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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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