(LONDON) — Rolf Harris, a veteran entertainer who has released hit singles and painted Queen Elizabeth II’s portrait, has been arrested as part of a police investigation into sexual abuse allegations stemming from the Jimmy Savile scandal, British media reported Friday.
Major media outlets followed The Sun newspaper in identifying …
No matter how grand a funeral, there is no hiding from its principal message, and the grand funeral of Margaret Thatcher communicated that message more starkly than most. It was not only that the Iron Lady had succumbed, after …
When Paul Dooley was a police officer in the 1980s, he faced off against striking coal miners in the north of England. And although many in Britain at the time were highly critical of the tactics used by the police—there were …
The Queen, British Prime Minister David Cameron and more than 2,000 dignitaries pay their last respects to Baroness Thatcher at St Paul’s Cathedral on Wednesday.
(LONDON) — Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s Iron Lady, was laid to rest Wednesday with a level of pomp and protest reflecting her status as a commanding, polarizing political figure.
Queen Elizabeth II, prime ministers and …
Throughout her life and political career, Margaret Thatcher was a divisive figure. On the eve of her funeral, Scotland Yard has been attempting to predict just how divisive the former Prime Minister will be in death.
Since …
More than 2,000 people, including all surviving U.S. Presidents as well as representatives of foreign states and figures from the world of entertainment, will fill St. Paul’s cathedral next Wednesday for the funeral of Margaret Thatcher.
The late British Prime Minister is remembered for having helped the U.S. stare down and defeat the Soviet Union, but her other overseas dealings reflect questionable if not poor judgment
Supporters in her former constituency remember their local hero
One of Margaret Thatcher’s longest serving ministers speaks to TIME of the Iron Lady’s legacy.
Prominent members of Britain’s political class were quick to eulogize the divisive former Prime Minister
As Britain’s Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990, she transformed a nation with a social and economic revolution both admired and derided
Decades after she left office, the former Prime Minister provokes as much outrage as she does admiration. But there is little doubt that she transformed Britain
