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  let's dance!The Globe To Globe festival will see other performances include a Sudanese Cymbeline Love's Labour's Lost in British Sign Language and Hamlet in LithuanianFestival director Tom Bird said: "We are hugely excited to throw open our doors to the world"This festival offers the chance to see well-known plays in a new way with the cultural influences and theatre conventions of countries you may never have visited"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience Shakespeare's work in a way that you're unlikely ever to have seen it before and a chance for the communities of London to hear his stories in their mother tongue"All the world's a stage: So why not perform a haka on itMaori Wives Of Windsor Actually it's Troilus and CressidaMr Bird said the project was proof of the "universal appeal of Shakespeare"He said of the bard: "His stories and characters are identifiable to all of us - from the lovers to the soldiers to the clowns"Shakespeare is the language that brings us all together and through his plays we can celebrate the similarities and differences of us all"The haka is a traditional Maori war cry made famous by the New Zealand rugby team's performances before matches?This might look like a performance of the Maori Wives Of Windsor but this traditional New Zealand haka will form part of a production of another of Shakespeare's plays” he told us this morning in regards to Natalie.Andrew Stone and Natalie Cassidy in the Celebrity Big Brother house (Pics:Rex)The pair share the same agent.<br>  32,lululemon canada,Crushes 2013:1.???Russell Howard2????0-0.0000-0.The letters translated on to the stage in the form of the highly successful farce Anyone for Denis? in which he was played by John Wells Thatcher was a traditional husband the master in his own house despite his wife's eminent role in the country He had a rather old-fashioned view of the world and in his marriage kept his male pursuits very much to himself It was particularly remarkable and a tribute to his enormous loyalty and integrity that a man of Denis Thatcher's traditional outlook and generation could encourage his wife to shine Yet Denis Thatcher had a more serious role to perform and did it brilliantly He was his wife's principal adviser and her support at the worst moments of crisis Particularly when her cabinet colleagues tried to browbeat her in the early days of her premiership he was the invaluable stabilising force in her life "I think the marvellous thing is that he gives me a sense of perspective" his wife said of him "If I am upset or think I have done something silly we talk about it and he makes me see sense"Thatcher was rarely unpleasant to individuals though an exception was made for Sir Edward Heath He travelled the world was endlessly cheerful and patient and acted as a first-class informal ambassador for Britain When the IRA bombed the Grand Hotel at Brighton during the 1984 party conference he was at his wife's side and was almost killed with her Denis (Dennis on the birth certificate) Thatcher was born at Lewisham on May 10 1915 The Thatchers were a farming family established at Uffington near Swindon Denis's grandfather Thomas born in 1848 had emigrated to New Zealand in the 1870s After his English wife died of tuberculosis when she was only 25 Thomas married a girl whose family came from Northern Ireland and started a business called the Atlas Preservative Company which made wood and skin preservatives In 1898 Thomas Thatcher returned to England to set up a branch of Atlas Preservatives at Deptford which his son Jack took over as managing director in 1911 Milder in temperament than his despotic father Jack married a lively girl called Kathleen Bird the daughter of a Camberwell horsetrader She had been employed as a secretary at Atlas Their son Denis was born three years after their marriage and was educated at Mill Hill where he was academically undistinguished but acquired a love of rugby that he retained throughout his life From childhood Denis was afflicted by shyness later remarking with his customary directness "If you're born shy you're born shy aren't you" His younger sister Joy once said: "He was terribly serious when he was young Mother used to say outrageous things and Den would say 'Mother must you' "His father was his role model "[He] laid down the correct standards by which to live your life" Denis Thatcher later remembered "He was a gentle man and a gentleman His standards of behaviour and of honour were above reproach and I think I got a lot from him from that point of view" Meanwhile Jack Thatcher instilled in his son an affection for Gilbert and Sullivan and the need for caution in financial matters On leaving school in 1933 Denis joined the factory floor at Atlas Preservatives which had by now moved to new premises at Erith