|
93 Apr 14 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Bosnia: US Embassy in London telegram to Secretary of State (Thatcher attacks UK policy in Bosnia) [unclassified] |
|
93 Apr 14 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
HL PQ [Bosnia] |
|
93 Apr 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
MT: UKE Warsaw telegram to FCO ("Lady Thatcher's visit to Poland") ["Bosnia and the need to help the democratic reform movement in Russia were her two main themes both in public and private, but no new elements in the Bosnia case"] [released Dec 2018] |
|
93 May 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKE Vienna telegram 153 to FCO (1526Z) ("Austria and Schengen") [change in position: Austria wants to join Schengen only after it joins the EC] [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
93 May 24 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Europ-Assistance 25th Anniversary Dinner ("Europe: Quo Vadis?") |
|
93 Jun 7 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HL S [European Communities (Amendment) Bill] |
|
93 Jun 23 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Memorial Address to Nicholas Ridley |
|
93 Jun 30 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
HL I [European Communities (Amendment) Bill] |
|
93 Jul 14 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
HL S [European Communities (Amendment) Bill] |
|
93 Jul 22 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech receiving honorary degree from the Mendeleyev Institute |
|
93 Jul 29 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
EMS: Treasury minute (“Britain & the ERM: Chancellor’s speech to the European Policy Forum”) [defends Lamont speech, 10 July 1992] [FOI release 9 Feb 2005] |
|
93 Aug 2 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
EMS: Treasury minute (“Calculating the cost of ‘Black Wednesday’”) [methodology discussed] [FOI release 9 Feb 2005] |
|
93 Aug 25 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
EMS: Treasury minute (“The cost of intervention”) [$4.19b over 3 Aug 1992 - 1 Apr 1993] [FOI release 9 Feb 2005] |
|
93 Sep 1 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in Singapore |
|
93 Sep 3 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in Kuala Lumpur |
|
93 Sep 6 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in Bangkok |
|
93 Sep 20 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Lecture to the National Legal Center for the Public Interest |
|
93 Oct 3 Su |
Press |
Key |
Commentary (Scotland on Sunday) |
Leadership elections: “Thatcher: The Inside Story” (George Younger’s recollections of 1989-90) |
|
93 Oct 4 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Chatham House Conference on Saudi Arabia |
|
93 Nov 5 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the National Press Club |
|
93 Nov 8 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the Fraser Institute ("The New World Order") |
|
93 Nov 26 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Japan ("International Relations and Japan") |
|
93 Dec 8 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Scott Inquiry |
Evidence to the Scott Inquiry (Arms for Iraq) |
|
93 Dec 10 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
EMS: Treasury minute (“The cost of intervention”) [counterfactuals] [FOI release 9 Feb 2005] |
|
93 Dec 21 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
EMS: Treasury minute (“The ERM Project”) [lengthy analysis of decision to join & policy during membership] [FOI release 9 Feb 2005] |
|
94 Jan 5 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
EMS: Treasury minute (“Reflections on the UK’s membership of the ERM”) [comment on the ERM project paper] [FOI release 9 Feb 2005] |
|
94 Jan 10 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
EMS: Treasury minute (“Reflections on the UK’s membership of the ERM”) [further comment on the ERM project paper] [FOI release 9 Feb 2005] |
|
94 Jan 17 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (Lyne-Martin Mansergh) [urges British Government to remain "reasonably optimistic" as to PIRA response to Joint Declaration; Adams visa] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 153 to FCO (2205Z) ("Gerry Adams") [no decision yet on visa application, State & Speaker opposed, NSC keen to give 'constructive' response] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington letter to FCO ("Gerry Adams") [disturbing conversation with NSC official] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (Lyne-Lake's secretary) [Adams visa - Sinn Fein stringing along British and Irish Governments in seeking clarification of Joint Declaration] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 minute for Major ("Northern Ireland") [expectation that PIRA will not accept Joint Declaration and are preparing for increased violence; ways to pressurise Sinn Fein] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 22 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to Northern Ireland Office ("USA/Gerry Adams") [seeks comment on draft letter from No.10 to National Security Adviser Tony Lake] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 23 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (Lyne-Lake) [talks between No.10 and White House over the weekend re: US visa for Gerry Adams] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to NIO ("Northern Ireland meeting on 26 January") [advance notice of questions PM wants to explore] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington fax to No.10 ("Gerry Adams") [Holl at NSC warning that Adams visa would be granted on terms unacceptable to UK] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 179 