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Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher - Prime Minister - 1981

The “scandalous” number one that gave Margaret Thatcher sleepless nights

“Thatcher hated it…”

Ben Forrest
May 15, 2026
Did Margaret Thatcher “curse” a rock band?

Did Margaret Thatcher “curse” a rock band?

A kiss of death.

Tom Phelan
Feb 9, 2026
Margaret Thatcher - Prime Minister - 1981

How the death of Margaret Thatcher caused a song from 1939 to unexpectedly re-enter the charts

How’s the heat down there?

Tom Phelan
Oct 12, 2025
Margaret Thatcher - Mick Jagger - Split

Margaret Thatcher and Mick Jagger: a match made in heaven

An unlikely pairing.

Lauren Hunter
Jun 11, 2025
XTC photographed in Philadelphia in 1981

‘Making Plans for Nigel’: Did XTC predict the collapse of British industry?

“He has his future in British Steel.”

Ben Forrest
Dec 9, 2024
Bob Hoskins - Actor - 1980

Did ‘The Long Good Friday’ predict the 1980s gentrification of London?

Redeveloping the Docklands.

Thomas Coll
Aug 29, 2024
Rob Halford - Judas Priest

‘Breaking the Law’: how Thatcherism inspired Judas Priest’s metal classic

“There’s anger in my heart.”

Kelly Murphy
Jun 9, 2024
'Sleepwalker'- the 1980s horror about the nightmare of Thatcherite Britain

Five albums that perfectly summed up Thatcherite Britain

Great art comes from great suffering.

Ben Forrest
Apr 19, 2024
'Sleepwalker'- the 1980s horror about the nightmare of Thatcherite Britain

‘Sleepwalker’: the 1980s horror about the nightmare of Thatcherite Britain

A chilling work…

Aimee Ferrier
Apr 18, 2024
Meantime - 1983 - Mike Leigh

‘Meantime’: Mike Leigh’s powerful exploration of Thatcherite Britain

A fantastic film.

Aimee Ferrier
Mar 20, 2024
This Is England - 2006 - Shane Meadows

10 movies that capture the oppressive state of Margaret Thatcher’s Britain

A difficult era.

Aimee Ferrier
Sep 10, 2023

Why the Harry Enfield character in ‘Loadsamoney’ is more important than ever

The scourge of Britain.

Arun Starkey
Dec 4, 2022
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