Film nominations BEST PICTURE Da 5 Bloods (Netflix) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) Mank (Netflix) Minari (A24) News of the World (Universal Pictures) Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures) One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios) Promising Young Woman (Focus Features) Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios) The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix) BEST ACTOR Ben Affleck – The … Read more
TELEVISION Best Television Series, Drama The Crown – WINNER Lovecraft Country The Mandalorian Ozark Ratched Triumphant: The Crown nearly swept all of the dramatic television categories including Best Television Series, Drama as creator Peter Morgan accepted the award Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical Emily in Paris The Flight Attendant The Great Schitt’s Creek – … Read more
Margaret Thatcher is removed from a list of inspirational women by woke students at Durham University art event – due to the ‘impact of her policies’ on the former mining town Durham University Art Society were invited to take part in a portrait competition Event was to mark International Women’s Day with subjects such as … Read more
Shaun Bailey, Conservative candidate for Mayor of London, admits he is facing an uphill battle to unseat Sadiq Khan in the May election. Lockdown, he says, has made campaigning nigh on impossible and he sees himself very much as the ‘underdog’ in the election, postponed from last year. But there’s no denying that 49-year-old Bailey … Read more
Gavin Williamson must stand up to the school unions like Margaret Thatcher, say Tory MPs – as Education Secretary is under fire for being ‘too weak’ to resist them Backbenchers rounded on National Education Union in a call with Mr Williamson Two senior Tories said Gavin Williamson is ‘too weak’ to stand up to the … Read more
A Tory run council has been told to review their decision to underwrite a £100,000 ‘party’ to unveil a controversial statue of Margaret Thatcher in her hometown. For over a decade the normally sedate Lincolnshire town of Grantham has witnessed a bitter row over how to remember their most famous daughter. Two years ago South … Read more
A friend who campaigned for Brexit sent me a message which said: this year Christmas dinner was not only a celebration of Christmas, but a celebration without Brussels. It is the season to celebrate and it is terrific that Boris has achieved a deal. New Year’s Eve was turned from a wake to a joyful … Read more
She made her name as a society beauty in Upstairs Downstairs more than 45 years ago. Lesley-Anne Down then starred in US soap Dallas as a glamorous publicist. So she never dreamed she would play such a formidable figure as Margaret Thatcher. In fact, when approached about the role as the Iron Lady, the 66-year-old … Read more
Margaret Thatcher branded the European Commission an undemocratic ‘politburo’ and regarded proposals for a single currency as the result of ‘a rush of blood to the head’, archives show Files revealed former Prime Minister criticised the single currency proposal Criticised European Commission president Jacques Delors’s for EU integration She likened giving away powers of taxation to gifting … Read more
‘Just trying it out’: The Crown’s Gillian Anderson lounges in a THRONE as she rocks full Margaret Thatcher costume in new behind-the-scenes snap By Bryony Jewell For Mailonline Published: 21:56 GMT, 16 December 2020 | Updated: 21:56 GMT, 16 December 2020 She impressed viewers with her very impressive portrayal of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in … Read more