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Tory faithful still wistful for Margaret Thatcher 50 years after she became leader
Conservative Party grandees gathered in central London for a night of reflection on Thatcher's early years as leader
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Television: why does no Irish broadcaster have the ambition to bring our history to light in so riveting a fashion?
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Joint British/Irish courts in Northern Ireland were backed by top Conservatives
State records show controversial plan for paramilitary trials had backing in UK cabinet before Thatcher turned it down
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The pick of the new shows on TV, from John Creedon’s latest musical roadtrip around Ireland, to a look at the life and times of Michael Smurfit to Cate Blanchett thriller Disclaimer
Paul Howard on the Falkland Islands: ‘Coming here confirms the stupid wastefulness of it all’
This was number one on the writer’s bucket list, but a lifelong fascination culminates in a tour that leaves him ‘dark and depressed’
Moira Buffini: ‘I’ve had this love affair with Ireland, and for a long time I just thought it was unrequited’
The writer discusses telepathy, the ‘quiet problem’ facing the world and doing the one thing she said she’d never do
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