to FCO (2341Z) ("Gerry Adams") [Acting Secretary of State Tarnoff wanted visa idea dropped or granted only by agreement with UK] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: FCO record of conversation (Foreign Secretary-US Ambassador) ["Northern Ireland: Visa for Gerry Adams" - Hurd warned against granting it without denunciation of violence; Seitz spoke of pressures on Clinton] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 briefing for PM ("Ministerial Meeting on Northern Ireland, 26 January") [includes summary of intelligence assessment, 19 Jan] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: FCO telegram to UKE Washington (2055Z) ("Visa for Gerry Adams") [Hurd lobbied "a receptive Christopher" who said question not yet with the President] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 203 to FCO (1600Z) ("Gerry Adams") [dozen Senators signing letter to Clinton calling for visa; split recommendation with NSC favouring visa on conditions weaker than UK wants] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation ("Ministerial Meeting on Northern Ireland, 26 January") [action points, summary and corrections to record] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (Lake calls to Lyne) [White House decision to grant visa on conditions; agrees to modify conditions with involvement of State Dept; Adams to be invited to meet US Consul-General & urged to comply publicly] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: NIO record of conversation (Hume calls Chilcot) [argues for Adams visa; views of Clinton and the "Derry people"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington fax to No.10 Press Office ("Adams Visa") [State & NSC press line "singing from the same song sheet"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (Mayhew calls Major) [tactics with Irish at IGC] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 231 to FCO (1800Z) ("Gerry Adams") [Tarnoff briefs UKA on Adams meeting with US Consul-General refusing to accept the conditions; Congressional criticism of the conditions, but State intended to stick by them] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 244 to FCO (2350Z) ("Gerry Adams") ["another battle royal" between State and NSC, which wants to grant one-day visa in response to Congressional pressure; recommends further call from Foreign Secretary to Secretary of State] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 minute for PM (Adams visa update) [NSC pushing back against State; "With luck, this will be past history soon"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to NIO ("USA/Gerry Adams") [Adams refusing US conditions; draft British press line; "we should not strike a triumphalist tone"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 29 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: FCO telegram 80 to UKE Washington (1423Z) ("Gerry Adams") [Visa issue - Hurd rang Christopher, who noted strong political pressure from Senators Mitchell, Kennedy & Moynihan] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 29 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (Lake calls Lyne) ('Adams') [US "going back to Adams again" - "White House desperate to find in favour of Adams"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 29 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to National Security Adviser (Gerry Adams visa) [sharing intelligence; four IRA bombs in Oxford Street; trusts US will not go back on its earlier decision] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 29 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to NIO ("Adams/USA: contingency press line") [for use "If Adams now weasels his way into the United States"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 30 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to National Security Adviser (Adams visa) [US eyeball to eyeball with Adams; "could not believe that it would be democratic America which blinked. Surely you won't"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 30 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 minute for PM ("Gerry Adams") [given visa; Lyne "did not mince words with Lake when he was telephoned to be told of the decision"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 30 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to NIO ("Adams/USA: contingency press line") [small modification following conference call between Renwick, Lyne and Meyer] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 31 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington fax to FCO ("Gerry Adams: reactions") [State "extremely disappointed", 'scathing' about White House statement; Holl of NSC "unapologetic about the decision", "could not be separated from the more general feeling that something was fraying in the relationship between the US and the UK"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 31 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram 46 to FCO (1425Z) ("Northern Ireland") [Taoiseach says publicly he will clarify aspects of Joint Declaration but not renegotiate; generally positive press reactions to issue of US visa to Adams] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 31 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 minute for PM (draft message to President Clinton on Adams visa) ["to show Clinton that he has reached the limits of our tolerance, and should not take us for granted"; Major - "Pl. refer Tuesday when I'm in a calmer mood over this"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 31 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 minute for PM (draft message to Taoiseach) [new material on Adams