He also studied accountancy to improve his grasp of business and in 1935 was appointed works manager On a business trip to Germany in 1937 Thatcher watched the Hitler Youth marching through the streets telling his father on his return: "It's not a question of if there'll be a war but when I might as well go and get trained"In October 1938 Thatcher was commissioned 2nd lieutenant with the 34th (Queen's Own Royal West Kent) Searchlight Battalion Royal Engineers based at Blackheath On the outbreak of war the following year he was assigned to anti-aircraft duties in Kent In 1942 as a staff captain with an anti-aircraft division in Cardiff he met the songwriter Jimmy Kennedy (author of the lyrics of Hang Out Your Washing on the Siegfried Line) who became a lifelong friend It was at this time that he contracted a brief marriage to Margaret Doris Kempson but it ended in divorce after the war His first wife who went on to marry a baronet Sir Howart Hickman 3rd Bt later described Denis Thatcher as "one of the kindest men I have ever known" Thatcher himself recalled: "We were never able to live together because I was in the Army It ended because I was away and I can't blame her" The marriage under these circumstances "didn't stand a chance" Just three days after the death of his father in June 1943 Denis Thatcher embarked for Sicily with the HQ of 73 Anti-Aircraft Brigade which was to provide protection for the rear of Montgomery's Eighth Army in Operation Husky the invasion of Italy At this stage based at Taormina he and his comrades were some way behind the action He remembered that the officers' liquor allowance was one bottle of whisky a month When he landed on the mainland in October 1944 so little seemed to be happening that he and a friend took a week's leave borrowing a Jeep to go on a brief "tour" of Italy He was then transferred to Marseilles to serve with the US 7th Army Because of the devastation left behind Thatcher and his men had to set up headquarters in a bank and live in a bar ("damn near the red light district") He helped to extradite captured Poles who had been interned in Switzerland and to move the 5th Canadian Division without allowing the Germans to detect where the reinforcements were headed There was an improvement when Thatcher was able to move from the bar into a "very pukka" chateau where he and his friends overcame the liquor drought by producing their own gin mixing alcohol with the juice from juniper berries in the bath: "A mouthful of this stuff nearly blew our heads off That was easily solved - we turned the tap on and watered it down It was still terrible stuff and tasted like hell but it was gin The Americans had fruit juice in their rations  So when our guests came to the chateau we grandly offered them 'gin and jungle juice' as if it were the most sophisticated cocktail on earth"Thatcher was twice mentioned in dispatches and in 1945 was appointed MBE (military) for his initiative and organisational skills He was demobilised in 1946 with the rank of major and returned to the family firm Later he credited the Army with teaching him "to think" and "the elements of leadership" Appointed joint general manager of Atlas after leaving the Army Thatcher was on a salary of 1000 a year The business during the war years had concentrated on making camouflage paint and on chemical cleaning and although it had kept afloat the shortage of raw materials was a problem By 1947 profits had risen from 7000 to 12000 He did not enjoy his work ("a lousy industry and a miserable little business" had long been his view) but he persevered becoming chairman of the Council of the National Paint Federation,lululemon outlet online; he even co-wrote a book called Accounting and Costing in the Paint Industry For relaxation he took up refereeing rugby matches When he graduated to being put in charge of a match involving Richmond's first XV he was "terrified" "On the way there I said to myself 'Thatcher make a balls of it and you are finished'" (He didn't) Thatcher also became active in the local Conservative Party standing unsuccessfully for Kent County Council His involvement led to his being co-opted to the selection committee in 1949 of the Dartford constituency when it chose Margaret Roberts to fight the 1950 general election (Eighteen months earlier Denis Thatcher had been asked to consider standing as the candidate,Toms Sale; he had unhesitatingly declined) They began a discreet courtship She was 23 working as a research chemist and as a prospective parliamentary candidate did not want her career to be compromised by her private life In 1951 they were married shortly after their engagement had been announced on polling day in October when Mrs Thatcher suffered her second defeat at Dartford Asked later whether it had been love at first sight his wife replied: "Certainly not" Years later when Denis