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PDF 84 Dec 2 Su Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: "Scargill on the ropes" [position as leader of NUM threatened]
PDF 84 Dec 3 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Hattersley, Denning clash over picketing” [clash over legality of mass picketing]
PDF 84 Dec 3 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “NUM calls delegate conference over receivership order” [NU decision to be made whether to recognise court order]
PDF 84 Dec 3 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Why Tony Benn is always right” [Parris article]
PDF 84 Dec 3 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Sun) Coal: “Scargill’s crisis fight” [split in NUM over defying the law]
PDF 84 Dec 5 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “NUM divided over tactics of defiance” [NUM divided over defiance of the High Court]
PDF 84 Dec 5 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: "Scargill makes heartland cash plea"
PDF 84 Dec 6 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Police laying plans to prevent 'vendettas' after pit strike; MacGregor predicts sale of mines” [police making plans to protects strike-breakers once strike ends; MacGregor predicts coal privatisation]
PDF 84 Dec 7 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Benn calls for general strike” [Tony Benn calls for one day general strike]
PDF 84 Dec 7 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “TUC sanctions strikes in support of miners” [TUC sanctions sympathy strikes]
PDF 84 Dec 7 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “The future of coal” [Times leader article]
PDF 84 Dec 8 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “NCB crisis erupts as senior executive resigns” [Ned Smith resigns over disagreement]
PDF 84 Dec 8 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: "Support by Heffer for Scargill Call"
PDF 84 Dec 11 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Success for pit fire teamrdquo; [pit fire put out; union to only help if demands are met]
PDF 84 Dec 13 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Walker to meet TUC team on pit peace talks” [government agrees to meet TUC leaders]
PDF 84 Dec 13 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Pits strike could go on for years, says Willis” [TUC leader states strike could last years]
PDF 84 Dec 14 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: "Scargill claims arrest a plot" [obstruction arrest at mass picket]
PDF 84 Dec 15 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: "Scargill fined for obstruction"
PDF 84 Dec 15 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Walker tells TUC to make miners drop rigid demands; Scargill fined for obstruction” [government insists no settlement unless union accepts closures; Scargill fined for activity]
Text 84 Dec 16 Su Press Key Thatcher memoirs Cold War: The Gorbachevs visit Chequers [memoirs extract]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “From the Tory heartland, a boost for Scargill” [Article on miner support groups]
PDF 84 Dec 22 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “NUM gets some control of assets to fight sequestration” [NUM wins back partial control of assets]
Text 84 Dec 22 Sa Press Key Shultz (George) Cold War: MT’s visit to Camp David (Shultz memoirs)
Text 84 Dec 22 Sa Press Key Thatcher memoirs Cold War: Thatcher-Reagan meeting at Camp David (account of conversation) [memoirs extract]
PDF 84 Dec 24 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Gadaffi “had £20m ready to boost pit strike fund”” [report Gadaffi was willing to offer funds; NUM rejects claims]
PDF 84 Dec 27 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Scargill raises spectre of further year’s strike” [Scargill threatens strike untill Christmas 1985]
PDF 84 Dec 28 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Coal board ready to let strike last until March before making any move” [NCB intending to allow strike to continue another two months]
PDF 84 Dec 29 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “The miners strike” (Coal board predicts pithead ballots; police investigating forged national coal board letter; Holiday for miners’ children; Scargill given apology for Hitler radio gibe)
PDF 84 Dec 31 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal "Prime Minister makes a resolution to break Scargill's Power in NUM"
PDF 85 Jan 2 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Militants attack Scargill for lack of initiative” [miners disillusioned with leadership; strike has cost 2.4 billion so far]
PDF 85 Jan 2 We Press Major Commentary (The Sun) Coal: “Arthur is my man of the year” [writer calls Scargill man of the year for “driving headlong up a blind alley”]
PDF 85 Jan 4 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “NCB confident of big return soon; Churches put pits plan to Thatcher” [NCB expect number of working and striking miners to balance out soon; Welsh churches write to MT]
PDF 85 Jan 7 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Kinnock defends his stance on pit strike and the rule of law” [Kinnock claims support of most of the labour movement]
