Rising star Rebecca Humphries is joining the acclaimed cast of Netflix hit The Crown. The actress is to play Carol Thatcher, daughter of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the royal drama, according to The Sun. Gillian Anderson is playing Carol’s mother, making her first appearance in the upcoming fourth series, which streams on Netflix next … Read more
Vegans are the NEW ‘milk snatchers’: Meat-free campaigners push for dairy-free alternative to the white stuff on school menu… 49 years after Margaret Thatcher stopped benefit for over 7s Vegans and doctors pressuring government to take cow’s milk off school menus They want plant-based alternatives high in calcium to be subsidised instead Evokes Margaret Thatcher’s … Read more
‘Margaret Thatcher was sexist’: Kirsty Wark claims late Prime Minister had a ‘sharp go’ at her after becoming ‘infuriated’ during TV interview Broadcaster Kirsty Wark suggests Margaret Thatcher was sexist after interview Miss Wark said she ‘infuriated’ Mrs Thatcher during a grilling for BBC Scotland The BBC2 Newsnight presenter said that the ex-PM thought she … Read more
Mrs America Rating: Penny Dreadful: City of Angels Rating: Two schools of thought prevail about historical drama on TV. One holds that, while facts can be simplified, the characters must be faithfully portrayed, with gratuitous cameos for the famous: ‘Why, isn’t that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, lunching with Virginia Woolf?’ That is how The Crown … Read more
Lord Armstrong of Ilminster, long-serving cabinet secretary in Margaret Thatcher’s government and confidant of three Prime Ministers dies aged 93 Lord Armstrong served as Cabinet Secretary under Margaret Thatcher The adviser was best known for being ‘economical with the truth’ He used the phrase during his questioning in the infamous Spycatcher trial By Jack Newman … Read more
Norman Tebbit gives Boris Johnson a handbagging for saying coronavirus proves Margaret Thatcher’s famous ‘no such thing as society’ comment was wrong Boris Johnson was accused of suffering a ‘coronavirus memory lapse’ last night Tory Norman Tebbit claimed PM did U-turn on support for Margaret Thatcher PM said Covid-19 disproves Thatcher’s theory ‘there is no … Read more