The Latest Breaking News from Margaret Thatcher

The Crown 'thrown into chaos as major star refuses to return to Netflix series'

Netflix bosses were banking on Gillian Anderson signing up to another series but a 'diary clash' has forced a big re-think with Margaret Thatcher expecting to be absent

Daily Mirror · Apr 8, 2023

Thatcher was the accidental midwife of peace in Northern Ireland – today’s partisan leaders, take note

25 years on from the Good Friday agreement, the Iron Lady’s implacability and its unintended consequences are a lesson in humility, says Guardian Ireland correspondent Rory Carroll

The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2023

‘They thought we were all communists’: Bradford’s peace studies department turns 50

University department derided by Thatcher as a ‘problem’ – and now a leading centre of conflict resolution – celebrates anniversary

The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2023

How Nigel Lawson turned postwar economic consensus on its head

Former chancellor fundamentally changed the UK economy during his six-year stint at the Treasury, and not much has changed since then

The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2023

Nigel Lawson obituary

One of the most influential postwar Conservative chancellors seen as the main architect of Thatcher’s radical economic reforms

The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2023

OPINION - Nigel Lawson’s legacy: boom, bust and a national treasure

It usually comes back to inflation. Study any period of British history from 1945 onwards, and there’s a good chance you’ll spot ministers making strange and sometimes desperate decisions in the name of taming – or often to avoid taming – rapidly rising prices.

Evening Standard · Apr 4, 2023

A brief history of school meals in the UK: from free milk to Jamie Oliver's campaign against Turkey Twizzlers

Mashed potato, gravy, custard. When British people hear the words “school dinners”, it’s not always great memories that come to mind.

The Conversation · Apr 4, 2023

Who was Nigel Lawson? Nigella Lawson’s father and Thatcher cabinet minister dies

Lawson, a former journalist, was the father of six, including celebrity chef Nigella Lawson

Evening Standard · Apr 4, 2023

Tributes continue from Tory grandees following death of Nigel Lawson

Former prime minister Sir John Major said Baron Lawson of Blaby will be ‘long remembered’.

The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2023

Free-market ex-UK Treasury chief Nigel Lawson dies

Nigel Lawson, the tax-cutting U.K. Treasury chief under the late Margaret Thatcher and a lion of Conservative politics in the late 20th century has died

The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2023