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Interview with Margaret Thatcher by Douglas Keay for Women's Own (Brighton Bomb) on 17th November 1984

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Interview with Margaret Thatcher by Douglas Keay for Woman’s Own magazine. In an in-depth, wide ranging and informal interview Thatcher touches on many subjects, both political and personal. She discusses her experience before, during and after the IRA bombing of the Conservative Party Conference in Brighton the previous month. For reason of copyright Douglas Keay’s questions are paraphrased. The interview as published (17 November 1984) includes material missing from the tape.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 17 November 1984

Name of First Interviewee: Margaret Thatcher

Role at time of Interview: British Prime Minister

Interviewer: Douglas Keay

Purpose: News, Political

Media: Transcript

Copyright: © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2014 and others

Link: Read the transcript

Programme/Book/Article: Women's Own

Time Period covered: 1984

Key Individuals: Margaret Thatcher, Denis Thatcher, Norman Tebbitt, Arthur Scargill

Key Words: Brighton bomb, Conservative Party Conference, miners, unions

 

 

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