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Starting: 29 Nov 1990. Document type: Press.

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Text 91 Mar 14 Th Press Minor Newton (Helmut) MT: Helmut Newton Autobiography (extract) [portrait of MT taken at Anaheim]
PDF 92 Mar 17 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) "The lady sails proudly away" [MT's final appearance in the House of Commons; tidying the despatch box]
Text 93 Oct 3 Su Press Key Commentary (Scotland on Sunday) Leadership elections: “Thatcher: The Inside Story” (George Younger’s recollections of 1989-90)
Text 94 Mar 1 Tu Press Major Sir Brian Harrison MT: “Mrs Thatcher and the Intellectuals”
Text 96 Sep 22 Su Press Major Commentary (Sunday Times) Cold War: “Germany? Maggie was absolutely right” (Norman Stone on 1990 Chequers Germany seminar)
Text 98 Oct 1 Th Press Minor Collins (Christopher) Editorial policy of site: Preface to Complete Public Statements of Margaret Thatcher, 1945-90 on CD-ROM (Oxford University Press, 1998)
PDF 01 Feb 26 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Gulf War: "We should have finished job, says Thatcher" (tenth anniversary of liberating Kuwait) [MT & John Major speak at British Embassy in Kuwait City]
Text 03 Jan 26 Su Press Major Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Younger [George] (1931-2003) [Scottish Secretary 1979-86, Defence Secretary 1986-89]
Text 03 Jun 26 Th Press Key Commentary (Daily Telegraph & BBC) Obituary: Thatcher [Sir Denis] (1915-2003)
Text 03 Jun 27 Fr Press Key Commentary (Daily Telegraph) MT & DT: “Denis - a sound judge of men who chose a great woman” (Bill Deedes tribute)
Text 04 Jun 5 Sa Press Key Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Reagan [Ronald] (1911-2004) [US President 1981-89]
Text 04 Nov 6 Sa Press Major Commentary (ABC News & MSNBC) Obituary: Reagan [Ronald] (ABC & MSNBC coverage of MT's role at funeral)
Text 04 Nov 14 Su Press Major Commentary (The Times) MT: “Slimeballs always hate a strong woman” (Julie Burchill)
PDF 05 Mar 24 Th Press Major Unwin (Peter) Cold War: Interview with Peter Unwin (UK Ambassador to Hungary, 1983-86; to Copenhagen, 1986-89; Deputy Sec-Gen Commonwealth, 1989-93)
Text 05 Jun 17 Fr Press Minor Commentary (The Times) MT & Reagan: “Old friends united by one man” (MT sees Nancy Reagan)
Text 05 Jul 17 Su Press Key Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Heath [Edward] (1916-2005) [Prime Minister 1970-74]
Text 05 Oct 3 Mo Press Minor Commentary (The Times) MT: “Lady Thatcher embroiled in US corruption probe” (Tom DeLay)
Text 05 Oct 10 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) MT at 80: “‘You’re not invited’, Thatcher tells Cameron and Clarke” (80th birthday party)
Text 05 Oct 11 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Seldon [Arthur] (1916-2005) [free market thinker & IEA co-founder]
Text 05 Oct 12 We Press Major Commentary (Daily Telegraph) MT at 80: “The mellowing of Margaret Thatcher” (Charles Moore profile)
Text 05 Oct 14 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) MT at 80: “The ultimate Eighties revival night” (80th birthday party)
Text 05 Oct 20 Th Press Minor Commentary (The Times) MT at 80: “Thatcher and Gorbachev take a short stroll down memory lane” (meeting in London)
Text 05 Nov 3 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Cold War: “Thatcher plotted to block German unity, says Kohl” (Kohl memoirs published)
Text 05 Nov 4 Fr Press Minor Commentary (The Times) Northern Ireland: “McCartney sisters boycott awards to avoid Thatcher” (Irish Republican protest)
Text 05 Nov 12 Sa Press Minor Commentary (The Times) MT: “Glamour and talent of the lord of the photos” (tribute to Patrick, Lord Lichfield)
Text 05 Nov 19 Sa Press Minor Commentary (The Times) MT: “Lonely Black looks in vain for friends in need” (US fraud charges)
Text 05 Nov 20 Su Press Major Commentary (Sunday Times) Falklands: “The Sphinx and the curious case of the Iron Lady’s H-bomb” (memoirs of Mitterrand’s psychoanalyst)
Text 05 Nov 26 Sa Press Minor Commentary (The Times) MT: “‘Bush Oysters’ and nature&#146s call prove route to a nation&#146s heart” (Carol Thatcher on “I&#146m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!”)
