Proud to be British Read more from journalists who champion our culture, history and values One year for £29. | | Moore (left) sat down with Brown at The Goring hotel |  | Mick Brown Features Writer | I interviewed Charles Moore in The Goring hotel in London. It was a place where in the course of writing his monumental, three-volume biography of Margaret Thatcher, they would sometimes meet for dinner or drinks.
Thatcher was such a popular figure at The Goring that the bar serves a cocktail named after her: the BLT, for Baroness Lady Thatcher.
Much has been written about Thatcher – as Moore says, she was the most consequential political figure in 20th-century British politics, and in many ways the most controversial and polarising.
Less has been written, or said, about the relationship that Moore himself had with Thatcher, how he came to write the book, what it was like to know her personally so well, to immerse himself so totally in her life over the course of the 22 years it took him to complete the three volumes – and to face the daunting task of editing those three volumes into the single, condensed volume which is now being published. Over the course of our two-hour conversation, Moore provided a vivid, illuminating, and sometimes very amusing, portrait of “the Iron Lady” – a woman who could be difficult, evasive, dogmatic, but who also craved love and security, could be charming and funny, and whose “company was very enjoyable, because she was so electric”.
Love her or hate her, it is a picture that will surprise many who thought they knew “the real Margaret Thatcher”, provided by a man who really did. Read the full interview here ➤ | | England played some of their best rugby in the final Credit: Reuters/Andrew Boyers |  | Charlie Morgan Senior Rugby Writer | Mission accomplished, coronation secure. Eleven years and two heart-breaking final defeats since 2014, when they vanquished the same opponents in Paris, England’s class of 2025 added a third World Cup victory by overwhelming Canada at a sold-out Twickenham.
The Red Roses have resembled an irrepressible juggernaut between tournaments, racking up 32 consecutive wins. But number 33 was essential as a means of vindicating their excellence. What a thrill, then, that on the biggest stage – bigger than anyone could have imagined a decade ago – they truly imposed themselves as a side.
Relief was palpable at the end. England’s players collapsed into one another, physically and emotionally spent, when referee Hollie Davidson blew the final whistle. There had been nervy patches, of course, but this was a comprehensive way to achieve what they had coveted so desperately.
And then the party started.
Lifting the trophy was a moment to savour, but the Red Roses took it one step further when they invaded the BBC’s live TV broadcast.  | | Abby Dow brings the trophy over to the BBC team while they were on air Credit: BBC | England have made it clear they will spend the evening enjoying their status as world champions. Meg Jones said that Zoe Aldcroft and Natasha Hunt have not drunk alcohol in 2025 as part of the build-up to this tournament but were now “ready to drink”.
They were pictured with bottles of champagne after the match, with Hunt pouring some into Aldcroft’s mouth during the on-pitch celebrations.
Fans will be able to join in too, when their heroes celebrate at Battersea Power Station this afternoon. It will be broadcast live on BBC1 from 3pm.
| Tower Bridge was lit up last night to celebrate England’s win | Read our match report from the final, plus:
• Gavin Mairs on why this is a tipping point for women’s rugby
• Invading the BBC and back on the booze: how the Red Roses celebrated | | While Labour’s roots are entwined with the industrial trade unions, the party has steadily morphed into a middle-class movement dominated by middle-class activists.
Ever since Ed Miliband’s leadership in 2010, Labour has shifted further away from the issues that working-class people care about and closer to causes that have little impact on their lives; the environment, gender identity, “hate speech” and, most recently, Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state.
Yesterday, on the eve of the Labour Party conference, an Ipsos poll placed Sir Keir as the least popular prime minister on record.
Fed up with policies that overlook their needs, the working-class voters who put Labour in power have turned on them.
Until the party accepts this basic reality, it has no chance of bouncing back.
