No flowers: performative interventions 'at the moment of' Margaret Thatcher's passing

Why is “respect” the order of the day for the dead, such as Margaret Thatcher, upon their dying? Was Walter Benjamin right when he pointed to death and its trimmings as that which lends authority to the storyteller? And how might performance short circuit narratives so motored

Irish Republic bail-out in UK interest - George Osborne

Other Relevant Crises: European Sovereign Debt Crisis (2008-2013