In May 1979 Margaret Thatcher wins the first of three elections. The account of Mrs Thatcher’s 11 years in office is problematic: the Downing Street chapters are thematic and largely uncritical, and ...

She subsequently suffered a series of debilitating minor strokes. In her “twilight years”, her declining memory and frailty meant that she appeared little in public. The death of Denis in 2003 was a ...

There is no such thing as a definitive biography. Nevertheless, as others have said, Iain Dale’s brief life of Margaret Thatcher is a masterpiece of compression, bringing us a fuller understanding of ...

The intended readers of his snappy, 192-page Thatcher biography are the young people who were not yet adults, or even born, when she was in power, and know her only through the myths handed down ...

Iain Dale presents evening show on LBC Radio and is the author or editor of more than 50 books. Read more ...