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The Latest Breaking News from Margaret Thatcher

From power struggles to global crises, dive into The Independent’s front pages and see how major stories have unfolded through the years

The Independent UK

‘I try not to get him started on politics!’: power couples on rows, rules and who really does the housework

As fewer people tie the knot, four well-known married couples share their secrets, from film director Bruce Robinson and artist Sophie Windham to writers Roxane Gay and Debbie Millman

The Guardian - UK

Anglo-Irish Agreement proved politics can deliver change – Irish deputy premier

The Anglo-Irish Agreement was signed on November 15 1985 by then British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and then taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.

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Hilary Mantel story imagining Margaret Thatcher’s assassination to be staged in Liverpool

Short story set in 1983, and published a year after the former prime minister’s death, considers ‘what happens when people feel they don’t have a voice’ says director John Young

The Guardian - UK

BBC has survived allegations of political bias before – but the latest crisis comes at a pivotal moment

The leaked memo raising concerns about BBC impartiality was an early Christmas present for those who believe the UK’s biggest public service broadcaster is biased and needs to be reformed and cut down to size.

The Conversation

Major new City shopping destination opens near Liverpool Street

Launch of Broadgate mall comes 40 years after Margaret Thatcher opened City development

Evening Standard

This Week in History: 10-16 November

From power struggles to global crises, dive into The Independent’s front pages and see how major stories have unfolded through the years

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This Week in History: 3-9 November

From elections and scandals to the moments that made history, dive into The Independent’s front pages and see how this week’s stories unfolded through the years

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How the European convention on human rights became a battleground between the centre and the right

For 20 years, populists have been blaming the ECHR for endangering Britain by offering basic protections to immigrants, says author Daniel Trilling

The Guardian - UK

Actor Alexandra Roach looks back: ‘I’m from a small town – when I snuck into a nightclub underage, 11 people told my dad’

The Utopia and No Offence star on her love of electronic music, how she shakes off heavy roles, and channelling her righteous younger self

The Guardian - UK

The Line of Beauty review – Hollinghurst’s Gatsby-esque social satire is a class act

Jack Holden has elegantly adapted Alan Hollinghurst’s Booker winner about class envy, gay culture and political scandal in 80s Britain

The Guardian - UK

Sanae Takaichi goes through her first obstacle as Japan's 1st female PM: Meeting Trump

Known for her controversial views on social issues such as an eye for patriarchy, Japan's first female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, faces her first obstacle — meeting the USA's President Trump.

International Business Times UK

Trump and Takaichi Forge Rare Earths Deal to Bolster US-Japan Trade Power

Trump and Japan's Sanae Takaichi sign rare earths pact in Tokyo, deepening trade and defence ties while honouring Abe's legacy.

International Business Times UK

'The Bermuda Triangle of Talent': 27-year-old Oxford grad turned down McKinsey and Morgan Stanley to find out why Gen Z’s smartest keep selling out

Simon van Teutem talked to Fortune about “the illusion of infinite choice, and the social status … You’re always looking for the next level, the Harvard after Harvard, the Oxford after Oxford.”

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International Business Times UK

Thatcher 2.0? How the UK's Iron Lady Inspired Japan's New Premier Sanae Takaichi

Japan's first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, draws Thatcher comparisons as she steps into power with a bold yet deeply conservative agenda.

International Business Times

Sanae Takaichi, Iron Lady 2.0 Poised To Be Japan PM

Sanae Takaichi, a staunch conservative who admires Margaret Thatcher, is expected to become Japan's first woman prime minister Tuesday, but analysts say her rise does not necessarily signal a feminist victory.

Evening Standard

Makeup artist Mary Greenwell was ‘flattered’ to work with Margaret Thatcher

She also told the BBC’s Desert Island Discs about her work with David Bowie and Diana, Princess of Wales.

The Conversation

Sam Fender wins Mercury prize: ‘Geordie Springsteen’ is voice of a UK ravaged by industrial decline

The Mercury prize almost always produces surprises – among them, Gomez not The Verve in 1998, and English Teacher not Charlie XCX in 2024 – but perhaps the biggest surprise is that the prize has survived for so many years. That it has been won this year by Sam Fender…

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The Guardian - UK

Drag acts, detractors and true-blue diehards: my weird weekend at a Margaret Thatcher festival

For some, she was a hero. For others, quite the opposite. On 13 October, the prime minister who looms large over British politics would have turned 100 – and a gathering in Grantham celebrated her days in power

Evening Standard

Margaret Thatcher 'had two affairs' while married to husband Denis, new book claims

The former Conservative Party leader, who died in 2013 aged 87, previously described her partner of more than half a century as ‘the golden thread running through my life’

The Independent UK

Margaret Thatcher had two extramarital affairs, new book claims

A new book claims the former prime minister had an ‘extracurricular’ leg-rubbing friendship and two extramarital affairs

Evening Standard

William Hague urges Keir Starmer to ‘be more like Margaret Thatcher’

The Prime Minister has been under pressure this summer with Labour trailing behind Reform in opinion polls and others questioning his leadership.

The Guardian - UK

The Conservative party’s obsession with Margaret Thatcher merch feels less kitsch and more cult

On the former prime minister’s centenary, celebratory tat has included branded Toby jugs and whisky, while her old clothes were on display at conference. Is this really what the Iron Lady would have wanted, asks Zoe Williams

Evening Standard

Farage denounces ‘cretins’ in charge of the economy as he pledges ‘big bang two’

The Reform UK leader has pledged to boost trade in digital assets if his party forms a government.

The Independent UK

Margaret Thatcher’s Tory leadership paper unearthed in forgotten cardboard box

Document was found amongst papers belonging to Sir Edward du Cann

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