First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
A momentous lunch at Chequers turns into a meeting with 'a man we can do business with'. Charles Moore meticulously charts the years 1982 to 1987. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
The 1984 miners' strike was highly charged and violent. Charles Moore offers his perspective on Mrs Thatcher's determination that, this time, the government would win. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Margaret Thatcher felt that sanctions were not the best way to oppose apartheid, members of the Commonwealth appealed to Her Majesty, and rumours of a rift followed. Show more