visa] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 31 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to National Security Adviser ("Gerry Adams") [US decision lead item on British radio & tv; newspaper coverage; Adams "trumpeting the fact that he was NOT asked by the US to renounce violence"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Jan 31 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to UKA Washington ("Gerry Adams") [PM and Foreign Secretary "agreed that our tactic must be to put Adams on the spot, and expose his evasions as directly as we can"; two car bombs in London since visa granted] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Feb 1 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 267 to FCO (0515Z) ("Foreign Secretary's call on National Security Adviser, Washington, 31 January") ["FS spells out bluntly our position on Adams. Lake chastened but unrepentant, still hoping that Adams might produce something"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Feb 1 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 minute for PM ("Speech by Gerry Adams in New York, evening of 1 February") ["rumours in Washington that [he] may offer some form of conditional ceasefire"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Feb 1 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to National Security Adviser ("Gerry Adams") [terrible UK press, Adams using "the finest platform ever granted to the IRA to justify terrorism"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Feb 1 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to UKA Washington ("Gerry Adams") [Major deciding against message to President; US Ambassador to call at No.10 instead] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Feb 1 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (evening) (Lyne-Seitz) ("USA/Gerry Adams") [No.10 calls in US Ambassador Ray Seitz - "need to find constructive ways of rebalancing the situation", distancing Administration from Adams's statements] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Feb 2 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 274 to FCO (0040Z) ("Gerry Adams") ["Adams offers nothing new" - account of his NYC speech] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Feb 2 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 294 to FCO (0450Z) ("President Clinton on Northern Ireland") ["rejected Adams' call to pressurize the British Government on Northern Ireland"; says proposal for a US envoy "overtaken by events"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Feb 2 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Letter to the Taoiseach") [contrary to US thinking, Adams visa "relieved rather than increased pressure on the Provisionals to end violence"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Feb 2 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (Lyne calls Lake) ("USA/Gerry Adams") [British thanks for "corrective action" in President's speech; conversation "amicable on both sides"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Feb 2 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to NIO ("Press line on Northern Ireland: Wednesday 2 February") [PM wants "a very firm line in public comment today about Northern Ireland"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Feb 2 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (Hume calls Lyne) ("USA/Gerry Adams") [British misread Adams visit to US, which put him "under great pressure to refrain from violence and address the Joint Declaration"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Feb 3 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech on President Reagan’s 83rd birthday |
|
94 Feb 4 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 315 to FCO (0025Z) ("Gerry Adams") ["US press already describing the outcome of the visit as disappointing"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Feb 4 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Major letter to Reynolds ("Letter to the Taoiseach") [Adams visit "has done a lot of damage and the Administration must be regretting their decision to let him in"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Feb 4 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Northern Ireland up-date") [includes action plan and annex on Adams's statements in US - "a dense history lesson", no olive branch] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Feb 5 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech on investiture as Chancellor of William and Mary College |
|
94 Feb 7 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: FCO record of conversation (Hurd-Spring in Brussels) [Spring explains Irish Government position on visa, "some disappointment at the outcome", but would be vindicated if Adams led catholics to a peaceful settlement in the north; Spring thought Adams' commitment to peace genuine] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Feb 8 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: FCO telegram 33 to UKHC Ottawa & various posts (1517Z) ("Sinn Fein President's Visit to the US") [warning against Sinn Fein attempts to secure visas] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Feb 8 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Reynolds letter to Major ("Letter from the Taoiseach: meeting with the PM") [Adams visit putting great pressure on him not to disappoint; "I do not believe we have in any sense lost the initiative for peace"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Feb 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to NIO ("Northern Ireland update") [PM thoughts on way ahead; endorses NIO action plan] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Feb 10 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington fax to FCO ("President Clinton's call to the Prime Minister") [Clinton deeply angered by Sunday Times piece on visa; "very up-beat at the end of his conversation with the Prime Minister ... clearly felt it had gone well"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
