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Image description: Former Foreign Secretary and MP Boris Johnson with his brother Leo Johnson On the 24th May 2019, Theresa May, after much speculation, tearfully announced her resignation as the leader of the Conservative Party, firing the starting pistol in a race that looks to have a crowded field. Boris Johnson is the clear bookies’ […]
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Image Credit: Levan Ramishvili (Public Domain) Margaret Thatcher herself has been gracing the stages of the Edinburgh Fringe for a number of years now, but I’ve yet to see her in person. And what a sight it is. It’s hardly the spitting image, but Matt Tedford undeniably manages to capture the essence of the lady […]
Continue ReadingAn attempt by Somerville JCR to rechristen Thursdays at the college bar ‘Thatcher Thursdays’ has been defeated. The motion, proposed by JCR President Shyamli Badgaiyan, would have instituted two-for-one drinks on Thursdays at the college bar under the banner ‘Thatcher Thursdays,’ but the title was amended in the face of opposition from the student body. […]
Continue ReadingMargaret Thatcher’s death has triggered evaluations of every aspect of her life. But, whatever your opinion on the woman’s politics, we can all share an objective appreciation of the woman’s style. Or can we? The iconic pearls and pussy bows of our only female Prime Minister are as distinctive as her controversial political decisions. For […]
Continue ReadingBy the time you read this, Margaret Thatcher will have been laid to rest in London. Whether or not you consider yourself an Iron Lady loyalist, her funeral will mark the passing of an Oxford institution. The Somerville alumna graduated in 1947 and, in assuming office, became the seventh post-war Prime Minister to hail from […]
Continue ReadingThatcher was a momentous figure in British Politics, but for today’s feminist, there was a lot left to be desired about ‘Maggie’.
Continue ReadingFormer Prime Minister and alumna of Somerville College Baroness Thatcher died this morning of a stroke at the age of 87. Lady Thatcher was Prime Minister between 1979 and 1990 and will be buried with full military honours in St Paul’s Cathedral. Somerville College have led the tributes to their former student by flying the […]
Continue ReadingWith J. Edgar soon to be released and The Iron Lady having opened in recent weeks, political biopics are the talk of tinseltown. But amongst these is a far more surprising production, namely The Lady. The tale of Aung San Suu Kyi has been well documented, and it’s no great shock to see a film […]
Continue ReadingControversial Saudi-Syrian billionaire criticised for reportedly wanting to name new building after former Prime Minister
Continue ReadingThe Iron Lady is a film that comes pre-loaded with controversy. The Conservative Party in particular has been publicly disapproving of what Margaret Thatcher’s children called ‘a left wing fantasy.’ In truth they have little to worry about. The Iron Lady is a broadly sympathetic examination of Thatcher’s life – indeed its unwillingness to really […]
Continue ReadingWilliam Rees-Mogg tells Lizzie Porter why he never got on with Balliol, and had to turn down Margaret Thatcher
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