Thatcher was asked what had first attracted him to his future second wife he replied: "Several things She's got a good pair of legs"He had decided to propose while on a motoring holiday (in his "tart-trap" sports car) with a friend in France: "I suddenly thought to myself 'That's the girl'" Having been accepted Thatcher went to the Roberts's house in Grantham to meet the future in-laws: "Margaret made the introductions and said 'Denis likes a drink' and I swear her father had to blow the dust off the sherry bottle"By the time they married at Wesley's Chapel in the City on December 13 1951 (in a ceremony Denis joked that his father-in-law must have thought was "half way to Rome") Margaret had lost two elections at Dartford while reducing the Labour majority on each occasion Both socially and financially the marriage was highly advantageous to Margaret Thatcher and became the cornerstone of her career As Denis was still busy with Atlas he was able to provide his wife with the financial security that allowed her to give up her work as a chemist to read for the Bar For the next quarter of a century while his wife advanced politically (entering Parliament as MP for Finchley and Friern Barnet in 1959; the government in 1961; and the cabinet in 1970) he kept a low profile successfully developing his business Under his guidance its paints wood preservatives and other coatings were sold across the world By 1957 the Atlas factory had expanded to 60000 sq ft and the company employed some 200 people Thatcher himself worked long hours and had to spend much of his time abroad on sales drives In 1964 suffering from what appeared to be exhaustion he had to take a sabbatical in South Africa On his return he decided to sell up and in 1965 Atlas was taken over by Castrol who paid 530000 (earning Thatcher himself 10000) The new owners appointed him a director and when Castrol was taken over by Burmah Oil he was appointed divisional director of planning and control and joined its board Burmah's headquarters was at Swindon 83 miles from London; Thatcher drove there and back every day In his spare time Thatcher was still involved in rugby both as a referee and an administrator This was despite back problems which demanded that for three seasons he had to referee while wearing a steel jacket: "I'm the only person living" he once said "who refereed the county semi-finals in body armour" In 1956 he was appointed treasurer of the London Society of Rugby Football Union Referees in which post he successfully reorganised the society's finances In April the same year he acted as a touch judge for the international match in Paris between France and England But when he finally retired as a referee in 1963 he was disappointed never to have been made a member of the international panel Throughout his career he never sent off a player In 1959 while his wife was campaigning for Finchley Thatcher had temporarily given up his refereeing to support her at meetings a gesture which Mrs Thatcher affectionately described as "quite something considering he wouldn't do it for our wedding anniversary" But her election did little to change his life at least at first According to his daughter Carol in her biography of Denis Below the Parapet (1996) "he was entirely unmoved by having an MP in the family; after all his wife had always studied or worked and now she had simply swapped law for politics" Meanwhile after the family had acquired a weekend flat in Kent he addressed himself to a new sporting passion - golf When Mrs Thatcher stood for the leadership of the Conservative Party in 1975 Denis Thatcher later admitted that he "didn't think she could win But she said: 'My friends say this and that' so I said 'Well if your friends say so  ' Of course I told her I'd support her all the way - that's what marriage is all about"The first sign that his business interests might bring him to the attention of the press did not come until just before his wife ran for the leadership when Burmah collapsed He had in any case planned to retire on his 60th birthday which was to fall three months after his wife became Leader of the Opposition enabling him to devote as much of his time to her as necessary Retirement in effect meant embarking on a second career as the consort of a political leader He approached his new duties with a mixture of ironic resignation and good humour Towards one interested party however he remained implacable: the press He christened reporters "reptiles" and only once gave an interview - to the Financial Times - on the subject of railway sleepers since he was on the board of a company that made them His explanation for his reticence was typical: "My father told me as a boy: 'Whales don't get killed unless they spout'" When the Duchess of York complained to Thatcher at a dinner about her "awful press" he replied: "Yes Ma'am Has it occurred