94 Mar 1 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Sir Brian Harrison |
MT: “Mrs Thatcher and the Intellectuals” |
|
94 Mar 3 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the World Trade After GATT Conference |
|
94 Mar 16 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Sao Paolo ("Challenges of the 21st Century") |
|
94 Mar 21 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Santiago ("Challenges of the 21st Century") |
|
94 Mar 25 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Mexico |
|
94 May 10 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech introducing the Prime Minister of Estonia (Mart Laar) |
|
94 May 18 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at Buckingham University ("Challenges of the 21st Century") |
|
94 Jun 19 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in Dubai |
|
94 Jun 20 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in Abu Dhabi |
|
94 Sep 22 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in New Delhi |
|
94 Oct 4 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Bombay |
|
94 Oct 21 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Asia Society in Hong Kong ("Asia: Challenges of the 21st Century") |
|
94 Nov 8 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at the "Salute to Freedom" award ceremony |
|
94 Nov 20 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Anglo-Jewish Ex-servicemen (AJEX) |
|
94 Nov 30 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for BBC (Bosnia) |
|
95 Feb 3 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia |
|
95 Jun 3 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech of tribute to Keith Joseph (All Souls commemoration) |
|
95 Jun 4 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Statement for Sunday Times (Serb hostage crisis) |
|
95 Jun 23 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Statement on Conservative leadership contest (would vote for Major if she could) |
|
95 Jun 26 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at National Press Club (The Path to Power) |
|
95 Jul 12 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
HL I [Srebrenica] |
|
95 Aug 4 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the Aspen Institute ("Managing conflict - the role of international intervention") |
|
95 Aug 19 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Lecture |
|
95 Aug 21 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Rajiv Gandhi Golden Jubilee Memorial Lecture |
|
95 Sep 26 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at No.10 dinner (70th birthday) |
|
95 Oct 16 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at her 70th birthday party |
|
95 Nov 15 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in Jakarta ("Economic and Political Challenges of the 21st Century") |
|
95 Nov 20 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in Sydney ("Challenges of the 21st Century") |
|
95 Nov 23 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in Melbourne ("Challenges of the 21st Century") |
|
96 Jan 11 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Keith Joseph Memorial Lecture ("Liberty and Limited Government") |
|
96 Jan 17 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech for Evergreen in Taiwan ("Challenges of the 21st Century") |
|
96 Jan 22 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in Manila |
|
96 Feb 26 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
HL S Scott Report |
|
96 Mar 9 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
John Findley Green Foundation Lecture ("New threats for old") |
|
96 Mar 23 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in Islamabad ("The challenges of the 21st century") |
|
96 Mar 27 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in Lahore ("The challenges of the 21st century") |
|
96 Apr 11 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at Williamsburg ("Future Challenges in a Changing World") [the first McSwain, Harris & McCoy Lecture at the College of William & Mary] |
|
96 Apr 24 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
HL S [Hong Kong] |
|
96 May 11 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at The New Atlantic Initiative ("The common crisis: Atlantic solutions") |
|
96 Jul 4 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at Poznan Academy of Economics |
|
96 Jul 26 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at the University of Buckingham (opening of Business School) |
|
96 Sep 16 Mo |
Multimedia |
Major |
Archive (Svenska Dagbladet) |
Photo: MT visiting Stockholm |
|
96 Sep 22 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (Sunday Times) |
Cold War: “Germany? Maggie was absolutely right” (Norman Stone on 1990 Chequers Germany seminar) |
|
96 Sep 24 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
The James Bryce Lecture ("Reason and Religion: The Moral Foundations of Freedom") |
|
96 Oct 1 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the European Foundation ("Freedom, Economic Liberty and the Rule of Law") |
|
96 Oct 8 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at Conservative Party Conference reception |
|
96 Oct 14 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at International Herald Tribune Conference (the future of China) |
|
96 Nov 22 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Nicholas Ridley Memorial Lecture |
