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How previous prime ministers handled the ‘special relationship’

Winston Churchill coined the phrase to describe what has become an enduring diplomatic priority, but relationships between leaders have varied.

Evening Standard

The truth behind Scotland's oil and the McCrone Report

FOR many Scots, the striking poster of Margaret Thatcher with fangs that dripped oil instead of blood sums up the waste of the profits from the…

The National (Scotland)

Queen Elizabeth 'was briefed about UFOs'

The late Queen Elizabeth was briefed about the possible existence of UFOs following the infamous Rendlesham Forest incident in 1980, according to a new documentary.

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Do Trump and co want a world reclaimed by straight white men? It’s not certain they’ll get it

Trump calls diversity policies ‘immoral’ and Badenoch says they’re ‘poison’. But businesses know multiculturalism is good for the economy, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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Too evil! Too smutty! Too Thatcher! When TV stars demand cuts to their scenes

Not all actors are comfortable with baring their behinds … or their souls. From Bridgerton to The Sopranos, some have insisted on moments being axed – although they don’t always get their way

The Guardian - UK

Neoliberalism is dead. So why haven’t Australia’s leaders got the message?

Until centre-left parties can escape the mental prison built by decades of soft neoliberalism, it is what we are likely to get

The Guardian - AU

Warren Gatland blames Margaret Thatcher and teachers’ strikes for Welsh rugby’s decline

Gatland’s second stint in charge of Wales came to an end last week

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How The Face magazine turned style into an art form

4/5 This pulsating show at the National Portrait Gallery explores the photographs that defined what was cool in Britain from 1980 to the present

The Independent UK

Poorest UK households pay rising share of income on council tax, study finds

Resolution Foundation report says failure to reform has ‘slowly recreated the issues that undid the poll tax’

The Guardian - UK

Weatherwatch: Hadley Centre shows Thatcher understood value of climate science

Thirty-five years after she opened it, climate change centre can claim that for every £1 invested, the UK economy benefits by £33

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Transport Secretary urged to name train after Margaret Thatcher

Tory MP Sir Edward Leigh made the demand during Transport Questions in the Commons on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Call it Thatcher’s timebomb: the great council housing selloff, a crisis hidden in plain sight

Her right to buy policy enriched the private sector at taxpayers’ expense. Last year, it sparked another gold rush – and looming calamity for local authorities, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK

How Margaret Thatcher devastated Scotland as Tories celebrate her 50-year anniversary

YOU may have seen members of the Conservative Party sharing a lovely graphic to celebrate 50 years since Margaret Thatcher became Tory party leader.

The National (Scotland)

When Thatcher took performance lessons from Laurence Olivier, it changed the course of her political destiny

The PM’s makeover collaboration was kept a closely guarded secret for fear it would hurt her ‘ordinary housewife’ image, says writer and broadcaster Tim Walker

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Asil Nadir obituary

Businessman whose meteoric rise in the 1980s at the head of the Polly Peck empire ended in scandal and prosecution

Evening Standard

Government ‘must draw out lessons from Thatcher-era coal pit closures’

Tory MP David Simmonds urged the Government to learn ‘some of the lessons that we need to draw out’ of coal pit closures for the ‘just transition’.

The Guardian - UK

After 50 years, can’t we shut down this cult of Margaret Thatcher? Just look at the mess she made of Britain

A whole slew of dramas and plays mark half a century since her election as Tory leader. But there is too much gloss, when so many people are still suffering, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The Rest is History co-host writing Margaret Thatcher opera

Dominic Sandbrook working with composer Joseph Phibbs on project that will explore Thatcher’s time as PM

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‘The best screen Thatcher yet?’: the art (and craft) of playing the former PM

Harriet Walter’s acclaimed portrayal is the latest of many screen versions. So how do you create the Thatcher persona?

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Brian and Maggie; Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis; Paradise; Mo – review

Harriet Walter and Steve Coogan star as Margaret Thatcher and her friend turned foe; Idris Elba fronts a harrowing study of street crime; there are riddles aplenty in a new US thriller; and art echoes life in the bittersweet Mo

The Independent UK

Trade union boss warns Reeves against trading workers rights for economic growth

Exclusive: FBU general secretary issues a warning to Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer over pay and workers rights following the chancellor’s speech

Evening Standard

Brian and Maggie on Channel 4 review: Thatcher as object of affection? Really?

3/5 Steve Coogan and Harriet Walter are a captivating double-act in this effective period piece, but it plays it a little cosy to the Iron Lady

The Guardian - UK

Brian and Maggie review – it’s a real worry when Margaret Thatcher seems this admirable

You can tell how corrupt our recent politicians have been by how attractive Harriet Walter’s portrayal of the ex-PM seems alongside Steve Coogan in this drama based on a scorching TV interview

The Independent UK

Steve Coogan shines in Brian and Maggie, a love letter to the political interview

4/5 In his latest TV show, writer James Graham turns his attention to the 1989 showdown between journalist Brian Walden and Margaret Thatcher

The National (Scotland)

How you can watch the real interview that inspired Channel 4's Brian and Maggie

In 1989 Brian Walden interviewed Margaret Thatcher, find out how you can watch the real interview that inspired Channel 4's Brian and Maggie.

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