When Margaret Thatcher unexpectedly emerged to challenge Edward Heath for the Conservative Party leadership in 1975 the public knew her only as the archetypal Home Counties Tory Lady more famous for her hats than for any outstanding talent: she had a rich businessman husband sent her children to the most expensive private schools & sat in Parliament for Finchley. Yet almost overnight she reinvented herself. Journalists who set out to discover where she came from were amazed to find that she had grown up above a grocers shop in Grantham. Within weeks of her becoming Tory leader an entirely new image was in place based around the now famous corner shop beside the Great North Road; the strict Methodist upbringing; & her father who taught her the Victorian values which were the foundations of her subsequent career. In the first volume of the first full-scale biography of Margaret Thatcher since her fall from power
- & the first thoroughly to explore her early life
- John Campbell re-examines the mythology & suggests a more complex reality behind the idealised picture accepted by Lady Thatchers early biographers. He portrays an ambitious & determined woman ruthlessly distancing herself from her roots until the moment in 1975 when they suddenly became a political asset.

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This title is presented on 2 C Ds. In interviews ranging from 1975 to 1990 Margaret Thatcher talks about being a woman in politics; managing men & women; her response to the media attacks she received in the early days of her career & the importance of wearing the right clothes. She also recalls her memories of home including working in her father's grocery shop; the radio & TV programmes she enjoyed (including The Two Ronnies") & following sports like cricket & tennis. Also mentioned are the time she met her husband Denis; her worries about her son Mark when he went missing in the Sahara desert; her interest in science & her love of porcelain & sculpture. Lastly she discusses her stamina & her worst moment as Prime Minister (during the Falklands War). "BBC Archive Voices" is shining a light on the icons of our time. "BBC Archive Voices" features interviews with some of the key figures from the fields of entertainment sport politics & literature
- many of which haven't been heard since their original transmission. This is a unique window into the past & is a chance for us to hear those who contributed to the richness of our cultural heritage. With access to the entire archive of BBC Radio & television we can now witness some of the most lively entertaining & informative encounters in BBC broadcasting. Due to the age & nature of this archive material the sound quality may vary."
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The first volume of John Campbell's biography of Margaret Thatcher was described by Frank Johnson in the Daily Telegraph as 'much the best book yet written about Lady Thatcher'. That volume The Grocer's Daughter described Mrs Thatcher's childhood & early career up until the 1979 General Election which carried her into Downing Street. This second volume covers the whole eleven & a half years of her momentous premiership. Thirteen years after her removal from power this is the first comprehensive & fully researched study of the Thatcher Government from its hesitant beginning to its dramatic end. Campbell draws on the mass of memoirs & diaries of Mrs Thatcher's colleagues aides advisers & rivals as well as on original material from the Ronald Reagan archive shedding fascinating new light on the Reagan-Thatcher 'special relationship' & on dozens of interviews. The Iron Lady will confirm John Campbell's Margaret Thatcher as one of the greatest political biographies of recent times. ...

A newly edited single-volume commemorative edition of ' The Path to Power' & ' The Downing Street Years'; this is Margaret Thatcher in her own words. Margaret Thatcher was the towering figure of late-twentieth-century British politics. Now following her death in 2013 this is her own account of her remarkable life. Beginning with her upbringing in Grantham she goes on to describe her entry into Parliament. Rising through the ranks of this man's world she led the Conservative Party to victory in 1979 becoming Britain's first woman prime minister. Offering a riveting firsthand version of the critical moments of her premiership
- the Falklands War the miners' strike the Brighton bomb & her unprecedented three election victories the book reaches a gripping climax with an hour-by-hour description of her dramatic final days in 10 Downing Street. No other single book can offer this personal perspective on her formative years her political convictions & the unique position she came to hold in public life; Margaret Thatcher's frank & compelling autobiography stands as a powerful testament to her influential legacy.
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Margarita Mama" offers 60+ delicious mocktails specifically designed with the mum-to-be in mind. Every drink is 100 percent alcohol free & they not only taste great they also provide a heathful treat for you & the baby! Recipes include twists on old favourites such as Mudslides Mojitos Cosmopolitans & Mimosas as well as yummy new concoctions like the Materni-tini Rock-a-bye Bellini & Dazed Dad. Decorated with cute illustrations throughout " Margarita Mama" makes the perfect gift for every fun-loving mum-to-be in your life." ...

Margot Fonteyn born plain Peggy Hookham was dreamed into existence by the architects of British ballet: Ninette de Valois Frederick Ashton & Constant Lambert. Carried to fame on a wave of wartime patriotism Margots sense of duty rather than ambition propelled her forward. Yet her gifts were such that her pre-eminence would come to eclipse the careers of subsequent generations. Ballet is a fairytale world; if Margot like the pure & poetic heroine of Swan Lake was a natural Odette she would also have to contend with virtues raw shadow-side in the guise of Constant Lambert Roberto Arias & Rudolph Nureyev the men who like Von Rothbart were to take possession of her heart. ...

This book was Grub Streets lead cookery title for 1999 & was a major publishing event since Marguente Patten is one of Britains best known & loved cookery writers & often described as Englands Cookery Queen. Ainsley Harriott has dubbed her the cookery icon of our times". Each chapter of the book covers one decade of the century giving both history & recipes. The entire book is illustrated throughout in colour & black & white." ...

Fresh out of school young Mariah faces a new chapter of his life living in the Prince Regent hotel built into the face of a cliff. His job is to assist the magician in the stage shows held for the guests. Above ground the guests are offered every form of luxury. Below ground in the green slime-dripping walls of the basements is where the magic show equipment is kept
- & lurking in an Egyptian sarcophagus amongst scuttling sea-creatures is a secret that draws Mariah into the path of villainy plots & possible death.
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There is never a dull moment for Mariah Mundi living in the Prince Regent Hotel. But catastrophe strikes when three eminent visitors spontaneously combust at a hotel party. Just a freak of nature or a cleverly plotted murder? When hotel owner Captain Charity is arrested on suspicion of murder Mariah Mundi & his friend Sacha must find the truth urgently to save both the Captain & the hotel. Could the answer lie in the mythical Ghost Diamonds? ...

This is a funny intensely readable hotwater bottle which is a great Persephone favourite. This 1940 novel is the touching & often extremely funny story of a young English girls growth towards maturity in the 1930s. We see her at school on holiday in Somerset her attempt at drama school her year in Paris learning dressmaking & getting engaged to the wrong man & finally the arrival of Mr Right. ...