Tag Archives: Margaret Thatcher

Marriage, Margaret Thatcher & the closet of female expectations

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Samira Ahmed

This article first appeared in The Big Issue. Journalism worth paying for (subscriptions available) For years my mother kept an entire cupboard where she used to save up things for my trousseau; the old fashioned concept of a bride’s personal … Continue reading →

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The only thing I hate more than politicians is puppets: Spitting Image extras

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Samira Ahmed

  This post has the fun extras from my interviews with some of the core Spitting Image team and one of their targets, for a British Film Institute feature, Spitting Image: Still biting after all these years, about the 30th … Continue reading →

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