|
97 Apr 1 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Article for Daily Telegraph ("The boneless wonder of New Labour") |
|
97 Apr 8 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech on board the Canberra (Falklands) |
|
97 Apr 9 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks campaigning during 1997 General Election (Christchurch & Aldershot) |
|
97 Apr 10 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Finchley |
|
97 Apr 11 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Letter to the Financial Times (her vote against Maastricht in House of Lords) |
|
97 Apr 27 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech opening the Lantau Link (Hong Kong) |
|
97 Jun 29 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for CNN (Hong Kong reverts to China) |
|
97 Aug 6 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
EMS: Treasury minute (“The cost of Black Wednesday reconsidered”) [“The most sensible assumptions give a loss of £3.3bn measured at February 1994”] [FOI release 9 Feb 2005] |
|
97 Sep 9 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Article for the Scotsman (devolution referendum) |
|
97 Sep 28 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the First International Conservative Congress |
|
97 Nov 13 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech celebrating the memory of Sir James Goldsmith |
|
97 Nov 25 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks launching her Collected Speeches |
|
97 Dec 10 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Lecture to the Heritage Foundation ("The Principles of Conservatism") |
|
98 Jun 25 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the American Enterprise Institute ("Re-learning old lessons") |
|
98 Sep 16 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Zagreb |
|
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) |
|
98 Nov 3 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at John Boyd-Carpenter's Memorial Service |
|
98 Dec 3 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the National Institute for Public Policy in Washington D.C. ("Deterrence is not enough: security requirements for the 21st century") |
|
99 Mar 6 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at the 33rd Churchill Memorial Concert at Blenheim Palace |
|
99 Apr 20 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the International Free Enterprise dinner |
|
99 Jul 6 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
HL: Speech in Pinochet Debate |
|
99 Jul 27 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks at Roger De Clerck's Birthday Party |
|
99 Oct 6 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech on Pinochet at the Conservative Party Conference |
|
99 Nov 17 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech unveiling a statue of Churchill in Prague |
|
99 Nov 17 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech receiving the Order of the White Lion in Prague |
|
99 Dec 7 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the English-Speaking Union in New York
("The Language of Liberty") |
|
00 Mar 2 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Letter to Pinochet (congratulations on release) |
|
00 Mar 27 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech accepting an honorary degree from Hofstra University |
|
00 Jul 19 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at the Hoover Institution ("A Time for Leadership") |
|
01 Feb 5 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Message to new President of the Philippines (Gloria Arroyo) |
|
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] |
|
01 May 22 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Election Rally in Plymouth ("The Mummy Returns") |
|
01 Jun 8 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Statement on the resignation of William Hague ("the Conservative Party will be back") |
|
01 Jul 20 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Bromley Conservatives |
|
01 Aug 7 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Bermuda |
|
01 Aug 21 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Letter supporting Iain Duncan Smith for the Conservative leadership |
|
01 Nov 5 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks introducing George Shultz (James Bryce Lecture) |
|
02 Feb 11 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Article for the New York Times ("Advice to a Superpower") |
|
02 Mar 1 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech paying tribute to Ronald Reagan |
|
02 Mar 7 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to British Forces Foundation |
|
02 Mar 22 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
MT's Private Office |
Statement on MT's health (abandons public speaking) |
|
02 May 1 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Foreword for 3 PARA brochure (Falklands) |
|
02 May 4 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Message to Chapman University Conference (on Thatcherism) |
|
02 Jun 14 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks at QE2 Falklands lunch |
|
02 Oct 30 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks opening new wing of Churchill Archives Centre |
|
02 Nov 18 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Younger MSS) |
MT: MT to George Younger (thinking of him in his illness) [“we made a difference”] |
|
02 Nov 22 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks to Oxford & Cambridge Conservative Students |
|
02 Nov 28 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Younger MSS) |
MT: George Younger to MT (thanks - & reflections on 1984-85 miners’ strike) |
|
