Monday, November 17, 2003

Margaret Thatcher fans and scholars take note: Her papers have been released online at margaretthatcher.org.
Demand is huge.
Lady Thatcher's archive is now the most accessible of any modern politician, it is claimed. People have been logging on to view handwritten documents such as the notes she made for St Francis' prayer "Where there is discord....", delivered at the steps of 10 Downing Street on her electoral victory in 1979. There are also declassified Falklands War documents and memoirs, as well as letters between her and former US president Ronald Reagan, and handwritten notes on how to deal with Sir Edward Heath.