Blog posts tagged "Margaret Thatcher"

January 10, 2012 8:24 am 17 Comments

Jon Snow applauds Meryl Streep's performance but has an unanswered question about Thatcher The Persuader. How did she do it?

April 24, 2009 10:35 am No Comments

Today I shall have completed 20 years presenting Channel 4 News – there’s one crazy thought for you. It’s amazing to think: Thatcher was still on the throne, the Berlin Wall was tottering but still standing, Mandela was still in jail, and Britain wasn’t bankrupt. What’s more, Brighton & Hove Albion weren’t quite as perilously [...]

February 23, 2009 1:43 pm 6 Comments

2009. 30 years on from 1979 and the arrival of Margaret Thatcher. I knew her well. Or perhaps I should say that I interviewed her more often than many. I was a diplomatic correspondent, so I got the full brunt of her ire at the late-night ending of all too many European summits. I remember [...]