02 Dec 9 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks accepting Clare Boothe Luce Award ("The West Must Prevail") |
|
03 Jan 26 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Younger [George] (1931-2003) [Scottish Secretary 1979-86, Defence Secretary 1986-89] |
|
03 Apr 29 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Interview for Institute of Directors Centenary Convention |
|
03 May 14 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the Atlantic Bridge |
|
03 Jun 26 Th |
Press |
Key |
Commentary (Daily Telegraph & BBC) |
Obituary: Thatcher [Sir Denis] (1915-2003) |
|
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) |
|
04 Jun 5 Sa |
Press |
Key |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Reagan [Ronald] (1911-2004) [US President 1981-89] |
|
04 Jun 5 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Statement on the death of President Ronald Reagan ("a truly great American hero") |
|
04 Jun 11 Fr |
Multimedia |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Eulogy for President Reagan [20MB video version] |
|
04 Jun 11 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Eulogy for President Reagan |
|
04 Jun 26 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
MT: MT to Nancy Reagan (death of her husband) ["History will view him as one of America's greatest Presidents"] |
|
04 Nov 6 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (ABC News & MSNBC) |
Obituary: Reagan [Ronald] (ABC & MSNBC coverage of MT's role at funeral) |
|
04 Nov 14 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: “Slimeballs always hate a strong woman” (Julie Burchill) |
|
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) |
|
05 Mar 26 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Statement on the death of James Callaghan ("a formidable opponent") |
|
05 Apr 3 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Statement on the death of Pope John Paul II ("the moral force behind victory in the Cold War") |
|
05 May 4 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Letter supporting John Bolton's nomination as US Ambassador to the UN |
|
05 Jun 17 Fr |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT & Reagan: “Old friends united by one man” (MT sees Nancy Reagan) |
|
05 Jul 12 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Statement on the death of Lord King (“an industrial trailblazer”) |
|
05 Jul 17 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Statement on the death of Edward Heath (“a political giant”) |
|
05 Jul 17 Su |
Press |
Key |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Heath [Edward] (1916-2005) [Prime Minister 1970-74] |
|
05 Oct 3 Mo |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: “Lady Thatcher embroiled in US corruption probe” (Tom DeLay) |
|
05 Oct 10 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT at 80: “‘You’re not invited’, Thatcher tells Cameron and Clarke” (80th birthday party) |
|
05 Oct 11 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Seldon [Arthur] (1916-2005) [free market thinker & IEA co-founder] |
|
05 Oct 12 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (Daily Telegraph) |
MT at 80: “The mellowing of Margaret Thatcher” (Charles Moore profile) |
|
05 Oct 14 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT at 80: “The ultimate Eighties revival night” (80th birthday party) |
|
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) |
|
05 Nov 3 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Cold War: “Thatcher plotted to block German unity, says Kohl” (Kohl memoirs published) |
|
05 Nov 4 Fr |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Northern Ireland: “McCartney sisters boycott awards to avoid Thatcher” (Irish Republican protest) |
|
05 Nov 11 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Statement on the death of Lord Lichfield (“a rare skill”) |
|
05 Nov 12 Sa |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: “Glamour and talent of the lord of the photos” (tribute to Patrick, Lord Lichfield) |
|
05 Nov 19 Sa |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: “Lonely Black looks in vain for friends in need” (US fraud charges) |
|
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) |
|
05 Nov 26 Sa |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: “‘Bush Oysters’ and nature’s call prove route to a nation’s heart” (Carol Thatcher on “I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!”) |
|
05 Dec 6 Tu |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: “Thatcher takes jungle seat with yet another landslide victory” (Carol Thatcher wins “I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!”) |
|
05 Dec 8 Th |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: “Baroness Thatcher ‘comfortable’” (dizzy spell) |
|
05 Dec 9 Fr |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: “Thatcher leaves hospital, feels ‘fine’” (health scare) |
|
05 Dec 28 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservatism: “Exorcise these Tory ghosts” (expunging Thatcherite rhetoric) |
|
06 Jan 1 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (Sunday Times) |
Conservatism: “Blair is fading away to a dubious place in history” (Portillo compares Blair & MT) |
|
06 Jan 2 Mo |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservatism: “Cameron breaks with Thatcherite past in about-turn over health policy” (drops patient passport) |
|
06 Jan 6 Fr |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservatism: "Grandees rally to Thatcher" (direction of policy under David Cameron) |
|
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) |
|
06 Jan 31 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservatism: "Win centre ground or failure is inevitable, Tories told" (David Cameron Demos speech) |