to you to keep your mouth shut"He was a welcome figure among Conservatives generally following his wife's election not least because the innumerable social functions that are the lot of the Leader of the Opposition became easier for a party leader with a spouse But for the most part Denis Thatcher limited his role to behind the scenes In many ways though his wife's election as Prime Minister put him as much in the front line as any politician In the confidence debate of March 1979 which brought down the Labour government Thatcher sat in the gallery muttering and egging his wife on His first step into political controversy was at the annual dinner of the London Society of Rugby Union Referees in December 1979 He was critical of opposition to a proposed British Lions tour of South Africa: "We are a free people playing an amateur game and we have the right to play where the hell we like" he declared The full wrath of the anti-apartheid lobby was brought down upon him Peter Hain (from the "stop all racist tours campaign") attacked him,Toms Shoes; the British Olympic Association attacked him; and so did a number of Labour MPs The press for a time would stop at nothing to hound him There was the "scandal" of Burmah paying "starvation wages" to its employees in South Africa; the supposed involvement of his son Mark in a deal in Oman that allegedly represented a conflict of political interest,Pro Football Hall o; and above all there was the "Edwards letter" In December 1980 Denis Thatcher wrote to Nicholas Edwards the then Secretary of State for Wales to complain about the delay to a planning appeal in which he had a business interest In September 1981 the letter disappeared from the Welsh Office's files and ended up in the national press Much shock was manufactured by the Opposition parties the principal cause of scandal being that Thatcher had written on Downing Street writing paper in a way that apparently made use of his connection with the Secretary of State It proved a non-event As a private individual Thatcher had done absolutely nothing wrong Yet throughout the remainder of his life he managed to keep in the background As Mrs Thatcher became one of the most extensively-travelled politicians in the world he went with her around the globe taking an enthusiastic interest in the countries that they visited He was however nonplussed when news came on April 2 1982 of the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands "I remember looking at The Times Atlas of the World" he recalled "to find out where the bloody hell they were - and I wasn't the only one  From the word go I said 'Get them off' "The IRA bomb at Brighton was the occasion for another vintage Thatcher reaction When in the immediate aftermath of the explosion he was advised against returning to his hotel bedroom he replied: "Do be reasonable I can't go around in my pyjamas"In late 1990 when Mrs Thatcher faced a leadership challenge from Michael Heseltine her husband wanted her to withdraw after the first inconclusive ballot,Michael Crawford an,lululemon outlet; when she finally decided to do so ending her 11 years in power his reaction was half relief and half anger at what he saw as the treachery of her party Denis Thatcher once said: "For 40 wonderful years I have been married to one of the greatest women the world has ever produced All I could produce - small as it may be - was love and loyalty"For her part Lady Thatcher wrote in her memoirs The Downing Street Years: "I could never have been prime minister for more than 11 years without Denis at my side  He was a fund of shrewd advice and penetrating comment And he very sensibly saved these for me rather than the outside world"Thatcher was a man of simple tastes who favoured soups smoked salmon tinned tongue corned beef and baked beans on toast Meat had to be cooked almost to a crisp; in a London restaurant he once sent back his poussin with the instruction: "I want you to take it away kill it and cook it" He hated the smell of fried onions and detested garlic As for drink he refused ice because it "diluted the alcohol" While he found life at Downing Street somewhat oppressive Denis Thatcher loved Chequers - except for the Henry Moore sculpture on the back lawn - and enjoyed practising his putting in the garden When the Downing Street security advisers told him he should abandon his beloved silver Rolls-Royce on the grounds that it was too conspicuous he went out and bought a blue Ford Cortina station wagon He was a conservative dresser although he liked to adopt an evening cloak with a scarlet lining In 1991 his contribution was recognised when he was created a baronet the first since the honours list of Sir Alec Douglas-Home in 1964; none has been created since Sir Denis is survived by Lady Thatcher and their twins Mark and Carol who were born in 1953 while their father was watching a Test Match at the Oval; Mark Thatcher succeeds in the baronetcy Published June 27 2003“Formerwinners Fred Couples and Bernhard Langer have done really well – they know where to miss it,Toms Shoes Outlet.