Margaret Thatcher

Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaks at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre yesterday

For Sunak, read Starmer - Angus Robertson

Steve Coogan as Jimmy Savile in the BBC drama The Reckoning

Chilling drama recalls encounter with beast, and marathon cheat - Vladimir McTav...

Dundee v Hearts. A Hearts fan holds his head in his hands as the league title slips away in 1986.

17 photos taking you back to the Capital in 1986

BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell is retiring after 47 years.

‘Awful’ BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell retires

Living Rent members protest outside the City Chambers

Number of empty council houses beggars belief - John McLellan

Crowds doing their Christmas shopping in Princes Street Edinburgh, December 1986.

17 photo memories of Edinburgh in 1986

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is seen by commentators as the most likely next prime minister (Picture: Rob Pinney/Getty Images)

How much do policies matter in an election?

Star Wars is a space opera film series created by George Lucas that quickly exploded into a pop culture phenomenon.

How May 4 was taken and held by Star Wars fans

Take a look through our photo gallery for a trip back in time to 1986.

17 pictures taking you back to the Capital in 1986

Sir Bernard Ingham arrives in Downing Street to attend a party to celebrate the 85th birthday of Baroness Thatcher on October 14, 2010 (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Sir Bernard Ingham - press secretary to Margaret Thatcher- dies at 90

There doesn't need to be a strike before ambulances fail to arrive within their target time.

Sunak's Thatcher imitation game is out of date – Ian Swanson

Liz Truss should let her record in government speak for itself. Oh dear (Picture: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Susan Morrison: Detest Tories? No, what I hate is ‘greed is good’ philosophy

Nicola Sturgeon addressed the SNP conference in Aberdeen yesterday (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Malcolm Rifkind has an unexpected message for nationalists – Ian Swanson

Sir Malcolm Rifkind was a minister throughout the 18 years of the Thatcher and Major governments.

'Tories would have agreed to devolution if Scots' calls were more passionate'

New Prime Minister Liz Truss leaves 10 Downing Street yesterday

God help us in this relentless game of Pinball PM - Susan Morrison

Cost of living crisis hits pubs - your views online
Edinburgh pubs forced to raise price of a pint and cut opening hours over soaring energy bills

Lizz Truss, who has been named the new leader of the Conservative Party and the next Prime Minister, is to be the subject of a new biography by Lord Ashcroft.

Lord Ashcroft to write biography of Liz Truss

Mikhail Gorbachev arrives at Edinburgh Airport during his visit to Scotland in December 1984. Picture: Hamish Campbell Jack Crombie / TSPL

'I wish you many sunny days': Mikhail Gorbachev's bond with Scotland

Protesters demonstrate outside the Conservative party leadership hustings in Perth (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Susan Dalgety: Scotland must not be divided into 'traitors' and 'true believers'

Despite one possible omen, Liz Truss is not destined for long in the top job (Picture: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

My second meeting with Richard Madeley will not herald rise of new Maggie

Most popular: novelty Toby Jugs of Prime Minister Boris Johnson topped sales figures

Boris Johnson tops sales charts for novelty Prime Minister Toby Jugs

Liz Truss is the frontrunner in the Tory leadership race

Readers' letters: Liz Truss ignores Nicola Sturgeon at her peril

Liz Truss has pledged to crack down on 'militant' action by trade unions (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Thatcher reborn? How UK in 1979 and 2022 are scarily similar – Susan Dalgety

Westminster deludes itself that it is a bastion of democracy (Picture: Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images)

Westminster's refusal to allow Indyref2 shows UK democracy is an illusion

New Zealander Bruce Biddle and Australian Ray Bilney race towards the chequered flag at the finish of the 102 miles cycling road race during the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in July 1970. Biddle won the race.

22 pictures of sporting action from the Edinburgh Commonwealth Games

Rishi Sunak delivers a speech at Vaculug tyre specialists at Gonerby Hill Foot, Grantham, as part of his campaign to be leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party and the next prime minister. Picture date: Saturday July 23, 2022.

Rishi Sunak labels himself the underdog as ‘forces that be’ back Liz Truss

Singers at the 1986 Games opening ceremony were given tartan umbrellas to keep off the rain.

19 pictures of the Opening Ceremonies of the Edinburgh Commonwealth Games
The Birmingham Commonwealth Games are set to begin next week with an opening ceremony featuring pop superstars Duran Duran.

Readers' letters: Pay imbalance at Edinburgh Trams

Police officers carry a picket away at Bilston Glen in 1984

Readers' letters: Pardon for striking miners is long overdue

Tam Dalyell opposed devolution and was author of the West Lothian question.

Prominent Edinburgh figures in new dictionary of lives

Fight back against Brexit self-harm has begun - your views

Shuggie Bain by Glasgow author Douglas Stuart was crowned winner of the Booker Prize last month - only the second Scottish book in the history to win in the history of the award. Picture: John Devlin

Shuggie Bain to be turned into TV series by Hollywood producers

Susan Morrison's new hobby of meeting more NHS staff than Queen Elizabeth is prompting thoughts of investing in a handbag (Picture: Paul Rogers/WPA/Getty Images)

The NHS made me feel like royalty as they saved my life – Susan Morrison

This is how accurate The Crown's portrayal of Princess Diana is - from her eatin...

This image released by Netflix shows Olivia Colman, from left, Josh O'Connor and Emma Corrin in a scene from "The Crown." Season four premieres on Sunday, Nov. 15. (Des Willie/Netflix via AP)

The Crown: Maggie Thatcher and Princess Diana take centre stage in new season

Police look on as picketers speak to a lorry driver at Bilston Glen early in the strike (Picture: PA)

Pardon provides some justice for striking miners – Ian Swanson

Former miners outside the Scottish Parliament last week

Pardon for miners is decades too late - Helen Martin

Boris Johnson, a bumbling officer class nincompoop, and Donald Trump, a deranged conspiracy-theory-spouting bore, are otherwise respectively known as the UK Prime Minister and US President (Picture: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

Why Trump and Johnson make me long for Thatcher and Obama – Susan Morrison

Evocative scenes of '80s Britain are captured in this new book

Four police officers struggle with a striking miner as clashes break out at Bilston Glen colliery in June 1984.

Time to pardon striking miners – Steve Cardownie

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Here’s when the new series of Spitting Image will air on Britbox - and new puppe...

Edinburgh Central was Tory when Margaret Thatcher held sway

Edinburgh Central voters will play key role in drive for independence – Angus Ro...

Spitting Image is coming back to TV soon - here's what to expect

The Cramond Inn. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Cramond Inn row over and Margaret Thatcher letter

Leader: ‘The councils can play a crucial role’

Talk of the Town: No drink till fat lady sings

Dominic Heslop. Picture: Comp

Thatcher Funeral: Tory boycotts council meeting

Talk of the Town: Lads let it hang out for Curie

Helen Martin: Don’t be a fake, speak ill of dead

Margaret Thatcher: Edinburgh public not for turning

Letters: Criminals’ cash gives boys sporting chance

Falklands hero hails Magaret Thatcher’s leadership

Big TV switched off for Margaret Thatcher funeral

Miners to celebrate Margaret Thatcher’s death

Leader: ‘Put aside your differences for the funeral’