Text 05 Dec 6 Tu Press Minor Commentary (The Times) MT: “Thatcher takes jungle seat with yet another landslide victory” (Carol Thatcher wins “I&#146m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!”)
Text 05 Dec 8 Th Press Minor Commentary (The Times) MT: “Baroness Thatcher ‘comfortable’” (dizzy spell)
Text 05 Dec 9 Fr Press Minor Commentary (The Times) MT: “Thatcher leaves hospital, feels ‘fine’” (health scare)
Text 05 Dec 28 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Conservatism: “Exorcise these Tory ghosts” (expunging Thatcherite rhetoric)
Text 06 Jan 1 Su Press Major Commentary (Sunday Times) Conservatism: “Blair is fading away to a dubious place in history” (Portillo compares Blair & MT)
Text 06 Jan 2 Mo Press Minor Commentary (The Times) Conservatism: “Cameron breaks with Thatcherite past in about-turn over health policy” (drops patient passport)
Text 06 Jan 6 Fr Press Minor Commentary (The Times) Conservatism: "Grandees rally to Thatcher" (direction of policy under David Cameron)
Text 06 Jan 29 Su Press Minor Commentary (Sunday Times) MT: "Maxwell tried to get Thatcher to bail him out" (1990 MT meeting with Robert Maxwell)
Text 06 Jan 31 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Conservatism: "Win centre ground or failure is inevitable, Tories told" (David Cameron Demos speech)
Text 06 Feb 8 We Press Minor Commentary (The Times) Foreign policy: "Has the Foreign Office had its day?" (Churchill College seminar)
Text 06 Feb 16 Th Press Minor Commentary (The Times) Conservatism: "Overlooked back home, Thatcher's legacy seeks haven in the US" (Conservatives rebuild relations with Republicans)
Text 06 Mar 11 Sa Press Minor Commentary (The Times) MT: "Gratitude and much respect at end of journey to redemption" (death of John Profumo)
Text 06 Mar 12 Su Press Major Commentary (Sunday Times) Economy: "How Maggie beat the experts" (25th anniversary of 1981 budget)
Text 06 Mar 13 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economy: "It was bold, it was brutal, but who was proved right in 1981?" (25th anniversary of 1981 budget)
Text 06 Mar 15 We Press Major Commentary (Daily Telegraph) Economy: "How 364 economists got it totally wrong" (25th anniversary of 1981 budget)
Text 06 Mar 16 Th Press Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) IEA Seminar (25th anniversary of 1981 budget) [Andrew Alexander, Terry Burns, David Laws, Stephen Nickell, Michael Oliver & Geoffrey Wood]
Text 06 Mar 28 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Weinberger [Caspar] (1917-2006) [long-time US friend & ally of MT]
Text 06 Apr 6 Th Press Major Rumsfeld (Donald) Obituary: Weinberger [Caspar] (Donald Rumsfeld Eulogy)
Text 06 May 22 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economy: “Cameron draws line under Thatcher policies” (‘General Well-Being’ versus GDP)
Text 06 Jun 13 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Haughey [Charles] (1925-2006) [former Irish Taoiseach]
Text 06 Jul 31 Mo Press Minor Commentary (The Times) MT: “BBC to ban repeats of Ross versus Cameron” (controversial interview comments on MT)
Text 06 Aug 8 Tu Press Minor Commentary (The Times) MT: “Thatcher state funeral plan denied” (‘no such plans’)
Text 06 Aug 26 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Sherman [Sir Alfred] (1919-2006) [key 1970s advisor to MT]
Text 06 Aug 28 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) South Africa: "Cameron disowns Thatcher's policy on apartheid" (ANC not terrorists)
Text 06 Aug 29 Tu Press Trivial Commentary (BBC) MT: "Maggie rated best Prime Minister of 20th Century" (by BBC History Magazine )
Text 06 Aug 30 We Press Minor Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Monro [Hector] (1922-2006) [Scottish Conservative stalwart]
