🎧 The Fall of the Iron Lady with Ben Monro-Davies
20th Century • 44m
Ben Monro-Davies is a journalist who has interviewed all the surviving participants of the cabinet meeting in which Margaret Thatcher announced her decision to resign. He and Dan listen to the recordings, and chat about their significance, and the way Mrs Thatcher and others responded to her fall from power.
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🎧 The Gay Men Who Took on Hitler
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