From Meryl Streep's Iron Lady to Spitting Image and the Spice Girls, Observer writers and critics pick the films, books, art, music and TV that show Thatcher's lasting influence
Art, chosen by Laura Cumming
Treatment Room (1983)
In Richard Hamilton's installation, Thatcher administered her own harsh medicine from a video above the operating table with the viewer as helpless patient: a case of kill or cure.
Taking Stock (1984)
Hans Haacke portrayed Thatcher enthroned, nose in the air like a gun-dog, surrounded by images of Queen Victoria, the Saatchi brothers and, ominously, Pandora. Caused national furore.
In the Sleep of Reason (1982)
Mark Wallinger edited Thatcher's 1982 Falklands speech from blink to blink, fading to black in between, emphasising her solipsistic tendency to close her eyes when speaking as if nobody else existed.
The Battle of Orgreave (2001)
Jeremy Deller's restaged the worst conflict of the miners' strike from multiple viewpoints, uniting...
Art, chosen by Laura Cumming
Treatment Room (1983)
In Richard Hamilton's installation, Thatcher administered her own harsh medicine from a video above the operating table with the viewer as helpless patient: a case of kill or cure.
Taking Stock (1984)
Hans Haacke portrayed Thatcher enthroned, nose in the air like a gun-dog, surrounded by images of Queen Victoria, the Saatchi brothers and, ominously, Pandora. Caused national furore.
In the Sleep of Reason (1982)
Mark Wallinger edited Thatcher's 1982 Falklands speech from blink to blink, fading to black in between, emphasising her solipsistic tendency to close her eyes when speaking as if nobody else existed.
The Battle of Orgreave (2001)
Jeremy Deller's restaged the worst conflict of the miners' strike from multiple viewpoints, uniting...
- 4/13/2013
- by Robert McCrum, Kitty Empire, Philip French, Andrew Rawnsley, Euan Ferguson
- The Guardian - Film News
Anonymous has been at it again. Following Primary Colors's version of Clinton comes O: A Presidential Novel. Mark Lawson on the tradition of insider political fiction, from Disraeli to The West Wing. A preview from tomorrow's Guardian Review.
Also in tomorrow's Review: Composer Mark-Anthony Turnage on why Anna Nicole Smith is a true operatic heroine, Andrea Levy on why she wrote Small Island, Stefan Collini in praise of Eric Hobsbawm and Sarah Churchwell on the scandalous Lillian Hellman
A successful political career demands a tradeoff between fame and anonymity. A leader needs to be known – an Obama, Blair or Clinton has the global recognisability of a rock star – but high-level politics also frequently depends on the exercise of secrecy. The unattributable briefing ("a party insider, speaking on condition of anonymity", "a source travelling with the prime minister") is a standard tool of political journalism, offering an early first...
Also in tomorrow's Review: Composer Mark-Anthony Turnage on why Anna Nicole Smith is a true operatic heroine, Andrea Levy on why she wrote Small Island, Stefan Collini in praise of Eric Hobsbawm and Sarah Churchwell on the scandalous Lillian Hellman
A successful political career demands a tradeoff between fame and anonymity. A leader needs to be known – an Obama, Blair or Clinton has the global recognisability of a rock star – but high-level politics also frequently depends on the exercise of secrecy. The unattributable briefing ("a party insider, speaking on condition of anonymity", "a source travelling with the prime minister") is a standard tool of political journalism, offering an early first...
- 1/22/2011
- by Mark Lawson
- The Guardian - Film News
It's not just any old person who can get a job created just for them: God, perhaps, or Fonzworth Bentley, P Diddy's personal wielder of his Puffjesty's umbrella. Stephen Carter (Lord Carter of Barnes, to give him his full name) has just been slotted into a brand new job at Alcatel-Lucent.
Carter, the former head of the U.K.'s telecom watchdog unit and a one-time minister to Gordon Brown, is moving to Paris next month for his latest role: Chief Marketing, Strategy and Communication Officer. Hmmm, have we ever had a Cmsco before? (Not unless you're a dyslexic fan of disco, methinks.) No matter, what he'll need to do is turn the Franco-American global telecoms company around when he arrives at company headquarters in Paris next month. How will he do it? Let's look to his past to find out:
Alcatel-Lucent is already up against it. Its CEO,...
Carter, the former head of the U.K.'s telecom watchdog unit and a one-time minister to Gordon Brown, is moving to Paris next month for his latest role: Chief Marketing, Strategy and Communication Officer. Hmmm, have we ever had a Cmsco before? (Not unless you're a dyslexic fan of disco, methinks.) No matter, what he'll need to do is turn the Franco-American global telecoms company around when he arrives at company headquarters in Paris next month. How will he do it? Let's look to his past to find out:
Alcatel-Lucent is already up against it. Its CEO,...
- 3/4/2010
- by Addy Dugdale
- Fast Company
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is being accused by his own staff of bullying. The complaints were coursed through the charity National Bullying Hotline.
According to hotline founder Christine Pratt, the charity has received three or four calls from Brown's office staff.
Among the bullying tactics complained of were that the prime minister swore at them, grabbed them by their lapels and shouted at them.
Pratts' disclosure follows the release of a book by British political commentator Andrew Rawnsley, who suggested Brown had a mean temper and abused his staff-including engaging in physical violence-when the prime minister is angry.
According to hotline founder Christine Pratt, the charity has received three or four calls from Brown's office staff.
Among the bullying tactics complained of were that the prime minister swore at them, grabbed them by their lapels and shouted at them.
Pratts' disclosure follows the release of a book by British political commentator Andrew Rawnsley, who suggested Brown had a mean temper and abused his staff-including engaging in physical violence-when the prime minister is angry.
- 2/22/2010
- icelebz.com
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