PDF 85 Jan 8 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “NCB attitude to talks hardens as miners return” [NCB reasess their earlier willingness to negotiate]
PDF 85 Jan 8 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Sun) Coal: “The amazing family trees of Arthur and Maggie” [Scargill descended from nobility, Thatcher from labourers]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “NUM left may oust moderates and seize control of executive” [NUM radical leaders prepare plan for expulsion of Nottingham]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Press Major Commentary (The Sun) Coal: “Scargill’s shock letter” [Scargill writes letter to father of imprisoned miner praising his actions]
PDF 85 Jan 11 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “NUM chiefs vote to expel defiant Notts area” [NUM executive votes to expel Nottinghamshire unless they accept authority]
PDF 85 Jan 12 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Notts miners to defy NUM and form new union” [Nottingham refuses to accept NUM decision]
PDF 85 Jan 15 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “1,330 miners go back to work says coal board” [fresh surge in returnals]
PDF 85 Jan 15 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Working miner tells of attack” [working miner speaks of vandalism]
PDF 85 Jan 15 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Scargill to face new legal action” [Scargill accused of conspiracy to assault and intimidate working miners]
PDF 85 Jan 16 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Revolt within NUM gathers impetus” [South Derbyshire join Nottinghamshire rebellion]
PDF 85 Jan 16 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Scargill “inciting violence”” [Scargill criticised by man whose son is in jail]
PDF 85 Jan 18 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Moderates seek a compromise in Scargill’s job crusade” [moderates seek new initiative to end strike]
PDF 85 Jan 19 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Notts miners in secret coal board meetings” [rebel areas talk with NUM leaders]
PDF 85 Jan 19 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Strike entering final stage, says Scargill” [Scargill tells miners that strike near decisive stage]
PDF 85 Jan 21 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Pit strike “talks about talks” likely this week” [peace process expected to get under way]
PDF 85 Jan 21 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Sun) Coal: “Scargill makes a millon” [increase in value of NUM overseas funds]
PDF 85 Jan 22 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Ministers leave pit strike to run on until it collapses” [Government insists no more concessions]
PDF 85 Jan 23 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Coal board presses for talks as Thatcher and Kinnock clash on pit strike” [negotiations break down]
PDF 85 Jan 24 Th Press Major Commentary (The Sun) Coal: “Shaky Scargill in treble climbdown” [Scargill changing plans after Nottingham revolt]
PDF 85 Jan 25 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Thatcher demands straight answer on pit closures” [MT insists on Scargill’s surrender]
PDF 85 Jan 25 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Sun) Coal: “Maggie moves in for the kill” [“We want Scargill’s guarantee in writing”]
PDF 85 Jan 25 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Oxford: “Oxford dons split over award to Thatcher” (statements for & against in University Gazette )
PDF 85 Jan 26 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “NUM and coal board agree on “talks about talks”” [talks to continue]
PDF 85 Jan 27 Su Press Major Commentary (The Sunday Times) Coal: “Kinnock “won't be scapegoat” for pits defeat” [Kinnock claims he will not be blamed by far-left in Labour for miners’ defeat]
PDF 85 Jan 28 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “The human cost of the coal strike” [Prentice Article]
PDF 85 Jan 28 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Oxford: “Degree for Mrs Thatcher” (letter of support from Lord Beloff)
PDF 85 Jan 29 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Remembering those who dug on” [Leader article]
PDF 85 Jan 29 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Oxford: “Degree for Mrs Thatcher” (letter of support from Lord Goodman)
PDF 85 Jan 30 We Press Key Commentary (The Times) Oxford: “Oxford votes to snub Thatcher” (Congregation rejects honorary degree 738:319)
PDF 85 Jan 30 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Oxford: “Sale of Honours” (Leading article attacking Oxford decision to refuse MT honorary degree)
PDF 85 Jan 30 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Oxford: “Fellows who are anti-female” (refusal of honorary degree “the badge of her radicalism, and some of us at Oxford salute her for it”) [article by Nicholas Shrimpton]
PDF 85 Jan 31 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “NUM initiative not enough says coal board” [talks look set to collapse]
PDF 85 Jan 31 Th Press Major Commentary (The Sun) Coal: “Scargill is “most hated” man alive” [Scargill wins poll of most hated man, ahead of Gaddafi]
