Margaret Thatcher

                   

Will a state bank herald a return to the 1970s?

timesonline.co.uk
15-Nov-2008
        

It is only a Whitehall whisper at the moment, but the idea is starting to gain traction in government — to resurrect the National Enterprise Board (NEB). Set up under Labour in the 1970s, its aim was to pump-prime industry and...

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Drugs uncovered: The link between drugs and music

guardian.co.uk
16-Nov-2008
        

Music and drugs have long been linked, with shifts in genres often running alongside trends in narcotic consumption. A whole new scene was springing up around the ornate but dilapidated Haight-Ashbury area: clubs, 'happenings'...

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On Will Wilkinson On Detroit

washingtonmonthly.com
16-Nov-2008 1 related
        

by hilzoy My co-blogger publius wrote a post on this piece by Will Wilkinson, on bailing out Detroit, which publius finds callous. But what bothers me about what Wilkinson wrote is not exactly its callousness so much as the...

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Broadway again asks, Shall we dance?'

thehour.com
15-Nov-2008
        

MCT When it comes to dancing with or without the stars, Broadway has been losing the beat to TV. But, finally, here comes "Billy Elliot," the first dance-driven musical to promise kinetic liftoff since Twyla Tharp's "Movin'...

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The Tibetan Fox is one badass looking animal.

digg.com
15-Nov-2008 593 related
        

1 day 7 hr ago, made popular 19 hr 10 min ago , -2/+45His head it HUGE! And a wee little mouth. Peter: Hey Lois, this steak is so badly cooked; it reminds me of the time I ate the Tibetan Fox with Margaret Thatcher, Gary...

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Lady Margaret Thatcher Receives Honorary Doctorate from Pepperdine University

euroinvestor.co.uk
15-Nov-2008 3 related
        

Lady Margaret Thatcher, former prime minister of the United Kingdom, received an honorary doctorate during a very special, official reopening ceremony of Pepperdine University´s residence in London,.. - Read more

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The Devil's Whore

telegraph.co.uk
15-Nov-2008 9 related
        

Channel 4's new drama The Devil's Whore is set during the English Civil War. Its stars and writer tell Serena Davies why the period is so ripe for dramatisation Channel 4’s new four-part costume drama, The Devil’s Whore, is...

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Joseph Harker: Debates about whether or not Britain could ever have a black PM miss the point

guardian.co.uk
15-Nov-2008 136 related
        

Since Black Wednesday, when the world woke up to Barack Obama as president of the United States (so why shouldn't black be a positive adjective for once?), arguments have raged over whether Britain could ever have a black...

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Simon Hoggart's week: Top secrets brought to book

guardian.co.uk
15-Nov-2008
        

• Here's a wonderfully barking example of the way the secrecy rules work in our government. The estimable Andrew MacKinlay, Labour MP for Thurrock and general troublemaker, this year tabled two questions asking who was the...

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Alan Rusbridger reflects on the legacies of Hugo Young following the publication of the legendary...

guardian.co.uk
15-Nov-2008
        

On July 21 1997, Tony Blair, Hugo Young and I met for tea in the garden of Number 10. The prime minister was reasonably assiduous in talking things over with columnists and editors and on this day we chatted in the summer sun...

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