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Microphones and Betty Boothroyd-style projection are both useful tools for actors

Letters: Richard Lee says technology can transform audience engagement, especially for those with hearing loss. Chris Walters recalls the advice of the late Speaker

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2025

Betty Boothroyd planned to criticise PMs for abusing patronage powers

Draft of former speaker’s final speech said prime ministers should not give peerages to friends or people with ‘fat bank accounts’

The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2024

Rory Stewart considers becoming a children's author

The former MP has already had bestseller success with his memoir

Evening Standard · Jan 16, 2024

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Rishi Sunak accused of pettiness for denying MPs chance to pay respects to speaker Betty Boothroyd

Exclusive: Government refuses requests to delay parliament’s start time so MPs can attend Baroness Boothroyd’s memorial service

The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2024

Betty Boothroyd remembered by David Nott

The surgeon on the first female speaker of the Commons, a patient turned friend, whose warmth, resilience and wisdom made her the perfect patron of his charity

The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2023

Pop stars, actors and politicians we lost in 2023 – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on notable pop culture and political figures we lost this year

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville: Westminster’s Renaissance man

In the course of an extraordinary political career, he filled a multitude of roles with a style and gravitas that marked him out as a true gentleman and a consummate negotiator

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2023

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Attlee the cat has done mouse check ahead of coronation – Sir Lindsay Hoyle

The Commons Speaker has a number of politically named pets, including Maggie the tortoise and Boris the parrot.

The Independent UK · May 1, 2023

Celebrity deaths in 2023: All the stars we've lost so far this year

We've lost some of our most loved famous faces in 2023

Liverpool Echo · Apr 29, 2023

Betty Boothroyd hailed for 'smashing the glass ceiling' as mourners attend funeral

MPs from across the political divide came together to pay tribute to the trailblazer who is the only woman to become Commons Speaker

Daily Mirror · Mar 29, 2023

‘Inspiration’ Betty Boothroyd remembered at funeral attended by PM

Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer were among mourners paying their last respects to the first and so far only woman to be speaker.

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2023

Angela Rayner mocks Dominic Raab over bullying claims at PMQs

Pair appeared at PMQs while Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer attended funeral of Betty Boothroyd

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2023

‘Remarkable’ Betty Boothroyd remembered at funeral attended by PM

The only female Speaker of the House of Commons died last month aged 93.

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2023

Betty Boothroyd funeral: Rishi Sunak leads tributes to trailblazing former Commons Speaker as mourners pay respects

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the first female speaker of the Commons was ‘one of the greatest’ to have held the role

Evening Standard · Mar 29, 2023

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The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2023

Sunak and Starmer pay tribute to Betty Boothroyd at funeral of first woman speaker

Prime minister leads tributes as her successor Sir Lindsay Hoyle says she was one of the greatest women he has ever known

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2023

Watch as Raab faces Rayner at PMQs as Sunak attends Betty Boothroyd funeral

Watch as Dominic Raab, the deputy prime minister, takes questions in parliament during PMQs on Wednesday 29 March.

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2023

Mourners gather for funeral of ‘remarkable’ Betty Boothroyd

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the first female speaker of the Commons was “one of the greatest” to have held the role.

Evening Standard · Mar 29, 2023

London politics LIVE: Robert Jenrick unveils hardline Government plans for housing asylum seekers and economic migrants

Asylum seekers and economic migrants will be given ‘essential living needs and nothing more’ at sites in Essex, Lincolnshire and site in East Sussex

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The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2023

Mourners to gather for funeral of first female Commons speaker Betty Boothroyd

Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer are expected to attend the service in Cambridgeshire.

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2023

Letter: Lady Boothroyd obituary

David Hinchliffe writes: She never abandoned some deeply held socialist beliefs

The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2023

Letter: Lady Boothroyd obituary

Peter Barnes writes: She presided at many degree ceremonies across the length and breadth of the UK

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2023

Letter: Lady Boothroyd as OU chancellor

Gina Bridgeland writes: Betty Boothroyd brought humour and natural authority to bear as chancellor of the Open University

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2023

‘We needed a massive amount of resilience’: the female Labour MPs from the class of ’87

At the general election that year, the number of women in the Commons jumped to (an albeit still tiny) 41. Some talk about the sexism – and the solidarity

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023

Betty Boothroyd: First female Commons Speaker who enhanced the parliament over which she presided

Daughter of Dewsbury textile workers became a megastar over her five decades in parliament – despite multiple failed attempts to win her seat

Evening Standard · Mar 1, 2023

Angela Rayner reveals she wears disguises when going to the nightclub

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