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Margaret, Baroness Thatcher
Standard Name: Thatcher, Margaret,,, Baroness
Used Form: Margaret Thatcher
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| politics | Mary Wesley | Late in life MW
was violently opposed to Thatcher
ite conservatism. |
| Textual Features | Timberlake Wertenbaker | The play was at its outset a retelling of the story of Philoctetes, the Greek hero whom Odysseus abandons on an island but then has to lure back into his service in order to help... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Marina Warner | The book encompasses an extensive range of women's images that throughout history have appeared in English and European art and architecture. These representations include the Statue of Liberty, Hildegarde of Bingen
's Sapientia, Margaret Thatcher |
| Textual Features | Sue Townsend | Adrian Mole lives in Ashby-de-la-Zouch (a town whose name is seen by people living elsewhere as a joke in itself), and his teenage angst and his self-importance were a joke to readers though not to... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Sue Townsend | This book of social history, which cites statistics to chart the decline of welfare provision during Margaret Thatcher
's prime ministership, is also full of personal witness: stories from Townsend's own life and the lives... |
| Textual Production | Sue Townsend | |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Ali Smith | Don Smith
was born in about 1924 and grew up in Newark, Nottinghamshire, where he came from a long line of psychics (he himself claimed to have woken up to see the ghost of... |
| Performance of text | Ali Smith | At |
| Performance of text | Ali Smith | Early among these works by Smith was Stalemate (1986), her first Fringe
feature, a take off of Thatcherism performed by a company of undergraduate women called Murray, Isobel, editor. “Ali Smith”. Scottish Writers Talking 3, John Donald, pp. 186-29. 197 Trouble and strife traditionally... |
| Textual Production | Ali Smith | The Seer was originally commissioned in 2000 for the |
| Literary Setting | Zadie Smith | The book's epigraph from Shakespeare
's The Tempest (What's past is prologue) Smith, Zadie. White Teeth. Penguin. prelims Smith, Zadie. White Teeth. Penguin. 83 |
| Textual Features | Sheenagh Pugh | Many of the poems in this volume, written during the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher
's polarizing government, when SPseemed to be constantly angry about politics, are strongly partisan, delivering a clear political message which... |
| politics | Harold Pinter | Pinter voted Tory in May 1979 (when Margaret Thatcher
became Prime Minister) in reaction against trade union intransigence (which had threatened a play he was directing at the National Theatre
), and SDP in June... |
| Textual Features | Ruth Padel | Angel's focus on madness has been explained in several ways. Perhaps it is there because Padel was also working at this time on Whom Gods Destroy, an academic book about madness (which these... |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Hilary Mantel | HM
collected a volume of nine stories, all published already and dating as far back as 1993, called The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher. The title piece, begun years before, was completed when Mantel, in... |
Timeline
November 1955: At a time when economic orthodoxy was by...
Building item
November 1955
At a time when economic orthodoxy was by consensus Keynes
ian, a deed of trust was signed for setting up the Institute of Economic Affairs
, the UK's original free-market think-tank.
“About the IEA”. IEA (Institute of Economic Affairs).
Clarke, Peter. “Knights’ Moves”. London Review of Books, pp. 11-14.
11
8 October 1959: In the general election the Conservatives...
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8 October 1959
In the general election the Conservatives
under Harold Macmillan
increased their majority. Margaret Thatcher
(who had first stood for the safe Labour seat of Dartford in 1950) was elected Conservative member of parliament for Finchley.
1960: The Public Bodies (Admission of the Press...
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1960
The Public Bodies (Admission of the Press to Meetings) Act took a large step towards open government in Britain.
1967: Margaret Thatcher, Conservative Member of...
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1967
Margaret Thatcher
, Conservative Member of Parliament for Finchley, was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet .
16 July 1967: The first Legalize Pot Rally was held in...
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16 July 1967
The first Legalize Pot Rally was held in Hyde Park, London, under the auspices of an organization called Soma
, often written as SOMA.
30 June 1970: Margaret Thatcher, soon after taking office...
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30 June 1970
Margaret Thatcher
, soon after taking office as Minister of Education (Conservative), gave Local Education Authorities
freedom to halt or reverse progress towards comprehensive schools.
By 14 October 1971: Mary Whitehouse, general secretary of the...
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By 14 October 1971
Mary Whitehouse
, general secretary of the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association
, published Who Does She Think She Is?
4 May 1979: The day after the Conservatives' victory...
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4 May 1979
The day after the Conservatives' victory in the general election, Margaret Thatcher
(leader of the Conservative party since 1975) became the first woman Prime Minister of Britain; her government succeeded to the Labour administration of...
3 October 1980: The Housing Act passed by Margaret Thatcher's...
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3 October 1980
The Housing Act passed by Margaret Thatcher
's recently-elected Conservative
government came into effect, giving five million council house tenants in England and Wales the right to buy their homes from local authorities
10 October 1980: Margaret Thatcher, at her second Conservative...
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10 October 1980
Margaret Thatcher
, at her second Conservative Party
Conference as Prime Minister, facing the threat of revolt within her party and her Cabinet, delivered a strong speech which proved a turning-point.
1981: Government funding of British universities...
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1981
Government funding of British universities was savagely reduced by Margaret Thatcher
's Conservative
government: a roughly 11% cut across the board rose to 20% at several institutions.
March 1981: Activist Darcus Howe led about 10,000 people...
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March 1981
Activist Darcus Howe
led about 10,000 people in a protest march to 10 Downing Street (London headquarters of of the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher
) to protest about alleged racism both of criminals and of...
Summer 1981: In this bad season for Northern Ireland,...
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Summer 1981
In this bad season for Northern Ireland, the perceived intransigence of Margaret Thatcher
's British government helped the IRA
to increase its support.
9 June 1983: Michael Foot, leader of the Labour Party,...
National or international item
9 June 1983
Michael Foot
, leader of the Labour Party
, signally failed in the general election to shake the reign of Tory
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
. He was soon afterwards replaced as party leader by Welshman Neil Kinnock
.
1984: Prominent designer Katherine Hamnett caused...
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1984
Prominent designer Katherine Hamnett
caused deliberate political offence by wearing a T-shirt sporting an anti-nuclear slogan for meeting with Margaret Thatcher
.
Texts
Margaret, Baroness Thatcher,. The lady’s not for turning. Guardian News and Media, 2007.