An interesting piece by Tim Adams in The Observer about Thatcher's legacy. What sets it apart is that he actually travelled to Grantham to assess how she's seen there.
The results? Overwhleming indifference. A small exhibit in the corner of the local museum and not much else. Amazing when you think that US Presidents get huge library complexes, however awful they've been.
Not sure whether it says more about Thatcher - perhaps her legacy isn't quite as strong as we sometimes think - or the British flair for understatement.
Then again, reading the ranting comments under the article, she still seems able to rouse plenty of passion.
(Tim Adams interviewed me for the article. But I'm not sure how he managed to re-locate one of my characters to South Wales...)
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