‘Nasty and bizarre’: Lord Patten on the Mandelson smear that almost ended his career
Even the dolphins of the South China Sea were serenading the last governor of Hong Kong as he sailed into the tropical night, ...
Oleg Gordievsky: the spy who helped avert a nuclear war
The ex-KGB officer’s intelligence was crucial to Margaret Thatcher’s contacts with Mikhail Gorbachev, whose rise to power ...
See inside: Aretha Franklin’s Rose Estate blooms after $2 million makeover
Aretha Franklin's Rose Estate, a gorgeous 1927 home, is situated along the ninth hole of the Detroit Golf Club in the Palmer ...
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Margaret Thatcher Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1979 to 1990.Personal:Birth ...
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Margaret Thatcher Fast Facts
August 25, 2004 – South African police arrest Thatcher’s son, Mark, on allegations he ... September 2005 – The Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom is established. August 2008 – Daughter ...
I've conducted thousands of UK funerals but when my son, 3, died I couldn't cry for a year
Howard Hodgson revolutionised the British funeral care industry so successfully he was nicknamed ‘Mr Death' and received an ...
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A baronet from Carlow: ‘Just because you’ve a title, people expect you’re born rich’
The mariner’s eldest son, Roche, moved to London virtually ... husband of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, back in 1990. Denis Thatcher was a friend of Roche’s, whose ancestors were ...
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Miners mark 40th anniversary of year-long strike
More than 140,000 workers had walked out in March 1984 in protest over the then prime minister Margaret Thatcher's plans to ... "My wife and son who was in a pushchair walked alongside me.