|
06 Feb 8 We |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Foreign policy: "Has the Foreign Office had its day?" (Churchill College seminar) |
|
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) |
|
06 Mar 11 Sa |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: "Gratitude and much respect at end of journey to redemption" (death of John Profumo) |
|
06 Mar 12 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (Sunday Times) |
Economy: "How Maggie beat the experts" (25th anniversary of 1981 budget) |
|
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) |
|
06 Mar 15 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (Daily Telegraph) |
Economy: "How 364 economists got it totally wrong" (25th anniversary of 1981 budget) |
|
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] |
|
06 Mar 28 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Weinberger [Caspar] (1917-2006) [long-time US friend & ally of MT] |
|
06 Apr 6 Th |
Press |
Major |
Rumsfeld (Donald) |
Obituary: Weinberger [Caspar] (Donald Rumsfeld Eulogy) |
|
06 Apr 20 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Eightieth birthday tribute to The Queen ("an inspiration") |
|
06 May 22 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economy: “Cameron draws line under Thatcher policies” (‘General Well-Being’ versus GDP) |
|
06 Jun 13 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Haughey [Charles] (1925-2006) [former Irish Taoiseach] |
|
06 Jul 31 Mo |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: “BBC to ban repeats of Ross versus Cameron” (controversial interview comments on MT) |
|
06 Aug 8 Tu |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: “Thatcher state funeral plan denied” (‘no such plans’) |
|
06 Aug 26 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Sherman [Sir Alfred] (1919-2006) [key 1970s advisor to MT] |
|
06 Aug 28 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
South Africa: "Cameron disowns Thatcher's policy on apartheid" (ANC not terrorists) |
|
06 Aug 29 Tu |
Press |
Trivial |
Commentary (BBC) |
MT: "Maggie rated best Prime Minister of 20th Century" (by BBC History Magazine ) |
|
06 Aug 30 We |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Monro [Hector] (1922-2006) [Scottish Conservative stalwart] |
|
06 Aug 31 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Sherman [Sir Alfred] (appreciation by Bruce Anderson) |
|
06 Sep 11 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Statement on fifth anniversary of 9/11 attacks (“an attack upon us all”) |
|
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) |
|
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) |
|
06 Oct 9 Mo |
Multimedia |
Major |
Archive (Harry Borden) |
Photo: MT at 80 by Harry Borden |
|
06 Oct 19 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Harris [Lord Ralph] (1924-2006) |
|
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) |
|
06 Nov 16 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Friedman [Milton] (1912-2006) |
|
06 Nov 17 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Statement on the death of Milton Friedman (“an intellectual freedom fighter”) |
|
06 Nov 22 We |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Peyton [John] (1919-2006) [1975 Conservative leadership candidate] |
|
06 Dec 11 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Chile: “General Pinochet, 91, dies awaiting trial for murder” (MT “greatly saddened” by his death) |
|
07 Jan 8 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Cockfield [Arthur] (1916-2007) [Conservative tax expert & European Commissioner 1985-89] |
|
07 Jan 27 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Channon [Paul] (1935-2007) [Trade & Industry Secretary 1986-89] |
|
07 Feb 8 Th |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (RAF News) |
Cold War: “Freezing temperatures as Cold War Exhibition opens” [MT at RAF Cosford] |
|
07 Feb 21 We |
Multimedia |
Minor |
Archive (Sir George Young) |
Photo: MT at the unveiling of her statue in the Members’ Lobby of the House of Commons |
|
07 Feb 21 We |
Press |
Minor |
Archive (Sir George Young) |
MT: “Margaret Thatcher statue unveiled” (Sir George Young’s blog entry) |
|
07 Feb 21 We |
Multimedia |
Minor |
Archive (Sir George Young) |
Photo: MT with former colleagues at the unveiling of her statue in the Members’ Lobby |
|
07 Feb 22 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: “Iron Lady returns, this time in bronze” (MT statue unveiled in House of Commons) |
|
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] |
|
07 Jun 13 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Message on the 25th anniversary of the liberation of the Falklands (“Fortune does , in the end, favour the brave”) |
|
07 Jun 13 We |
Multimedia |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Message on the 25th anniversary of the liberation of the Falklands [audio] |
|
07 Aug 14 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Biffen [John] (1930-2007) [Conservative cabinet minister, 1979-87] |
|
07 Aug 17 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Deedes [Bill] (1913-2007) [Conservative minister, journalist and Thatcher family friend] |
|
07 Aug 17 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Statement on the death of Bill Deedes (“a dear friend”) |
|
07 Sep 5 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: “Revealed: Thatcher’s unlikely admirer” (Gordon Brown press conference) |
|
07 Sep 12 We |
Press |
Major |
Powell (Lord) Charles |
MT: Interview with Charles Powell (MT’s policy on Europe, East & West) |
|
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) |