Text 06 Aug 31 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Sherman [Sir Alfred] (appreciation by Bruce Anderson)
Text 06 Sep 12 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Foreign policy: “Cameron and Thatcher divided over ‘slavish’ special relationship” (Cameron speech & MT 9/11 statement)
Text 06 Oct 2 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Conservatism: “We can never return to the policies of the Thatcher era, says Cameron” (Cameron party conference speech)
Text 06 Oct 19 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Harris [Lord Ralph] (1924-2006)
Text 06 Oct 30 Mo Press Trivial Commentary (The Times) MT: “Maggie, the born queen of the desert” (Carol Thatcher has 24 per cent Middle Eastern DNA)
Text 06 Nov 16 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Friedman [Milton] (1912-2006)
Text 06 Nov 22 We Press Minor Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Peyton [John] (1919-2006) [1975 Conservative leadership candidate]
Text 06 Dec 11 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Chile: “General Pinochet, 91, dies awaiting trial for murder” (MT “greatly saddened” by his death)
Text 07 Jan 8 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Cockfield [Arthur] (1916-2007) [Conservative tax expert & European Commissioner 1985-89]
Text 07 Jan 27 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Channon [Paul] (1935-2007) [Trade & Industry Secretary 1986-89]
Text 07 Feb 8 Th Press Minor Commentary (RAF News) Cold War: “Freezing temperatures as Cold War Exhibition opens” [MT at RAF Cosford]
Text 07 Feb 21 We Press Minor Archive (Sir George Young) MT: “Margaret Thatcher statue unveiled” (Sir George Young’s blog entry)
Text 07 Feb 22 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) MT: “Iron Lady returns, this time in bronze” (MT statue unveiled in House of Commons)
PDF 07 Mar 19 Mo Press Major Commentary (CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence) Cold War: CIA intelligence monograph (“A Cold War Conundrum: The 1983 Soviet War Scare”) [origins and scope of Operation RYAN]
Text 07 Aug 14 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Biffen [John] (1930-2007) [Conservative cabinet minister, 1979-87]
Text 07 Aug 17 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Deedes [Bill] (1913-2007) [Conservative minister, journalist and Thatcher family friend]
Text 07 Sep 5 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) MT: “Revealed: Thatcher’s unlikely admirer” (Gordon Brown press conference)
Text 07 Sep 12 We Press Major Powell (Lord) Charles MT: Interview with Charles Powell (MT’s policy on Europe, East & West)
Text 07 Sep 14 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) MT: “Iron Lady on the doorstep as Tories launch a doorstopper” (MT visits Gordon Brown at No.10)
Text 07 Sep 16 Su Press Minor Commentary (Sunday Times) MT: “Tories must learn the lady is for turning to their advantage” (MT visits Gordon Brown at No.10)
Text 07 Sep 16 Su Press Major Commentary (Sunday Times) MT: “Rudy Giuliani mocks Hillary claim to be Iron Lady” (MT role in US presidential election)
Text 07 Sep 21 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Gilmour [Sir Ian] (1926-2007) [prominent Conservative critic of MT]
Text 07 Sep 26 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) MT: “Tebbit hits out at Tories and names Brown as Thatcher’s natural heir” (General Election speculation)
Text 07 Sep 29 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Sun) Europe: “Be bold and let people decide” (MT message calling for referendum on EU Treaty)
Text 07 Oct 28 Su Press Major Commentary (The Times) MT: “US dismissed Margaret Thatcher as suburban matron who would never win power” (State Department files)
Text 07 Nov 18 Su Press Minor Commentary (Sunday Times) MT: “Saying adieu to their riotous past” (Sarkozy faces a ‘Thatcher moment’)
