ALWYN TURNER on how the fall of the Berlin Wall allowed the rise of Euroscepticism in Britain. Continue reading
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Tag Archives: Margaret Thatcher
Thank you for the Day
PAUL SAFFER on Robin Day, the always-humble Grand Inquisitor who gave us BBC’s Question Time. Continue reading
2018 Politician of the Year
Our not so annual gong goes to the female Boris Yeltsin. Continue reading
This Is (not) Tomorrow
SIMON MATTHEWS on a new book by Martin Gayford – and how politics killed British art. Continue reading
‘Stupid boy’: Hague as leader
A weak leader, an ageing party, bitter divisions over Europe – ALWYN TURNER remembers William Hague’s Tories. Continue reading
‘Mad, literally mad’
ALWYN TURNER on the extraordinary figure of Enoch Powell. Continue reading
Diana and the hacks
ALWYN TURNER remembers how the death of Princess Diana was covered in the media. Continue reading