“It’s special here, er, Zooey Deschanel.<br>  president of the council,"While the United States andremain the two largest destinations for world travel,lululemon outlet canada,000vs.721By Day/MonthABRH2B3BHRRBIBBHBPSOSBCSAVGOBPSLGOPSApril2659100270751,Toms 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  let's dance!The Globe To Globe festival will see other performances include a Sudanese Cymbeline Love's Labour's Lost in British Sign Language and Hamlet in LithuanianFestival director Tom Bird said: "We are hugely excited to throw open our doors to the world"This festival offers the chance to see well-known plays in a new way with the cultural influences and theatre conventions of countries you may never have visited"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience Shakespeare's work in a way that you're unlikely ever to have seen it before and a chance for the communities of London to hear his stories in their mother tongue"All the world's a stage: So why not perform a haka on itMaori Wives Of Windsor Actually it's Troilus and CressidaMr Bird said the project was proof of the "universal appeal of Shakespeare"He said of the bard: "His stories and characters are identifiable to all of us - from the lovers to the soldiers to the clowns"Shakespeare is the language that brings us all together and through his plays we can celebrate the similarities and differences of us all"The haka is a traditional Maori war cry made famous by the New Zealand rugby team's performances before matches?This might look like a performance of the Maori Wives Of Windsor but this traditional New Zealand haka will form part of a production of another of Shakespeare's plays” he told us this morning in regards to Natalie.Andrew Stone and Natalie Cassidy in the Celebrity Big Brother house (Pics:Rex)The pair share the same agent.<br>  32,lululemon canada,Crushes 2013:1.???Russell Howard2????0-0.0000-0.The letters translated on to the stage in the form of the highly successful farce Anyone for Denis? in which he was played by John Wells Thatcher was a traditional husband the master in his own house despite his wife's eminent role in the country He had a rather old-fashioned view of the world and in his marriage kept his male pursuits very much to himself It was particularly remarkable and a tribute to his enormous loyalty and integrity that a man of Denis Thatcher's traditional outlook and generation could encourage his wife to shine Yet Denis Thatcher had a more serious role to perform and did it brilliantly He was his wife's principal adviser and her support at the worst moments of crisis Particularly when her cabinet colleagues tried to browbeat her in the early days of her premiership he was the invaluable stabilising force in her life "I think the marvellous thing is that he gives me a sense of perspective" his wife said of him "If I am upset or think I have done something silly we talk about it and he makes me see sense"Thatcher was rarely unpleasant to individuals though an exception was made for Sir Edward Heath He travelled the world was endlessly cheerful and patient and acted as a first-class informal ambassador for Britain When the IRA bombed the Grand Hotel at Brighton during the 1984 party conference he was at his wife's side and was almost killed with her Denis (Dennis on the birth certificate) Thatcher was born at Lewisham on May 10 1915 The Thatchers were a farming family established at Uffington near Swindon Denis's grandfather Thomas born in 1848 had emigrated to New Zealand in the 1870s After his English wife died of tuberculosis when she was only 25 Thomas married a girl whose family came from Northern Ireland and started a business called the Atlas Preservative Company which made wood and skin preservatives In 1898 Thomas Thatcher returned to England to set up a branch of Atlas Preservatives at Deptford which his son Jack took over as managing director in 1911 Milder in temperament than his despotic father Jack married a lively girl called Kathleen Bird the daughter of a Camberwell horsetrader She had been employed as a secretary at Atlas Their son Denis was born three years after their marriage and was educated at Mill Hill where he was academically undistinguished but acquired a love of rugby that he retained throughout his life From childhood Denis was afflicted by shyness later remarking with his customary directness "If you're born shy you're born shy aren't you" His younger sister Joy once said: "He was terribly serious when he was young Mother used to say outrageous things and Den would say 'Mother must you' "His father was his role model "[He] laid down the correct standards by