In 1989, two old friends — highly-respected political journalist Brian Walden and long-standing British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher — sat down for a television interview. Unbeknownst to both of ...

In December 2019, at the end of an interview with Nigel Farage – then the leader of the Brexit Party – the BBC’s Andrew Neil turned to the camera and addressed the prime minister, Boris Johnson. “No ...

Though social media and networks still give politicians a platform to speak, there aren't nearly as many hard-hitting interviews with them these days as there used to be. One of the most notable in ...

Brian and Maggie, PBS' Stephen Frears-directed dramatization of the famously contentious 1989 interview of U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher by broadcast journalist Brian Walden, ends with a ...

Brian Walden and Margaret Thatcher sit for one of the most famous interviews of all time. 1989. Two old friends, politician-turned-journalist Brian Walden and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, sit for ...

“I sometimes imagine having a fantasy dinner party with them all...” she muses, and we both pause for a moment, picturing that surreal, painfully awkward social gathering with a kind of horrified ...

Politician-turned-journalist Brian Walden and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher—face off in one of the most iconic political exchanges ever. Two friends, one interview, and a scandalous showdown! What ...

MAGGIE: An Intimate Portrait of a Woman in Power, by Chris Ogden, Simon and Shuster, $22.95. In the past year, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher seems to have fallen increasingly out of step ...

Unsaid but understood is the notion that we’re all the poorer for this fact. “Now it’s all breakfast TV bollocks: cozy chit-chats on the sofa, five minutes long, questions unanswered, politicians ...

Two friends, one interview, and a scandalous showdown! What more could you want? Brian and Maggie takes a fresh look at the pivotal 1989 TV interview between journalist Brian Walden and then-Prime ...