A. A. Gill
A. A. Gill

Margaret Thatcher was as viscerally hated at home as she was warmly respected abroad.

Abi Morgan
Abi Morgan

I need to be in charge, and that comes from when I was growing up and money was always an issue. I didn't want to feel the fear of poverty again, and I suppose, in that way, I qualify as Thatcher Youth.

Abi Morgan
Abi Morgan

If you're dealing with a powerful leader, you're inevitably going to have a dialogue with her political past. It was always my intention to interrogate Thatcher's political life.

Abi Morgan
Abi Morgan

To be honest, if I was going to have any kind of fantasy, be it left-wing or otherwise, it wouldn't involve Margaret Thatcher.

Adam Curtis
Adam Curtis

A conveyor belt of Think Tank pundits and allied operatives poured into the TV studios, and together they built a fortress around Mrs. Thatcher's memory that was rooted in theories about economics. They did this because economics is the only language that wonks understand.

Alexander Dubcek
Alexander Dubcek

For us she is not the iron lady. She is the kind, dear Mrs. Thatcher.

Alexandra Roach
Alexandra Roach

I had to live and breathe Margaret Thatcher for a few months. I totally engulfed myself in her life. I read her autobiography and a biography, 'The Grocer's Daughter.'

Andrew Neil
Andrew Neil

I don't think the standard of our politicians is very high. And when you get good ones, world-class ones, like a Blair or a Brown or a Thatcher, then they do stand out - they are head and shoulders above everybody else.

Andrew O'Hagan
Andrew O'Hagan

Once upon a time, I thought that politics was the name we gave to our higher instincts. That was before Margaret Thatcher, who came to power when I was 11 years old.

Cherie Lunghi
Cherie Lunghi

I grew up in a very political household. My mum used to shout at the television. At Mrs. Thatcher.