PDF 85 Jan 31 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Oxford: “Oxford rejection of Thatcher ‘spiteful’” (Soames & Gummer write to Noble)
PDF 85 Jan 31 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Labour: “Why this censure makes no sense” (Ronald Butt on Labour motion)
PDF 85 Feb 1 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Oxford: “Oxford University’s rebuff to the Prime Minister” (letters from Percival, Noble, Oppenheimer, Pulzer, Reed, Crick, Orr-Ewing )
PDF 85 Feb 1 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Oxford: “Does Oxford speak for the nation?” (David Watt column)
PDF 85 Feb 2 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Pit output “higher than before strike”; Cool response to NUM initiatives” [all 52 midland collieries back to work; NCM disdainful of initiatives]
PDF 85 Feb 2 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Thatcher plea to ministers” [MT insists government will not back down; asks miners to return to work]
PDF 85 Feb 2 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Sun) Coal: “NUM hints at “no deal”return ” [Scargill hints of possibility of end without deal]
PDF 85 Feb 2 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Oxford: “Implications of Oxford’s snub to Mrs Thatcher” (letters from Radice, Horne, Peele, Hayter, Dashwood & Opie)
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Board dashes NUM hopes of quick start to peace talks” [possibility of negotiations to resume]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Miners’ leaders call emergency talks” [NCB states no negotiations are planned; NUM leaders have emergency session]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Left “ready to ditch Scargill”” [Ottey predicts far left in NUM ready to remove Scargill]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “NACODS agreement not in jeopardy” [MT insists NACODS/NCB agreement not at risk]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Pit leaders accused of return to Luddism” [stron criticism of Scargill by Conservative chairman]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Sun) Coal: “Scargill in “no sell-out ” ” vow [Scargill insists he will not sign an agreement involving pit closures]
PDF 85 Feb 14 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Pit strike “has cost CEGB £1.8 bn”” [Electricity board lost 1.8 billion due to strike]
PDF 85 Feb 16 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Striking miners join police” [Some strikers have trained as police officers]
PDF 85 Feb 16 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Coal talks collapse in angry mood” [NUM rejects plan adopted by TUC]
PDF 85 Feb 16 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Will they ever talk?” [Leader article]
PDF 85 Feb 17 Su Press Major Commentary (News of the World) Coal: “Scargill: the sooner it's ended the better” [NCB refusing to negotiate with NUM]
PDF 85 Feb 17 Su Press Major Commentary (The Sunday Times) Coal: “Scargill bid to open talks as NCB dig in” [Scargill attempts to re-open talks]
PDF 85 Feb 19 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Thatcher and TUC meet over 'gap'” [NCB insists there is a large gap in negotiations]
PDF 85 Feb 20 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Coal dispute cuts growth rate to 2.5 percent” [strike reduces growth by 1.1 percent]
PDF 85 Feb 20 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Walker in late night pit talks with TUC” [Government/TUC talks re-open]
PDF 85 Feb 21 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “End Game” [Leader article]
PDF 85 Feb 22 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Walker rules out talks as miners vote to strike on” [miners reject deal]
PDF 85 Feb 23 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Coal board expects a mass return to pits on Monday” [large returns to pits]
PDF 85 Feb 25 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Coal board prodict the turning point in strike this week” [NCB confident half of miners will be in work within the week]
PDF 85 Feb 26 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Reticent Scargill arrives in Moscow” [Scargill talks with Soviet officials; refuses to say how much money donated]
PDF 85 Feb 26 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Pit strike is abandoned by a record 3,807 men” [large return of miners to work]
PDF 85 Feb 26 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Miners return in mood of despair” [mass return to work]
PDF 85 Feb 26 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Man fined 25 for Scargill bearhug” [man fined for grabbing Scargill]
PDF 85 Feb 27 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Miners strike near to collapse in militant areas” [little prospect of resumption of negotiations; strike near collapse]
PDF 85 Feb 28 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Scargill’s gift to Thatcher” Ronald Butt article]
PDF 85 Mar 1 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “NUM delegates face calls for return without deal” [strike could end without agreement]
