Tag Archives: Edward Heath

Vaulting Ambition, Thwarted

Posted on November 5, 2015 by leslie

Vaulting Ambition, Thwarted ANGELA ELLIS-JONES reviews a timely political memoir A Different Kind of Weather, WILLIAM WALDEGRAVE, 2015, Constable, ISBN 978-1-4721-1975-9, £20 As an undergraduate at Oxford in the late 1970s, on visits to the Union I enjoyed looking at … Continue reading →

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The Rise of the Dominatrix

Posted on January 9, 2015 by leslie

The Rise of the Dominatrix Derek Turner’s take on Charles Moore’s biography of Margaret Thatcher Margaret Thatcher: Not for Turning, Charles Moore, London: Allen Lane, 2013, 859 pp When Margaret Thatcher died last April, the obsequies were at times almost drowned out … Continue reading →

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Done in Brussels by Sonya Jay Porter

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Derek Turner

Done at Brussels GUEST ARTICLE SONYA JAY PORTER on the ever-expanding, rarely-asking EU The creation of a European union of states was considered a noble aspiration following the destruction of the continent in two world wars. First proposed in the … Continue reading →