international advisers who include former prime ministers, diplomats, politicians and global cultural figures. Japan hands top arts prize to filmmaker Coppola, sculptor Gormley 2013-09-17T20:06:55Z “I am proud to serve as her prime minister.” Queen Elizabeth marking 95th birthday in low-key fashion 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z This was a big deal, as traditionally, prime ministers, while understanding fashion was one of Italy’s most celebrated global exports, were loath to be seen as too cozy with an industry associated with luxury. Michelle Obama Makes an Italian Fashion Statement 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z The Audience will depict the weekly meetings between the Queen and some of the 12 prime ministers of her reign. European film award for Mirren 2012-09-25T12:30:09Z Trump has also offered to meet with Thailand's prime minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, a junta head who is responsible for jailing dissidents after he took power through a coup. Are the politics of “incivility” paving the road to an American fascism? Part 2 of 2 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z But the prime minister's ability to relax can cause problems, such as when last year's riots intruded upon his summer holiday in Tuscany and he was slow to realise the enormity of the situation. David Cameron's 'chillaxing' hobbies revealed in new biography 2012-05-19T10:46:51Z “A loan, the prime minister’s proposal to exhibit the sculptures in Athens, is unrelated and does not change our long-standing demand”. Greece proposes Parthenon marbles swap, says still wants their... 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Protests have led to the resignations of the prime ministers of Lebanon, Malta and Iraq. Is it safe to travel to Hong Kong? I went to find out. 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z 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 The leaders of Shin Bet, who answer directly to the prime minister, are not part of the country’s military command structure. Movie Review: ‘The Gatekeepers,’ Documentary by Israeli Director Dror Moreh 2012-11-25T23:01:09Z Martin, whose title means prime minister and who was visiting Washington for the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, tested negative earlier in the day after a member of his delegation came down with the virus. Biden shows off his Irish roots at a dinner where everything is (mostly) back to normal 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z “We must all take responsibility for using facts correctly and for verifying anything we spread,” Stefan Lofven, the Swedish prime minister, reproved Trump at a news conference. Perspective | Five ways President Trump can become media literate 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Downing Street says the prime minister is “considering” the invitation, adding: “We’re grateful for the message.” I'm not sure a Spice Girls invite is what Theresa May really, really wants 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z She also had scores of lovers, ruled through 72 prime ministers, and is believed to have killed her own daughter. Better Than Elizabeth Taylor? Meet Liu Xiaoqing 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z “The levels of corruption are so immense, so culturally ingrained in Italy,” he said, referring to the scandals involving the Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi. A ?Mystery!? Series That Has (Gasp!) Actual Sunshine 2011-07-09T04:15:16Z It's the public sphere that's proved somewhat more challenging for Australia's first female prime minister. What Borgen's prime minister tells us about Julia Gillard 2013-06-13T01:16:44Z President Donald Trump -- one of the most widely published images of her term as prime minister. Smiling wax figure of Theresa May belies prime minister's torment 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z It was also a moment when Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin and the future prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, then chancellor of the Exchequer, faced pivotal and stressful tests of their character and careers. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: A Season With Dickens, Darwin and Disraeli 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z The most interesting thing about being the daughter or son of a prime minister is the price you pay, willingly. Television: Noa Rothman?s ?Prime Minister?s Children? on Israeli TV 2012-01-27T12:57:19Z The prime minister appoints and sacks government ministers without needing to consult the legislature or electorate because he is using the Queen's powers: these are the Crown's ministers, not the people's. The establishment uncovered: how power works in Britain 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Russia’s prime minister, Vladimir Putin, recently remarked that he would be open to Russia annexing South Ossetia if its remaining residents vote to do so. Seeking Drama In a Conflict That?s Still Raw 2011-08-14T02:53:01Z The city’s decimated downtown was swiftly rebuilt, almost single-handedly, by Solidere, the company partly owned by the prime minister, Rafik Hariri, a tycoon considered the messiah of postwar Lebanon, especially by his fellow Sunnis. T Magazine: Dancing on the Edge 2011-09-23T13:30:33Z It is also calling for a new cabinet committee to let ministers focus policies for the creative industries, reporting to the prime minister. UK 'can become top music nation' 2010-03-29T13:53:00Z This is a world in which the prime minister barely enters parliament; a world in which the three-day week and electricity shortages of the early 70s are shown by a palace lit by twinkling candles. Queen Olivia Colman, an epic budget and a cast of thousands: a year