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Starting: 29 Nov 1990. Document type: Press.

Showing items 1 - 50 of 104.

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’)

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