Text 08 Feb 27 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Buckley [William F., Jr.] (1925-2008) [leading American conservative]
Text 08 Mar 7 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Pym [Francis] (1922-2008) [Conservative Foreign Secretary 1982-83]
Text 08 Mar 8 Sa Press Minor Commentary (Sunday Times) MT: "Baroness Thatcher expected to leave hospital today" (health scare)
Text 08 Mar 9 Su Press Minor Commentary (Sunday Times) MT: Revived Margaret Thatcher leaves hospital (spend night in St. Thomas’s)
Text 08 Apr 6 Su Press Major Commentary (The Times) MT: “The real Lady Thatcher” (extract from Ferdinand Mount’s memoirs)
Text 08 Apr 14 Mo Press Minor Commentary (Daily Telegraph) Hailsham diary: "How Alec Douglas-Home foiled student kidnappers with beer" (1964 security breach)
PDF 08 Apr 15 Tu Press Minor Commentary (Daily Mail) Hailsham diary: "Night the PM was nearly kidnapped by Scottish students" (Alec Douglas-Home talked them out of it)
PDF 08 May 1 Th Press Major Cartledge (Sir Bryan) Cold War: Interview with Sir Bryan Cartledge (Private Secretary to PM, 1977-79; UK Ambassador to Hungary, 1980-83; to Moscow, 1985-88)
Text 08 Jun 7 Sa Press Minor Commentary (The Times) MT: “My fair Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher’s Long Walk to Finchley” [BBC4 drama about MT in the 1950s]
Text 08 Jun 20 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Conservatism: "Margaret Thatcher: the early promise" (Matthew Parris) [MT as revealed in Times Archive]
Text 08 Aug 25 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) MT: “Margaret Thatcher's struggle with dementia revealed in daughter's memoir” [Carol Thatcher book serialised]
Text 08 Sep 5 Fr Press Minor Commentary (The Times) MT: “This is Alaska’s Margaret Thatcher” [Sarah Palin selected as Republican Vice-Presidential nominee]
Text 09 Apr 5 Su Press Major Commentary (Sunday Times) Northern Ireland: “Was Gerry Adams complicit over hunger strikes?” (newly released British documents)
Text 09 Apr 12 Su Press Major Commentary (Sunday Times) Northern Ireland: “Why Adams sticks to his Maze myth” (newly released British documents)
Text 09 Sep 11 Fr Press Key Commentary (The Times) German unification: “Thatcher told Gorbachev Britain did not want German unification” (documents from Gorbachev Archive) [“Britain & Western Europe are not interested in the unification of Germany”]
PDF 11 Jun 14 Tu Press Major Weiss (Antonio) MT: Antonio Weiss "The Religious Mind of Mrs Thatcher" [study of MT’s personal religion]
PDF 11 Jun 22 We Press Major Agar (Jon) MT: Jon Agar "Thatcher, Scientist" [study of MT’s scientific career & approach to science policy]
PDF 12 Jan 17 Tu Press Major Needham (Duncan) Economy: "Fentiman Road: Drawing the Conservative fiscal policy threads together in 1978" [study of Conservative economic planning in Opposition]
Text 12 Feb 6 Mo Press Major Moore (Charles) Conservatism: Margaret Thatcher & Capitalism (2012 Adam Smith Lecture)
PDF 14 Mar 12 We Press Major Commentary (Le Monde) Coal: "The strike which changed the United Kingdom" (30 year assessment of 1984-85 strike)
PDF 14 Sep 15 Mo Press Major Lankester (Tim) Budget: “The 1981 Budget: how did it come about?” (budget-making Jan-Mar 1981)
PDF 14 Sep 15 Mo Press Major Collins (Christopher) Budget: “The Origins of the Budget in 1980” (pre-history of the 1981 budget in events of Jul-Dec 1980)
PDF 14 Dec 5 Fr Press Major Bastien (Frédéric) Canada: Frédéric Bastien “Thatcher’s Green Light” (extract from The Battle of London ) [study of the patriation of Canadian constitution] [published 2014]
PDF 16 Nov 3 Th Press Major Bermant (Azriel) Middle East: Azriel Bermant "Thatcher's Diplomatic Initiative" (chapter 7 of Margaret Thatcher and the Middle East ) [1983-85]
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