PDF 85 Mar 1 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Sunday Times) Coal: “Scargill’s union link with East gets closer” [Scargill seeks international miner organisation]
PDF 85 Mar 2 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Miners set for big march-back next week” [massive return to coalfields predicted]
PDF 85 Mar 2 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Fight will go if strike ends, Scargill says” [Scargill pledges strike will go on]
PDF 85 Mar 4 Mo Press Key Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Strike ends but Scargill defiant” [NUM vote to end strike without agreement]
PDF 85 Mar 4 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Where Arthur doesn’t box clever” [Atkinson article]
PDF 85 Mar 4 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Walker says no gloating” [Energy Secretary rejects talk of victory]
PDF 85 Mar 4 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Sun) Coal: “New bid to topple Arthur” [moderate pitmen plan to force out Scargill]
PDF 85 Mar 4 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Sun) Coal: “Lest we forget” [Sun story on strike violence]
PDF 85 Mar 4 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Sun) Coal: “Face of defeat” [Scargill caves in]
PDF 85 Mar 5 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Kinnock opposes amnesty” [Kinnock rejects amnesty for convicted strikers]
PDF 85 Mar 5 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Battle to continue in Scotland and Kent” [miners in Scotland and Kent carry on strike]
PDF 85 Mar 5 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Why pit peace means danger” [Leader article]
PDF 85 Mar 5 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Scargill may face re-election” [legal process started to force Scargill to face re-election]
PDF 85 Mar 6 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Scargill: the fighter who led from the front” [David Felton article]
PDF 85 Mar 6 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Coal board says 85 percent of miners are back on first day of return to work” [85 percent of miners back to work; flying pickets remain in Wales and Yorkshire over amnesty]
PDF 85 Mar 6 We Press Major Commentary (The Sun) Coal: “Arthur the grand old duke of York” [Scargill marches up hill with men returning to work]
PDF 85 Mar 7 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Day of reckoning for returned pitmen accused of strike offences” [miners interviewed about offences that could lead to dismissal]
PDF 85 Mar 7 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Building on victory” [Leader article]
PDF 85 Mar 9 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Why moderate coal field blew gaping hole in strike” [Nottinghamshire defiance severely harmed strike]
PDF 85 Mar 10 Su Press Major Commentary (The Sunday Times) Coal: “Scargill still miners' choice ” [poll shows Scargill would win re-election]
PDF 85 Mar 12 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Case by Case examination by NCB” [Walker states NCB will look at individual cases dismissal]
PDF 85 Mar 13 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Welsh pickets defy court order” [strikers ignore limitations of pickets to six by High Court]
PDF 85 Mar 14 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Scottish dismissals “must stand”” [Scottish NCB state no amnesty for strikers dismissed]
PDF 85 Mar 14 Th Press Major Commentary (The Sun) Cold War: “Mrs T meets Mr G!” (“One hour of talking opens way for US”) [Chernenko funeral]
PDF 85 Mar 16 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Time to heal the wounds” [Leader article]
PDF 85 Mar 19 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Rebels defy NUM vote on 50p levy” [Nottinghamshire miners vote against funding dismissed miners]
PDF 85 Mar 20 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Lawson puts the final cost at £2,500m” [Chancellor puts costs of strike to public spending of 2.5 billion]
PDF 85 Mar 27 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “50p pit levy is rejected in ballot” [miners vote against levy; taken as criticism of union leadership]
PDF 85 Mar 29 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “NCB reveals secret plan that kept coal moving during miners’ strike” [secret planning to move coal supplies revealed]
PDF 85 Mar 29 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Pit victory claimed by Scargill” [strike had politicised thousands of young men and women]
PDF 85 Mar 31 Su Press Major Commentary (The Sunday Times) Coal: “Why Scargill vetoed ballot” [Scargill admits national ballot would have been lost]
PDF 85 Sep 3 Tu Press Major Commentary (Sun) Reshuffle: “Why I had to switch Leon, by Maggie” (not a demotion)
PDF 85 Sep 3 Tu Press Major Commentary (Financial Times) Reshuffle: “Brittan, a minister with mind of his own” (profile)
PDF 85 Sep 3 Tu Press Major Commentary (Times) Reshuffle: “Young and Clarke join forces to cut dole queues” (“Hurd takes over from Brittan in Government reshuffle”)
PDF 85 Sep 18 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Conservative Party: “Fund raiser returns to Tory HQ” [McAlpine feud wtih Gummer]
