Baroness Margaret Thatcher

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Margaret Thatcher reflects on the betrayal she felt when her leadership was challenged and recalls what the Downing Street Years were like. French food writer Mireille Johnston and Francophile journalist Steven Shipside discuss how the drink absinth became synonymous with Paris in late 19th century. Author Jenny Mosley explains the benefits of circle time in schools; a group activity in which pupils learn to speak and listen. Fiona Shaw explains her fascination with acting in Sophie Treadwell’s play Machinal, in which the female character is electrocuted to death.