Mrs Thatcher often went on an after-dinner walk and she asked me to accompany her on several occasions. Years later, to my delight, she remembered these strolls

The Iron Lady's record with authoritarians is mixed but her profound confidence in the democratic rights of all peoples shines through

'The reaction to lady thatcher's death in the US brought an avalanche of affection and praise both on the Right and the Left'

'Despite Reagan's "crusade" to "foster the infrastructure of democracy", there are more elections but they decide less and less'