PDF 85 Sep 24 Tu Press Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Press agency report (“Liverpool Strike Cancelled”) [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Oct 21 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) South Africa: “Thatcher refuses to budge over sanctions” [arguments at Nassau CHOGM]
Text 85 Oct 22 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) South Africa: Summit accord on apartheid hailed as key step [outcome of Nassau CHOGM]
Text 85 Nov 20 We Press Major Shultz (George) Cold War: Geneva (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit (Shultz memoirs)
PDF 85 Dec 3 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Westland: “Westland likely to cut 750 jobs as Heseltine pushes rescue” (board “not enthusiastic ” about European grouping)
PDF 85 Dec 14 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Westland: “Westland rejects Heseltine package” (board in “head-on conflict with its principal customer”)
PDF 85 Dec 16 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Westland: “Westland deal backed by cabinet” (board decision for Sikorksky deal “has the Government’s full endorsement and support”)
PDF 85 Dec 16 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Westland: “Battle on the Westland front” (Rodney Cowton explains the Heseltine-Brittan clash)
PDF 85 Dec 17 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Westland: “Brittan says ploy on Westland was overruled” (Commons statement)
PDF 85 Dec 17 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Westland: “Heseltine brushes aside resignation questions” (press conference in his MOD office)
PDF 85 Dec 17 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Westland: “A blur of blades” (second leader)
PDF 85 Dec 17 Tu Press Major Commentary (Daily Mail) Westland: “Defiant Heseltine puts job at risk” (“collision course” with MT)
PDF 85 Dec 18 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Westland: “Heseltine throws down gauntlet on Westland deal” (“Brittan accused by critics of ‘misleading Commons’”) [Haviland & Bevins articles]
PDF 85 Dec 18 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) City: “Unclean Air” [First Leader - “some deeply worrying discords in the tone of public life”; Sedgmore allegations]
PDF 85 Dec 19 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Westland: “MPs support Heseltine in Westland campaign” (“Rescue deal signed with Sikorsky”)
PDF 85 Dec 20 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Westland: “European bid fuels Westland battle” (European consortium plan to be published today)
PDF 85 Dec 20 Fr Press Major Commentary (Sun) Westland: “Has Tarzan fallen out of his tree?” (profile)
PDF 85 Dec 20 Fr Press Major Commentary (Daily Mail) Westland: “Premier orders Heseltine to shut up” (“Cabinet backs Westland rescue by US firm”)
PDF 85 Dec 20 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) City: “Sense for the City” [First Leader - Financial Services Bill published]
PDF 85 Dec 20 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) City: “Lloyd’s interests ‘a viper’s nest’” [Brian Sedgemore in Commons debate]
PDF 85 Dec 20 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) City: “Brittan acts to block further City scandals” [Financial Services Bill published]
PDF 85 Dec 21 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Westland: “Rival bid for Westland ‘vindicates Heseltine’” (European rescue terms published)
PDF 85 Dec 21 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) City: “City doubts that SRO system will work” [response to publication of Financial Services Bill]
PDF 85 Dec 23 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Westland: “Heseltine scents victory over Westland rescue” (Brittan “faces Cabinet isolation on the issue”)
PDF 85 Dec 26 Th Press Minor Archive (TNA) Westland: Press Association tape (Heseltine cancels holiday) [needed at home] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 27 Fr Press Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Press Association tape (developments) [new European move; bribery claim by Teddy Taylor] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 27 Fr Press Major Commentary (Sun) Westland: “‘Tarzan’ swings it in war over copter firm” (MT said to be irritated at Brittan’s attitude)
PDF 85 Dec 29 Su Press Major Commentary (Sunday Times) Westland: “Heseltine pressures Thatcher on Westland ” (circulates cabinet memo urging government express preference for European package)
PDF 85 Dec 29 Su Press Major Commentary (Sunday Express) Westland: “Maggie fury over Heseltine” (“in a mood last night to sack him”; Gordon Reece role)
PDF 85 Dec 31 Tu Press Major Commentary (Daily Mail) Westland: “Heseltine is ready to quit”
Text 86 Jan 28 Tu Press Major Her Majesty's Government Green Paper on Local Government Finance ("Paying for Local Government") [origins of Community Charge]
PDF 86 Apr 9 We Press Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Conservative Party political broadcast [what would Britain be like under Labour or the Alliance] [declassified Jul 2017]
Text 86 Apr 15 Tu Press Key Shultz (George) Cold War: US bombing of Libya (Shultz memoirs)
