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In Ancient Egypt, 1,500 years before Christ, cats were not only companions but afforded almost godly status. In a more ...
The Chancellor promised not to raise taxes again but she's run out of options and lost control over her own brief.
Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher breaks down in tears, during a 1991 interview with ITN, discussing her exit from ...
Margaret Thatcher made it clear that she definitely didn't drink Perrier water but was partial to a weak whisky, as Jane Hardy discovered when she interviewed the 'Iron Lady' in Downing Street ...
London Open Gardens, 7-8 June 2025 (Downing Street garden only open 7 June). The ballot for 10 Downing Street is open to those aged 12+, and photo ID will be required on the day.
Thatcher complained she was “fed up” with the “shabby” furniture in 10 Downing Street, so decided to make some changes: “I heard of three flats not in use in Admiralty House [a ...
Other Thatcher-related lots include a George III-style camelback sofa upholstered in pale blue silk, that was part of the 10 Downing Street furniture during the Thatcher premiership from 1979 to ...
The Westminster townhouse used as a bolt-hole by Margaret Thatcher when she was ousted from power in 1990 has come on the market priced at £3.65 million.
First they came for Sir Winston Churchill’s urinal, then they dispatched Margaret Thatcher in favour of lyrical landscapes, and now they’ve removed Elizabeth I from a prominent Number 10 ...
Sir Keir has already engineered the removal of portraits of Thatcher and Gladstone from Downing Street. Elizabeth and Raleigh are replaced by scenes meant to highlight “strong and courageous women.” ...
The Prime Minister was asked about taking down a Margaret Thatcher portrait from his private study in 10 Downing Street.