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Interview with Brian Feeney and Richard English by Noel Thompson for BBC Northern Ireland Hearts and Minds on 8 May 2009

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Video interview with Brian Feeney, historian and political commentator, and Richard English, Director of the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at the University of St. Andrews, by Noel Thompson for BBC Northern Ireland Hearts and Minds on 8 May 2009. Thirty years earlier Margaret Thatcher came to power as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. In this interview Feeney and English discuss her legacy in Northern Ireland. Hearts and Minds was a current affairs programme on BBC Northern Ireland between 1996 and 2012.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 8 May 2009

Name of First Interviewee: Brian Feeney

Name of Second Interviewee: Richard English

Role at time of Interview: Brian Feeney (historian and political commentator), Richard English (Director of the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at the University of St. Andrews)

Interviewer: Noel Thompson

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

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Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Northern Ireland Hearts and Minds

Time Period covered: 2009

Key Individuals: Brian Feeney, Richard English, Margaret Thatcher, Bobby Sands, Jim Prior, Garret FitzGerald

Key Words: British government, IRA, Sinn Féin, intelligence, Anglo-Irish Agreement, hunger-strike, Brighton bombing, New Ireland Forum, American government

 

 

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