PDF 86 Apr 23 We Press Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Peter Barry press statement (murder of RUC member) [condemns PIRA attack] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 May 28 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Cold War: “US scraps subs for Salt treaty” [Reagan “warned Moscow he will no longer abide by the limit of the Salt 2 treaty if the Russians continue to violate it”]
PDF 86 Sep 3 We Press Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Social Democratic Party political broadcast [pensions, arts funding] [declassified Jul 2017]
Text 86 Oct 12 Su Press Key Shultz (George) Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit (Shultz memoirs)
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Press Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Labour Party political broadcast [Labour agenda for national recovery] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Press Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Philips and Drew Economic Unit press release ("Sterling Threat to Chancellor's Tax Hopes") [can Lawson get away with a pre-election tax-cutting Budget] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Press Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Morgan Stanley press release ("An Opportunity in Gilts") [UK bond market looks attractive] [declassified Jul 2016]
Text 86 Nov 16 Su Press Major Commentary (Sunday Times) Cold War: "Thatcher wins Reagan pledge to sell Trident" (Camp David meeting)
Text 86 Nov 17 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Cold War: "Thatcher talks fail to bridge chasm" & "Reagan tells Thatcher Soviet-US deal would not affect UK deterrent" (Camp David meeting)
PDF 86 Dec 3 We Press Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Labour Party political broadcast [nuclear missiles] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Apr 29 We Press Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Labour Party political broadcast [education, health, pensions] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Apr 30 Th Press Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: SDP Liberal Alliance political broadcast [unemployment, crime, health] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 87 May 20 We Press Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: SDP Liberal Alliance political broadcast [unemployment, pensions, crime, health] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 87 May 28 Th Press Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: SDP Liberal Alliance political broadcast [education, teachers] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 87 May 28 Th Press Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Labour Party political broadcast [health service] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Jul 29 We Press Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Liberal Party political broadcast [by-election victories] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Nov 17 Tu Press Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Department of the Environment News Release ("Domestic Rates to be abolished in most areas of England in 1990") [Ridley written answer to Jeff Rooker] [declassified Feb 2018]
PDF 87 Nov 28 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) MT: “No slowing Mrs Thatcher” [feels faint at Buckingham Palace]
Text 87 Dec 10 Th Press Major Shultz (George) Cold War: Washington (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit (Shultz memoirs)
PDF 88 May 5 Th Press Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Labour Party political broadcast [health service] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 88 May 25 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Sterling policy: "Lawson pledges sterling stability" [inflation, sterling stability, EMS support]
PDF 88 May 25 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Sterling policy: "Lawson pledges sterling stability" [inflation, sterling stability, EMS support] test
Text 88 Jun 1 We Press Major Shultz (George) Cold War: Moscow (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit (Shultz memoirs)
PDF 88 Sep 21 We Press Major Commentary (Daily Telegraph) Europe: “Thatcher signals fight to stop EEC superstate” (Bruges speech)
PDF 88 Sep 21 We Press Major Commentary (Daily Telegraph) Europe/Bruges speech: “Riding roughshod over Continental hypocrisy” (Bruce Anderson on Bruges speech)
PDF 88 Sep 21 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Europe/Bruges speech: “Thatcher hits at 'Identikit' European union” (Delors' dream of a superstate scorned)
PDF 88 Sep 22 Th Press Major Commentary (Daily Telegraph) Europe/Bruges speech: “Untimely offensive” (leading article on Bruges speech)
PDF 88 Sep 22 Th Press Major Commentary (Daily Telegraph) Europe/Bruges speech: “Furore ignored as 'roughing-up' of EEC goes on” (Comparison with de Gaulle not an insult, says Thatcher)
PDF 88 Sep 22 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Europe/Bruges speech: “Europe fears battle ahead with Thatcher” ('Nightmare' of central control under attack)
PDF 88 Sep 25 Su Press Major Commentary (Sunday Times) Europe/Bruges speech: “Non! to the 'nightmare'” (news in focus)