behind the scenes on The Crown 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z The pastoral world of Hacker Farm is not a cheery, aspirational arcadia of slow food, artisanal craftsmen, organic farmer's markets and festivals organised by Alex James and visited by the prime minister. Hacker Farm: UHF – review 2012-12-20T15:29:01Z The current British prime minister could do worse than read something European, perhaps a history of the continent, especially post-World War II. Ian Rankin: By the Book 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z But none of us could remember exactly what had happened and who the prime minister was then. The Uninvited Guest: The 2016 Campaign Crashes the Dinner Party 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z The Australian prime minister said satellite imagery had detected objects in the southern Indian Ocean that might be parts of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight. The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia 2014-03-20T18:14:27Z Joe Wright’s film looks at Winston Churchill’s early days as British prime minister. The 10 best lines from movies in 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Complex equations and satellite data from Inmarsat lead to the Malaysian prime minister to declare that the flight “ended” in the southern Indian Ocean. Raw satellite data of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 finally revealed to the public 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z She is able to entertain her guest of honour, the prime minister, with "the most perfect ease and air of a creature floating in its element". Suzette Field's top 10 literary party hosts 2012-12-12T16:27:54Z “In November 1995 I felt like my own father was assassinated,” Mr. Heuberger said, referring to the murder of Rabin, the Israeli prime minister, at the hands of a right-wing Jewish extremist. Television: Noa Rothman?s ?Prime Minister?s Children? on Israeli TV 2012-01-27T12:57:19Z The awkward footage was later was mocked by the likes of Stephen Colbert and Australia’s deputy prime minister, and now Depp is poking fun at it, too. Watch Johnny Depp Mock His Apology Video to Australia After Biosecurity Dog Drama 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z “The Pakistani prime minister said he would change the law on honor killings after watching” her film, Ms. Obaid Chinoy said in her acceptance speech. Chris Rock’s Asian Joke at Oscars Provokes Backlash 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z The prime minister of Japan loves it there. See Why the Fashion and Architecture Worlds Are Leaping to the Defense of a Tokyo Hotel 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z However, spokespeople for the prime minister and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport said it was a local matter and that they were unaware of any representations by the prime minister. Campaigners launch legal challenge to library closures 2011-02-24T15:42:16Z 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 prime minister of India honored 10 women, called “clean warriors,” for their efforts toward better sanitation, reported New York Times. WATCH: What would a day without women be like? 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Some Rolling Stones fans might have been surprised to see the singer, the former rock'n'roll rebel with a drugs conviction in 1967, appearing alongside a prime minister from the Conservative Party - a bastion of traditionalists. Jagger says UK's Cameron can't get what he wants 2012-01-24T21:04:54Z "It left me wondering about the humanity of the filmmakers who are very subtly denigrating someone who was a great prime minister." 'The Iron Lady' shows Thatcher still divides Brits 2011-12-21T11:12:16Z Jokes about the prime minister or America's president are out of bounds for the same reason the script doesn't acknowledge the pandemic: like its title character, the show is a people pleaser. In the final analysis, "Ted Lasso" is all about a man, a team and their daddy issues 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z She portrays eight characters in a story about the former prime minister of Pakistan who was assassinated in 2007. Some Highlights of the Fringe Festival 2010-08-12T20:47:00Z It is set at the end of Margaret Thatcher's tenure as prime minister and follows a British politician with his eye on the top job. Kevin Spacey, David Fincher build 'House of Cards' 2011-03-04T02:05:41Z Historically this world has been run by a man, and what would a world be like if 75 percent of our world leaders and prime ministers were female? Pharrell Says It's 'Not Possible' For Him to Be a Feminist 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Look how it soaks into political gesture, for instance, with the prime minister, Li Keqiang, wading into the flood waters in his office clothes. Water, water, everywhere 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z But the Italian president and the country’s prime minister, traditionally guests at the black-tie evening, were absent. Petals and confetti shower stage at La Scala opening 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Describing himself as a “socialist with anarchist tendencies,” Mr. MacPherson got a rousing response from the others when he lobbed a shot at David Cameron, the former prime minister. Hey Ho, It’s Old: England Embraces Punk Rock 40 Years Later 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z Sharif resigned as prime minister in July after the Supreme Court disqualified him for not declaring a source of income and faces trial before an anti-corruption court. Pakistan unveils 1,700-year-old sleeping Buddha, evoking diverse heritage 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z The Path to Power Not for Turning