Memories Of Maggie

The rise and fall of the Iron lady

This month marks 40 years since Margaret Thatcher became the first female British prime minister.

To her adoring fans, she was the uncompromising Iron Lady who reinvigorated the country and defended its interests abroad. But to detractors, she was a narrow-minded ideologue who encouraged greed and crushed trade unions. So what was this outsider, a grocer’s daughter from Grantham, really like?