Articles tagged margaret thatcher:
The Tablet Reviews my Margaret Thatcher Book
- 7 Jun 2025
By Adrian Smith It’s Margaret Thatcher’s centenary this year. For anyone middle-aged or older it seems impossible – is it really 100 years since she was born, and 35 years since she left office? For Iain Dale she’s still very much alive, and yet in this short biography he p...
The Irish Independent Reviews my Margaret Thatcher Biography
- 5 Jun 2025
This article first appeared in the Irish Independent A kinder look at Margaret Thatcher: the lady’s not for turning into a monster By Ellis O'Hanlon Broadcaster Iain Dale’s new book on the UK’s first female prime minister offers an intelligent, nuanced take on a woman...
Lord Lexden Reviews my Thatcher Biography in The House Magazine
- 4 Jun 2025
This article first appeared in The House Magazine While there is no such thing as a definitive biography, Iain Dale’s balanced and succinct study of Margaret Thatcher brings us a fuller understanding of a controversial politician Those interested in the full details of M...
It's 'Margaret Thatcher' Publication Week!
- 1 Jun 2025
It’s finally arrived. My Margaret Thatcher biography is published on Thursday. It seems a long time since I started writing it sometime in 2023, which is odd given it’s a very short book. The book has two aims: to introduce Thatcher to new generations and to burst a few of the...
On International Women's Day Here are 10 Women Who Have Inspired Me
- 8 Mar 2019
I thought about how to mark International Women's Day on this blog. I could have done something worthy about women in politics or lack of women on the radio, but in the end I've decided to do something personal and pay a bit of a tribute to some of the women in my life who've ...
The 1979 General Election Campaign Video Collection
- 1 Mar 2019
Conservative PPB - January 1979 Denis Healey Confronts Trade Union Leaders - 18 January 1979 Jim Callaghan's 'Crisis, What Crisis' Press Conference TV Eye interview with James Callaghan - 9 February 1979 Tonight on the No Confidence Vote - 28 M...
Margaret Thatcher: Downfall & Resignation
- 25 Jan 2019
Statement on the Rome Summit - No No No (30 October 1990) BBC News on Sir Geoffrey Howe's Resignation (13 November 1990) Leadership Ballot result announced (BBC1, 20 November 1990) This Week (ITV, 20 November 1990) David Cannadine on Margaret Thatch...
Margaret Thatcher & Ronald Reagan Video Collection
- 24 Jan 2019
Margaret Thatcher's first visit to President Reagan (26 February 1981) Reagan Visit to Number 10 (June 1982?) Visit to Washington, (23 June 1982) Williamsbury G7 Economic Summit (28 May 1983) Visit to Washington (29 September 1983) Reagan-Tha...
Margaret Thatcher in the House of Commons & Lords
- 24 Jan 2019
Margaret Thatcher Proposing the Vote of No Confidence in James Callaghan's Government (30 March 1979) Opening the Queen's Speech Debate 1981 Speech in the House of Commons on the Falklands invasion (4 April 1982) Speech on the Falklands (14 April 1...
Margaret Thatcher & the Falklands Video Collection
- 23 Jan 2019
Margaret Thatcher & The Falklands Documentary Speech in the House of Commons on the Falklands invasion (3 April 1982) Speech in the House of Commons on the Falklands invasion (4 April 1982) Newsnight interview (6 April 1982) Speech on the Falkla...