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FT Books Essay
The BBC at 100 — the past and future of a British institution
...At times, the author feels obliged to refer to Margaret Thatcher’s “Maoist phase” (really?) or take a swipe at Kenneth Clark’s 12-part series Civilisation....
February 8, 2022
Person in the News
Tim Davie, the new no-nonsense BBC boss
...But he was undone by chairman Marmaduke Hussey, appointed by Margaret Thatcher as a disruptive force....
September 4, 2020
FT Live
Business of Art
Market shifts and future growth
Monday, 7 October180 Studios, London, UK
ObituaryUK economy
Obituary: Creator of Barnett formula dies
...In 1986, Margaret Thatcher, an admirer, appointed him vice-chairman of the BBC board of governors to balance a Tory chairman....
November 3, 2014
FT Magazine
Mark Thompson
...But he is not distrusted and mocked like the influential John Birt, whose remote style and taste for obscure management jargon (“Birt-speak”) infuriated some staff....
April 6, 2012
FT Magazine
British institutions: the BBC
...Firstly, that without his skills as a courtier, Margaret Thatcher would have eviscerated the corporation; this seems improbable – her political position weakened rapidly just after Birt arrived....
March 11, 2011
John LloydLife & Arts
Dazzled by America’s new dawn
...overdone, when even in class-ridden Britain prime ministers have included, unlike in America, a Jew (Benjamin Disraeli, albeit converted), the illegitimate son of a peasant (Ramsay MacDonald) and a woman (Margaret...
January 24, 2009
FT Live
FTWeekend Festival
Where the FT Weekend paper comes to life
Saturday, 7 September London, UK
Life & Arts
Altered images
...“It has taken 175 years going back to Julia Margaret Cameron for photographers to be perceived as true artists,” Cheatle says....
September 14, 2007

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