|
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) |
|
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) |
|
07 Sep 21 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Gilmour [Sir Ian] (1926-2007) [prominent Conservative critic of MT] |
|
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) |
|
07 Sep 29 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sun) |
Europe: “Be bold and let people decide” (MT message calling for referendum on EU Treaty) |
|
07 Sep 29 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Message to The Sun (supports call for referendum on EU Treaty) |
|
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) |
|
07 Nov 18 Su |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (Sunday Times) |
MT: “Saying adieu to their riotous past” (Sarkozy faces a ‘Thatcher moment’) |
|
08 Feb 27 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Buckley [William F., Jr.] (1925-2008) [leading American conservative] |
|
08 Mar 7 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Pym [Francis] (1922-2008) [Conservative Foreign Secretary 1982-83] |
|
08 Mar 8 Sa |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (Sunday Times) |
MT: "Baroness Thatcher expected to leave hospital today" (health scare) |
|
08 Mar 9 Su |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (Sunday Times) |
MT: Revived Margaret Thatcher leaves hospital (spend night in St. Thomas’s) |
|
08 Apr 6 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: “The real Lady Thatcher” (extract from Ferdinand Mount’s memoirs) |
|
08 Apr 14 Mo |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (Daily Telegraph) |
Hailsham diary: "How Alec Douglas-Home foiled student kidnappers with beer" (1964 security breach) |
|
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) |
|
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) |
|
08 May 30 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Message to Prague Conference on European Conscience and Communism ["Our duty is to remember and remind"] |
|
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] |
|
08 Jun 20 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservatism: "Margaret Thatcher: the early promise" (Matthew Parris) [MT as revealed in Times Archive] |
|
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] |
|
08 Sep 5 Fr |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: “This is Alaska’s Margaret Thatcher” [Sarah Palin selected as Republican Vice-Presidential nominee] |
|
09 Apr 5 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (Sunday Times) |
Northern Ireland: “Was Gerry Adams complicit over hunger strikes?” (newly released British documents) |
|
09 Apr 12 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (Sunday Times) |
Northern Ireland: “Why Adams sticks to his Maze myth” (newly released British documents) |
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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”] |
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10 Mar 3 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Statement on the death of Michael Foot (“a great parliamentarian and a man of high principles”) |
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11 Jun 14 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Weiss (Antonio) |
MT: Antonio Weiss "The Religious Mind of
Mrs Thatcher" [study of MT’s personal religion] |
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11 Jun 22 We |
Press |
Major |
Agar (Jon) |
MT: Jon Agar "Thatcher, Scientist" [study of MT’s scientific career & approach to science policy] |
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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] |
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12 Feb 6 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Moore (Charles) |
Conservatism: Margaret Thatcher & Capitalism (2012 Adam Smith Lecture) |
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13 Apr 17 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: Order of Service ("The Funeral Service of of The Right Honourable The Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven LG, OM, FRS") [MT's ceremonial funeral at St Paul's Cathedral] |
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14 Mar 12 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (Le Monde) |
Coal: "The strike which changed the United Kingdom" (30 year assessment of 1984-85 strike) |
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14 Jun 3 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
China: Zhao Ziyang speech (Sino-British relations) ["I have come with the desire of increasing friendship, strengthening cooperation and promoting world peace"] |
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14 Jun 3 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
China: MT speech to dinner for Zhao Ziyang (Sino-British relations) [Hong Kong declaration, trade with China, Chinese economic policies] |
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14 Sep 15 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Lankester (Tim) |
Budget: “The 1981 Budget: how did it come about?” (budget-making Jan-Mar 1981) |
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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) |
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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] |
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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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17 Sep 18 Mo |
Multimedia |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
UK/Italy: Interview with Charles Powell (British-Italian relations) |