which to live your life" Denis Thatcher later remembered "He was a gentle man and a gentleman His standards of behaviour and of honour were above reproach and I think I got a lot from him from that point of view" Meanwhile Jack Thatcher instilled in his son an affection for Gilbert and Sullivan and the need for caution in financial matters On leaving school in 1933 Denis joined the factory floor at Atlas Preservatives which had by now moved to new premises at Erith He also studied accountancy to improve his grasp of business and in 1935 was appointed works manager On a business trip to Germany in 1937 Thatcher watched the Hitler Youth marching through the streets telling his father on his return: "It's not a question of if there'll be a war but when I might as well go and get trained"In October 1938 Thatcher was commissioned 2nd lieutenant with the 34th (Queen's Own Royal West Kent) Searchlight Battalion Royal Engineers based at Blackheath On the outbreak of war the following year he was assigned to anti-aircraft duties in Kent In 1942 as a staff captain with an anti-aircraft division in Cardiff he met the songwriter Jimmy Kennedy (author of the lyrics of Hang Out Your Washing on the Siegfried Line) who became a lifelong friend It was at this time that he contracted a brief marriage to Margaret Doris Kempson but it ended in divorce after the war His first wife who went on to marry a baronet Sir Howart Hickman 3rd Bt later described Denis Thatcher as "one of the kindest men I have ever known" Thatcher himself recalled: "We were never able to live together because I was in the Army It ended because I was away and I can't blame her" The marriage under these circumstances "didn't stand a chance" Just three days after the death of his father in June 1943 Denis Thatcher embarked for Sicily with the HQ of 73 Anti-Aircraft Brigade which was to provide protection for the rear of Montgomery's Eighth Army in Operation Husky the invasion of Italy At this stage based at Taormina he and his comrades were some way behind the action He remembered that the officers' liquor allowance was one bottle of whisky a month When he landed on the mainland in October 1944 so little seemed to be happening that he and a friend took a week's leave borrowing a Jeep to go on a brief "tour" of Italy He was then transferred to Marseilles to serve with the US 7th Army Because of the devastation left behind Thatcher and his men had to set up headquarters in a bank and live in a bar ("damn near the red light district") He helped to extradite captured Poles who had been interned in Switzerland and to move the 5th Canadian Division without allowing the Germans to detect where the reinforcements were headed There was an improvement when Thatcher was able to move from the bar into a "very pukka" chateau where he and his friends overcame the liquor drought by producing their own gin mixing alcohol with the juice from juniper berries in the bath: "A mouthful of this stuff nearly blew our heads off That was easily solved - we turned the tap on and watered it down It was still terrible stuff and tasted like hell but it was gin The Americans had fruit juice in their rations  So when our guests came to the chateau we grandly offered them 'gin and jungle juice' as if it were the most sophisticated cocktail on earth"Thatcher was twice mentioned in dispatches and in 1945 was appointed MBE (military) for his initiative and organisational skills He was demobilised in 1946 with the rank of major and returned to the family firm Later he credited the Army with teaching him "to think" and "the elements of leadership" Appointed joint general manager of Atlas after leaving the Army Thatcher was on a salary of 1000 a year The business during the war years had concentrated on making camouflage paint and on chemical cleaning and although it had kept afloat the shortage of raw materials was a problem By 1947 profits had risen from 7000 to 12000 He did not enjoy his work ("a lousy industry and a miserable little business" had long been his view) but he persevered becoming chairman of the Council of the National Paint Federation,lululemon outlet online; he even co-wrote a book called Accounting and Costing in the Paint Industry For relaxation he took up refereeing rugby matches When he graduated to being put in charge of a match involving Richmond's first XV he was "terrified" "On the way there I said to myself 'Thatcher make a balls of it and you are finished'" (He didn't) Thatcher also became active in the local Conservative Party standing unsuccessfully for Kent County Council His involvement led to his being co-opted to the selection committee in 1949 of the Dartford constituency when it chose Margaret Roberts to fight the 1950 general election (Eighteen months earlier Denis Thatcher had been asked to consider standing as the candidate,Toms Sale; he had