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The May elections are a perfect opportunity for Nigel Farage to peddle his politics of grievance | Andrew Rawnlsey

An unpopular government and floundering official opposition creates fertile territory for Reform

For his next trick, perhaps Comrade Farage will belt out all the verses of The Red Flag and tell us tha…

17 days ago

Five things you didn’t know about Black British cultural history

From northern soul to rugby league beef, here’s what I learned while writing We Were There

Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. I’m Lanre Bakare and I usually cover arts and culture for the Guardian, b…

22 days ago

38 Londres Street by Philippe Sands review – Pinochet and the Nazis

A human rights lawyer skilfully gathers the threads that link the former Chilean dictator to a fugitive SS officer

Augusto Pinochet expected London to be a hospitable city when he arrived there in Oct…

38 days ago

Good morning Britain – prepare to be told yet again that decline is all you deserve | Owen Jones

It’s Groundhog Day: the party may change but even under Labour, the script remains stubbornly the same

It is time to resuscitate Margaret Thatcher’s catchphrase: “There is no alternative.” With a twis…

46 days ago

53 days ago

Sir John Nott who led the recapture of the Falkland Islands as Margaret Thatcher's Defence Secretary left a fortune to his family after his death at 92

Secretary of State for Defence from 1981 to 1983, he was thrust into the spotlight when Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, prompting Britain to launch a military response.

66 days ago

Too evil! Too smutty! Too Thatcher! When TV stars demand cuts to their scenes

Not all actors are comfortable with baring their behinds … or their souls. From Bridgerton to The Sopranos, some have insisted on moments being axed – although they don’t always get their way

As profe…

67 days ago

Too evil! Too smutty! Too Thatcher! When TV stars demand their scenes are cut

Not all actors are comfortable with baring their behinds … or their souls. From Bridgerton to The Sopranos, some have insisted on moments being axed – although they don’t always get their way

As profe…

81 days ago

When Thatcher took performance lessons from Laurence Olivier, it changed the course of her political destiny | Tim Walker

The PM’s makeover collaboration was kept a closely guarded secret for fear it would hurt her ‘ordinary housewife’ image

  • Tim Walker is a writer and broadcaster. When Maggie Met Larry is on Radio 4 at 3…

84 days ago

Revealed: How Tory snobs plotted to stop Maggie Thatcher becoming leader with a bizarre plot involving cans of corned beef and tongue and two jars of Bovril...

This was the 'shopping list' of groceries she kept in her kitchen cupboard that helped propel Margaret Thatcher to the leadership of the Conservative Party , 50 years ago next week.

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