PDF 88 Nov 1 Tu Press Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Treasury press release ("Autumn Statement: Public Expenditure Plans") [outturn tables] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 1 Tu Press Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Treasury press release ("Economic Prospects for 1989") [outturn tables] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Dec 7 We Press Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 press release (Mr. Gorbachev's Address to the United Nations, 7 December 1988) [released Jul 2017]
PDF 88 Dec 13 Tu Press Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Home Office press release ("Independent Television Levy") [proposed increase] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Dec 14 We Press Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Liberal Democrats political broadcast [unemployment] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 88 Dec 15 Th Press Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Department of the Environment press release ("Most households to pay less with the Community Charge") [60 percent will pay less than under rates, Gummer tells Commons]
Text 89 Jan 19 Th Press Major Shultz (George) Cold War: Understanding Ronald Reagan (Shultz memoirs)
PDF 89 Jun 5 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) China: "Thatcher tells of Britain's shock over the bloodbath" (statements by party leaders) ["Thousand feared dead as tanks crush heroic resistance"]
PDF 89 Jul 28 Fr Press Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office press release ("The Day of Peace Must Surely Come") [publication of book on developments in Northern Ireland] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Oct 19 Th Press Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 Press Office (cuttings faxed to PM's team in Kuala Lumpur) [Walters, EMS] [these copies declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Oct 20 Fr Press Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 Press Office (cuttings faxed to PM's team in Kuala Lumpur) [Lawson, Howe in Commons; Walters, EMS] [these copies declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Oct 21 Sa Press Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 Press Office (cuttings faxed to PM's team in Kuala Lumpur) [Walters, EMS] [these copies declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Oct 22 Su Press Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 Press Office (cuttings faxed to PM's team in Kuala Lumpur) [Sunday press on Lawson and Walters, EMS] [these copies declassified Jul 2018]
Text 89 Nov 25 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Cold War: "Cold war 'will last until 2000'" (MT-Bush meeting at Camp David)
Text 89 Nov 26 Su Press Major Commentary (Sunday Times) Cold War: "Thatcher stands firm on boat people" (MT & Bush reported clash at Camp David)
Text 89 Dec 6 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Leadership election: "Victory with just a dent" (MT defeats Meyer)
Text 89 Dec 6 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Leadership election: "Clear-cut win as 314 vote for Thatcher" (MT defeats Meyer)
Text 89 Dec 6 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Cold War: "Bush moves swiftly to deny 'snub' over EC" (Bush calls MT)
PDF 90 Jun 18 Mo Press Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Home Office press release ("Mellor Announces Changes to Broadcasting Bill on Moratorium on Takeovers and on Networking") [ITC power to impose a moratorium on takovers of C3 and c5 licensees] [declassified Dec 2016]
Text 90 Aug 2 Th Press Key Margaret Thatcher Gulf War: Visiting Aspen [memoirs extract]
Text 90 Aug 3 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Gulf War: "Thatcher urges UN to act tough" (MT in Aspen)
Text 90 Aug 3 Fr Press Minor Commentary (Boulder Daily Camera) US: "Durgin recalls Margaret Thatcher's visit to Boulder" [2012 account of a 90 minute stop at National Center for Atmospheric Research]
Text 90 Aug 5 Su Press Major Commentary (Sunday Times) Gulf War: "Rape of the Gulf" (Insight account of Iraqi invasion of Kuwait)
Text 90 Aug 6 Mo Press Key Margaret Thatcher Gulf War: Bush-Thatcher meeting in Washington [memoirs extract]
Text 90 Aug 26 Su Press Major Margaret Thatcher Gulf War: Bush-Thatcher phone conversation (no time to go wobbly) [memoirs extract]
Text 90 Sep 30 Su Press Major Margaret Thatcher Gulf War: MT-Bush meeting in New York [memoirs extract]
Text 90 Nov 9 Fr Press Major Margaret Thatcher Gulf War: MT meeting with Jim Baker (reinforcing British deployment) [memoirs extract]
PDF 90 Nov 16 Fr Press Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: IBA press release ("Merger between BSB and Sky") [breach of BSB's programme contract] [declassified Dec 2017]
Text 90 Nov 20 Tu Press Key Thatcher memoirs Falling from power: Hearing the result of the first ballot [memoirs extract]
Text 90 Nov 22 Th Press Key Thatcher memoirs Falling from power: Cabinet overboard [memoirs extract]
Text 90 Nov 23 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Falling from power: "America astonished by fall of loyal ally" (reaction from Reagan & Bush)
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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