Iron Lady Girl Power It's already a bestseller, but how does Tony Blair's publisher blurb the former prime minister's autobiography? Quiz: Political memoirs 2010-09-02T11:41:00Z With another actor replacing Hugh Grant as an unusually eligible prime minister? Do you love ‘Love Actually’? Then here's everything you need to know about ‘Love Actually Live’ 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z For one thing, the current prime minister, mayor of London and a clutch of our current masters were educated in a fashion utterly recognisable to the men who ruled in 1939. The King's Speech lays bare the sheer scale of the republican challenge 2011-01-18T21:00:02Z And across town in a swanky restaurant a top media executive is chatting away chummily to the prime minister's spokesman. TV review: The Hour 2011-07-19T21:10:01Z He is prime minister, which means that, notionally at least, he can do something. David Cameron's war on net porn is justified, but hard to win 2013-07-27T19:30:00Z Indira Gandhi is never named, just referred to as the "prime minister", but she is a sinister presence. Summer readings: A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry 2011-08-17T15:32:15Z Playing the just-about-fictional deputy prime minister is Thom Tuck, a Best Newcomer nominee on last year's fringe for his sublime solo show. This week's new live comedy 2012-07-20T23:05:00Z It did not matter to boycott advocates, who included a number of American playwrights, directors and actors, that Grossman is himself a vocal critic of Benjamin Netanyahu, the hard-line prime minister. An anguished cadre of Israeli playwrights looks to America to stage its work 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z “It is unconscionable for someone who wants to be the prime minister of the country to be so utterly irresponsible.” 50 marathons in 50 days 2012-06-06T22:24:00Z The Audience is about the Queen's relationships with the various prime ministers in power during her reign and is directed by Stephen Daldry. Meryl Streep praises Margaret Thatcher as 'figure of awe' 2013-04-09T09:19:56Z “I’m sitting in Europe and I see Barack Obama on TV being nice to the British prime minister” after the BP oil spill. | Dr. John: Talking With Dr. John 2010-08-20T18:45:00Z It was opened in February by Rohan Silva, a former policy adviser to the former prime minister David Cameron, and co-founder of Second Home, a members’ club providing a work space for entrepreneurs. London Bookstores Go Rogue as No Wi-Fi Zones 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Administrations come and go and prime ministers come and go. Edward St. Aubyn on the Challenge of Reimagining Shakespeare 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z The two sides held talks early this week in neighbouring Tunisia, attended by a former French prime minister, but announced no breakthroughs. Battle rages utside besieged Libyan capital 2011-08-20T12:02:03Z He found the new prime minister's strictures about smoking something of a strain, and longed for a cigarette. Review Christmas quiz 2012 2012-12-21T22:55:12Z A British prime minister has fewer powers than responsibilities. Ed Miliband looks as gormless as Wallace but in a totally different way 2012-12-16T00:06:04Z Often most of the real political work is done by direct communications between the White House and the prime minister's office at Downing Street, he said. Possible Wintour appointment gets London talking 2012-12-05T17:49:13Z The latest move includes the trumpeted measures by the current prime minister, Shinzo Abe, to cure the long hangover after boom turned to almighty bust in the late 1980s. In the air 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z And eventually it'll lead to the downfall of Etonian prime minister Anthony Eden. TV review: The Hour 2011-07-19T21:10:01Z Early last year, David Cameron, an Oxford alumnus who was the prime minister at the time, criticized the university for not doing enough to attract diverse talent from around Britain. Oxford to Honor Jan Morris, Jeanette Winterson and Others With Portraits 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Or a victory, like the Labour candidate Tony Blair’s election to prime minister in 1997. Harry Evans, Potentate of Print, Was Also a Social Butterfly 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z She also drew parallels between the brother-in-law and the British prime minister Boris Johnson, whom she said “gets away with so much by playing the buffoon.” How Sharon Horgan Shaped a Monstrous Brother-in-Law 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z I myself laughed helplessly when Corbyn first proposed his concept of nuclear submarines minus their missiles, but I am not prime minister of Great Britain. Clive James: ‘Coogan and Brydon are the funniest couple since Laurel and Hardy’ 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z David Starkey concludes his Winston Churchill love-fest with a final look at how the Duke of Marlborough, Churchill's ancestor, influenced the wartime prime minister. TV highlights 09/08/2012 2012-08-08T18:59:01Z “I’ve dealt with presidents, prime ministers, heads of budget, private sector, and those guys always look at it like, ‘What’s in it for me?’ ” he says. An economist quantifies how valuable whales are to fighting climate change 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Lisiecki’s March 28 recital will include pieces by Ignacy Jan Paderewski, the composer and pianist who was the first prime minister of an independent Poland after World War I. Polish Canadian piano prodigy is poised to rack up frequent-flier miles 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z This is how a newspaper article in The Guardian famously described Tony Blair long before he became prime minister of Britain in 1997. Books of The Times: At the Center of the Storm, but Still a Mystery 2010-09-01T20:10:00Z The 21-member National Film Board is chaired by the prime minister and includes members of government agencies, academics and filmmakers. Thailand bans film about transgender father 2010-12-24T12:46:05Z The blurb for Philip Ziegler's workmanlike new biography tells us that Heath was "the most enigmatic of our former prime ministers". Edward Heath: The Edward Heath: The Authorised Biography by Philip Ziegler 2010-06-18T23:15:00Z For years, prime ministers and foreign secretaries have unequivocally backed these talks, pledging support for a two-state solution – a solution it appears the last two Israeli governments are not the slightest bit interested in. Letters: To achieve Middle East peace, first we need justice 2011-01-25T00:06:02Z This man, it happens, is the prime minister of the United Kingdom. Ian McEwan’s Political Satire ‘The Cockroach’ Offers a Reversal of Kafka 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z The episode also dramatizes the Labour Party’s landslide election victory, and Tony Blair’s accession to prime minister. ‘The Crown’: The History Behind Season 5 on Netflix 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z During the sixth century, Cassiodorus, who was effectively the prime minister in the Ostrogothic civil government then in power in northeast Italy, prefaced his accurate account of production with a passionate declaration. Toast of a Wine-Making Tradition in Italy 2010-03-29T15:23:00Z She will use her position as the minister assisting the prime minister for women to discuss how to better protect women at risk both domestically and abroad. Bill Shorten defends gay marriage in speech to Christian group 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z The prime minister promised to force the energy companies to put everyone on the cheapest tariff and he has broken his promise. Grayling's rehabilitation speech and Clegg taking DPMQs: Politics live blog 2012-11-20T16:11:00Z Recently, a transgender beauty queen even got a photo op with the prime minister. 2010-01-09T01:05:00Z Even a decade ago, it would have been hard to imagine a film like The Queen – dealing with the relationship between a living monarch and a serving prime minister – being made. Why fact-based stories are destroying the art of fiction 2011-01-23T00:04:25Z Former UK prime minister David Cameron was a fan and in 2010 set up the first nudge unit, the Cabinet Office behavioural insights team. 'Change thinking, save lives': can Rio's nudge unit halt coronavirus? 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z If the prime minister's reading prompts people to turn to such wonderful works of literature, that's a great result for all concerned. David Cameron records chapter of Moby-Dick for website 2012-10-14T23:05:30Z Gaston Browne, the prime minister, has said that 95 percent of the island’s properties were damaged or destroyed. After Irma: Caribbean Tourism, Island by Island 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z He was interviewed on stage this morning by Philippe Sands QC, who spoke to us afterwards about his impressions of the deputy prime minister. The Haycast 2010-06-06T11:47:00Z The British prime minister, Theresa May, in August released proposals for such a tax as part of her Conservative government’s strategy to combat childhood obesity. Portugal to levy sugar tax on soft drinks in 2017 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z He tells the prime minister: “Russia has now pinned all her hopes on swamping Western Europe with her natural gas and thus becoming, through our energy dependence, our effective masters.” Review | At 80, Frederick Forsyth has produced a classic thriller that’s also eerily relevant 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z I believe he is the prime minister Britain needs at this time. U.K.'s Conservatives get a "yes" from Simon Cowell 2010-05-06T05:55:00Z The British prime minister, along with a Ziggy-Stardust-era David Bowie, are notable additions this year to a series on sale at Barcelona’s Christmas markets that also includes U.S. Britain's May joins 'pooper' party as Catalan figurine 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z He advised a succession of British prime ministers on the Middle East and was knighted in 1995. Martin Gilbert, Churchill Biographer With a Populist Bent, Is Dead at 78 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z But he's also chief leader writer on the pink 'un – and officially sanctioned speech-writer for Anthony Eden, a prime minister who wants his conference speeches honed by wordsmiths. Memoirs by William Rees-Mogg - review 2011-07-13T15:00:02Z There’s Hugh Grant’s prime minister, who abuses his status to pursue a romantic relationship with an employee. The ho-ho-horror : why your favourite Christmas movies are creepy 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z As to the viability of blended scotches, it is said that Winston Churchill, who as prime minister of Britain had the choice of any scotch in the land. preferred a blend. Does Blended Scotch Still Have a Place in the Modern Bar? 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z The cynical eye might alight on “Darkest Hour,” Joe Wright’s depiction of Winston Churchill’s first days as wartime prime minister. Best Pictures, Maybe, but Telluride Is Not About Oscars 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z She prefers the term “investments,” a marked contrast with the word “subsidies,” used by the previous prime minister, Stephen Harper, who once claimed that “ordinary working people” don’t care about the arts. The state of the arts in Canada 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z |
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