unhesitatingly declined) They began a discreet courtship She was 23 working as a research chemist and as a prospective parliamentary candidate did not want her career to be compromised by her private life In 1951 they were married shortly after their engagement had been announced on polling day in October when Mrs Thatcher suffered her second defeat at Dartford Asked later whether it had been love at first sight his wife replied: "Certainly not" Years later when Denis Thatcher was asked what had first attracted him to his future second wife he replied: "Several things She's got a good pair of legs"He had decided to propose while on a motoring holiday (in his "tart-trap" sports car) with a friend in France: "I suddenly thought to myself 'That's the girl'" Having been accepted Thatcher went to the Roberts's house in Grantham to meet the future in-laws: "Margaret made the introductions and said 'Denis likes a drink' and I swear her father had to blow the dust off the sherry bottle"By the time they married at Wesley's Chapel in the City on December 13 1951 (in a ceremony Denis joked that his father-in-law must have thought was "half way to Rome") Margaret had lost two elections at Dartford while reducing the Labour majority on each occasion Both socially and financially the marriage was highly advantageous to Margaret Thatcher and became the cornerstone of her career As Denis was still busy with Atlas he was able to provide his wife with the financial security that allowed her to give up her work as a chemist to read for the Bar For the next quarter of a century while his wife advanced politically (entering Parliament as MP for Finchley and Friern Barnet in 1959; the government in 1961; and the cabinet in 1970) he kept a low profile successfully developing his business Under his guidance its paints wood preservatives and other coatings were sold across the world By 1957 the Atlas factory had expanded to 60000 sq ft and the company employed some 200 people Thatcher himself worked long hours and had to spend much of his time abroad on sales drives In 1964 suffering from what appeared to be exhaustion he had to take a sabbatical in South Africa On his return he decided to sell up and in 1965 Atlas was taken over by Castrol who paid 530000 (earning Thatcher himself 10000) The new owners appointed him a director and when Castrol was taken over by Burmah Oil he was appointed divisional director of planning and control and joined its board Burmah's headquarters was at Swindon 83 miles from London; Thatcher drove there and back every day In his spare time Thatcher was still involved in rugby both as a referee and an administrator This was despite back problems which demanded that for three seasons he had to referee while wearing a steel jacket: "I'm the only person living" he once said "who refereed the county semi-finals in body armour" In 1956 he was appointed treasurer of the London Society of Rugby Football Union Referees in which post he successfully reorganised the society's finances In April the same year he acted as a touch judge for the international match in Paris between France and England But when he finally retired as a referee in 1963 he was disappointed never to have been made a member of the international panel Throughout his career he never sent off a player In 1959 while his wife was campaigning for Finchley Thatcher had temporarily given up his refereeing to support her at meetings a gesture which Mrs Thatcher affectionately described as "quite something considering he wouldn't do it for our wedding anniversary" But her election did little to change his life at least at first According to his daughter Carol in her biography of Denis Below the Parapet (1996) "he was entirely unmoved by having an MP in the family; after all his wife had always studied or worked and now she had simply swapped law for politics" Meanwhile after the family had acquired a weekend flat in Kent he addressed himself to a new sporting passion - golf When Mrs Thatcher stood for the leadership of the Conservative Party in 1975 Denis Thatcher later admitted that he "didn't think she could win But she said: 'My friends say this and that' so I said 'Well if your friends say so  ' Of course I told her I'd support her all the way - that's what marriage is all about"The first sign that his business interests might bring him to the attention of the press did not come until just before his wife ran for the leadership when Burmah collapsed He had in any case planned to retire on his 60th birthday which was to fall three months after his wife became Leader of the Opposition enabling him to devote as much of his time to her as necessary Retirement in effect meant embarking on a second career as the consort of a political leader He approached his new duties with a mixture of ironic resignation and good humour Towards one interested party