Read the full essay here ➤
Coming up today at the conference:
• 12pm The first major fringe event will see Lord Hermer, the Attorney General, take part in an hour-long “in conversation with” session
• 4.30pm Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, will address a rally calling for electoral reform
• 5pm Sir Keir Starmer will make his first appearance of the conference at Labour’s annual trade union reception | Time spent wisely See another side to today’s biggest stories with Britain’s leading comment writers One year for £29. | | Australians came to Britain in their droves in the Swinging Sixties. “I was thrilled to be in England,” one such émigré, film director Bruce Beresford, recalls of his move to London. “There was at that time nothing in Australia that could compare.” Now, it’s a very different story. The country has lost its allure. Lisa, a 32-year-old Queenslander, says her friends were nonplussed about her relocation to London: “I had so many people ask me, ‘Why the UK? Are you an idiot?’” Continue reading ➤ | |  | | British actress Emily Blunt speaks exclusively to The Telegraph’s Robbie Collin during a break from filming The Devil Wears Prada 2. Since shooting the original opposite Meryl Streep’s icy fashion mag editor almost half her life ago, Blunt has starred in everything from blockbusters to Oscar-winners but there is always one thing she yearns for... “I miss the irreverence, the swing, the attitude, the confidence” of that era, the Oppenheimer star remarks. “The meanness was delicious... it can be such a relief to laugh at something inappropriate.” Continue reading ➤ | | | A storied culinary status symbol or crusty hunk of ceramic that doesn’t live up to its lifetime guarantee? Le Creuset’s colourful pans and Dutch ovens have been topping wedding registries and tasteful countertops for decades, but here, one writer details why he became disenchanted with his collection. Continue reading ➤ | | | How did Scattered Spider, a gang of hackers, unleash a wave of attacks across Britain, recently bringing carmaker Jaguar Land Rover to a standstill? Cyber security experts tell Matthew Field and James Titcomb that an Indian IT and outsourcing giant called Tata Consultancy Services could be a weak link in the system. Continue reading ➤ | | | | | Every Sunday, Sarah Knapton, our Science Editor, and Joe Pinkstone, our Science Correspondent, demystify your supernatural experiences. From ghoulish encounters to bizarre coincidences, there’s always a scientific explanation and nothing is as strange as it seems...
A baffled reader writes...
“I was in a National Trust house in Keighley in the 70s and I was the only visitor. I went upstairs and was walking happily along a corridor when I was suddenly very frightened.
“It was very strange and I could not carry on, so I had to turn back. I went downstairs to talk to the volunteers and asked them if the house was rumoured to be haunted.
“They said no, but it was said that one of the owners had bricked up his wife in an upstairs room! It took me about 10 years to go back.”
Sarah and Joe answer...
With Halloween fast approaching, it seems only fitting that we have a ghost story to investigate.
A little digging suggests that the house you are talking about is East Riddlesden Hall, in Keighley, West Yorkshire, which has been owned by the National Trust since 1934.
The manor house was remodelled at the start of the English Civil War in 1642 by James Murgatroyd, a cloth merchant from Halifax. Despite the assurances you had that it was not haunted, it does in fact have a reputation for being one of the most haunted homes in England.
Read the full answer here ➤
Plus, send in your questions for them here ➤ | | This is your four-week warning: the October half-term break is imminent and it’s time to get your plans in place – especially if you're desperate to get away. Luckily, whether you’re after fresh-air adventures in the UK or a sunlit escape to the Balearics, there’s still time to find a family break. Our expert picks 15 of the best options.
Below are two more articles that I hope will brighten your weekend: | | Claudia Cardinale at the Cannes Film Festival, 1961 | Claudia Cardinale’s golden year was 1963, when she appeared in three films that were, in different ways, landmarks: Federico Fellini’s 8 ½, Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard and Blake Edwards’s The Pink Panther. Her co-star in the last of those three, David Niven, described her as “Italy’s happiest invention after spaghetti”. (She, in return, called Niven “the perfect English gentleman”.)
Born in Tunisia, from a Sicilian background, Cardinale was a rebellious teenager at her convent school, frequently punished and “silent, weird, and wild”, according to one account. Her youth was turbulent and touched by violence and damaged relationships – but the camera became her escape. Many leading men fell for her – Marcello Mastroianni, Anthony Quinn, Alain Delon.
Perhaps her standout role came in 1968, playing Jill McBain, a former prostitute, in Sergio Leone’s epic Western Once Upon a Time in the West. But she never took to Hollywood, preferring life in Italy and, latterly, Paris. Her favourite food was couscous, and she never did nude scenes, as “mystery is very important”.
Read her full obituary here ➤ | | Test your trivia skills and put the answers below in order. Play all three rounds of today’s trivia game, Sorted, plus our full range of brainteasers on Telegraph Puzzles.
Get a head start on today’s Plusword by cracking this clue: Yesterday’s Panagram was LIQUORICE. Come back tomorrow for the solution to today’s puzzle. | | Thank you for reading. Allister Heath, Sunday Telegraph Editor
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