Interview with Margaret Thatcher by Douglas Keay for Woman’s Own magazine. In an in-depth, wide ranging and informal interview Thatcher touches on many subjects, both political and personal. She discusses her experience before, during and after the IRA bombing of the Conservative Party Conference in Brighton the previous month. For reason of copyright Douglas Keay’s questions are paraphrased. The interview as published (17 November 1984) includes material missing from the tape.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 17 November 1984
Name of First Interviewee: Margaret Thatcher
Role at time of Interview: British Prime Minister
Interviewer: Douglas Keay
Purpose: News, Political
Media: Transcript
Copyright: © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2014 and others
Link: Read the transcript
Programme/Book/Article: Women's Own
Time Period covered: 1984
Key Individuals: Margaret Thatcher, Denis Thatcher, Norman Tebbitt, Arthur Scargill
Key Words: Brighton bomb, Conservative Party Conference, miners, unions