Margaret Thatcher

  • Japanese National Parliament building in Tokyo

    The Iron Lady of the Rising Sun

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    October 29, 2025 22:06
    Oscar McKevitt Flack On Tuesday 21st October, the world witnessed the return of Margaret Thatcher (well, sort of). Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister and self-proclaimed ‘Iron Lady’, Takaichi Sanae, won a clear majority with 237 votes in the Lower House and 125 votes in the Upper House of Japan’s...

  • Wonderland @ Nottingham Playhouse

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    February 14, 2018 09:53
    Written by Beth Steel, whose dad worked at Nottingham’s Welback Colliery, and directed by Adam Benford, Wonderland is a delightful celebration of solidarity among Nottinghamshire miners in the strike from 1984-85. Following the trajectory of six Nottinghamshire miners, Wonderland presents the harsh realities that derived from the National Coal...