however he remained implacable: the press He christened reporters "reptiles" and only once gave an interview - to the Financial Times - on the subject of railway sleepers since he was on the board of a company that made them His explanation for his reticence was typical: "My father told me as a boy: 'Whales don't get killed unless they spout'" When the Duchess of York complained to Thatcher at a dinner about her "awful press" he replied: "Yes Ma'am Has it occurred to you to keep your mouth shut"He was a welcome figure among Conservatives generally following his wife's election not least because the innumerable social functions that are the lot of the Leader of the Opposition became easier for a party leader with a spouse But for the most part Denis Thatcher limited his role to behind the scenes In many ways though his wife's election as Prime Minister put him as much in the front line as any politician In the confidence debate of March 1979 which brought down the Labour government Thatcher sat in the gallery muttering and egging his wife on His first step into political controversy was at the annual dinner of the London Society of Rugby Union Referees in December 1979 He was critical of opposition to a proposed British Lions tour of South Africa: "We are a free people playing an amateur game and we have the right to play where the hell we like" he declared The full wrath of the anti-apartheid lobby was brought down upon him Peter Hain (from the "stop all racist tours campaign") attacked him,Toms Shoes; the British Olympic Association attacked him; and so did a number of Labour MPs The press for a time would stop at nothing to hound him There was the "scandal" of Burmah paying "starvation wages" to its employees in South Africa; the supposed involvement of his son Mark in a deal in Oman that allegedly represented a conflict of political interest,Pro Football Hall o; and above all there was the "Edwards letter" In December 1980 Denis Thatcher wrote to Nicholas Edwards the then Secretary of State for Wales to complain about the delay to a planning appeal in which he had a business interest In September 1981 the letter disappeared from the Welsh Office's files and ended up in the national press Much shock was manufactured by the Opposition parties the principal cause of scandal being that Thatcher had written on Downing Street writing paper in a way that apparently made use of his connection with the Secretary of State It proved a non-event As a private individual Thatcher had done absolutely nothing wrong Yet throughout the remainder of his life he managed to keep in the background As Mrs Thatcher became one of the most extensively-travelled politicians in the world he went with her around the globe taking an enthusiastic interest in the countries that they visited He was however nonplussed when news came on April 2 1982 of the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands "I remember looking at The Times Atlas of the World" he recalled "to find out where the bloody hell they were - and I wasn't the only one  From the word go I said 'Get them off' "The IRA bomb at Brighton was the occasion for another vintage Thatcher reaction When in the immediate aftermath of the explosion he was advised against returning to his hotel bedroom he replied: "Do be reasonable I can't go around in my pyjamas"In late 1990 when Mrs Thatcher faced a leadership challenge from Michael Heseltine her husband wanted her to withdraw after the first inconclusive ballot,Michael Crawford an,lululemon outlet; when she finally decided to do so ending her 11 years in power his reaction was half relief and half anger at what he saw as the treachery of her party Denis Thatcher once said: "For 40 wonderful years I have been married to one of the greatest women the world has ever produced All I could produce - small as it may be - was love and loyalty"For her part Lady Thatcher wrote in her memoirs The Downing Street Years: "I could never have been prime minister for more than 11 years without Denis at my side  He was a fund of shrewd advice and penetrating comment And he very sensibly saved these for me rather than the outside world"Thatcher was a man of simple tastes who favoured soups smoked salmon tinned tongue corned beef and baked beans on toast Meat had to be cooked almost to a crisp; in a London restaurant he once sent back his poussin with the instruction: "I want you to take it away kill it and cook it" He hated the smell of fried onions and detested garlic As for drink he refused ice because it "diluted the alcohol" While he found life at Downing Street somewhat oppressive Denis Thatcher loved Chequers - except for the Henry Moore sculpture on the back lawn - and enjoyed practising his putting in the garden When the Downing Street security advisers told him he should 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