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Canada in a spin over Moggy Thatcher's death

13.11.09
Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper came within a cat's whisker of wrongly announcing the death of Margaret Thatcher... more

A tribal Labour leader under fire... and the tycoon with a media empire

12.11.09
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Let’s lift lid on Merrill’s Lloyds treasure chest

10.11.09
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Tory cuts could be mighty unpleasant

05.10.09
It does not really matter what the Conservatives talk about in Manchester this week because it is almost certain it will not cover the one thing everyone wants to hear about ... more

Squatters set up home a few doors down from Thatcher

29.09.09
Squatters have taken over a three-storey house doors away from the home of Margaret Thatcher... more

Harman honours Thatcher after 'airbrushing' her from distinguished list

16.09.09
Harriet Harman agreed to honour Margaret Thatcher’s achievements after apparently 'airbrushing' the first woman Premier from a government website... more

From Kate Moss to Victoria Beckham: Fashion Week's top hits

28.08.09
London Fashion Week celebrates its 25th anniversary next month, and to commemorate the occasion Vogue has compiled a list of the 25 most important events in its history... more

You may have a dozy gene ... so don't lose sleep over it

14.08.09
Our need for eight hours' sleep or just 40 winks is down to genetic programming, according to research... more

Jobless figures reach 15-year high

12.08.09
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Margaret Thatcher to be kept in hospital for days

15.06.09
Concern for Margaret Thatcher's health increased when doctors decided to keep her in hospital for “several days”... more

Public debt, not the recession, will sink us

01.06.09
It is not just British politics that appear to be in meltdown, in the furnace of MPs' expenses. The British economy is in a mess as well... more

No longer can banks carry on regardless

27.04.09
Trade unions could not believe it when 30 years ago Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said she would no longer listen to them, give them privileges or allow them a special place in the economic order ... more

'No qualms': author defends play revelling in death of Thatcher

23.03.09
A union-funded play that revels in the death of Margaret Thatcher is to run in London... more

Don’t blame the Eighties for our own failed era of greed

20.03.09
A slew of recent TV dramas have painted a black and white view of the Thatcher decade. But the reality of those times was far more complex ... more

Sisters are doing it to themselves

19.02.09
Stamping her well-heeled little feet, Sienna Miller whinges about the "sisterhood", more vicious to her than the universal brotherhood of sweetiepie men... more

The political tide is turning against our greedy bankers

09.02.09
Facing a mounting row over bonuses, bank chiefs are running out of arguments against nationalisation...... more

BBC asks Carol Thatcher to apologise for likening tennis star to a golliwog

03.02.09
The BBC is seeking a formal apology from Carol Thatcher after she referred to a tennis player as "a golliwog"... more

Recession watch

23.01.09
It beggars belief that Britain’s economy is shrinking at the fastest pace since 1980... more

Don’t faint – but our post offices just got saved

17.11.08
Last week, in a stunning breach of convention, the British government did something right... more

A Falklands factor for Brown?

30.09.08
The Tories have been careful so far in Birmingham to maintain strict control over delegates in the conference hall - which is easy - and in the bars and fringe meetings running late into the night, which can be a much harder proposition... more

Andrea Riseborough is the new iron lady

09.06.08
Bright young star Andrea Riseborough, who depicts a young Maggie on TV this week, has Thatcher to thank for her success in more ways than one.... more

How a TV dramatist made even the BBC - and assorted other Lefties - cheer for Margaret Thatcher

07.06.08
The writer of TV drama Long Walk To Finchley reveals how Maggie overcame an astonishing barricade of prejudice, sexism and self-interest.... more

Mrs Thatcher the temptress - and a woman who knew all about the seductive powers of politics

05.06.08
A controversial new film about the young Margaret Thatcher's ten-year struggle to become an MP is to be screened next week. Edwina Currie reveals Mrs Thatcher wasn't afraid to use the seductive powers of politics.... more

A peek at the BBC's controversial Maggie Thatcher film, The Long Walk To Finchley

19.05.08
Well, what a U-turn. The BBC, having twittered and tutted about Margaret Thatcher for 30 years, has made a feature film depicting her as a firebrand and sex bomblet. ... more

Maggie the Minx: A sneak peek at the BBC's controversial new film about Margaret Thatcher

19.05.08
A feminist firebrand. A sex bomb who flirted with Ted Heath. QUENTIN LETTS has a sneak preview of the BBC's controversial new film about the young Mrs T ... more

Cafe Royal to be given a six-star makeover in £90m hotel deal

14.04.08
The historic Cafe Royal is to be transformed into a "six star" hotel after the Regent Street building changed hands in a £90 million deal... more

Actress who stripped off in Rome is set to play Margaret Thatcher in TV drama

08.04.08
Lindsay Duncan, whose screen credits include Rome and Star Wars, has been confirmed to play Margaret Thatcher in a BBC2 drama about the former prime minister. The new programme, titled Margaret, will follow the Conservative leader's final days in office and the betrayal by her male Cabinet colleagues in 1990 ... more

Mayor blames Thatcher for today's gang violence on our streets

11.03.08
Ken Livingstone came under fire from Boris Johnson after he claimed that Margaret Thatcher was to blame for the levels of yobbery and gang violence in London... more

On edge with the Iron Lady

08.02.08
Playwright Tom Green can only manage a little slight comedy and a lot of pointless whimsy in The Death of Margaret Thatcher.... more

Not quite culture's last gasp

23.03.07
As its subtitle, The Last Days of the British Underground, suggests, The Secret Public exhibition is a show with an agenda, says Nick Hackworth.... more

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