For my generation, whether you loved or loathed her, she was always there, a fact of life.

BBC: Viewpoint: What if Margaret Thatcher had never been?

These interviews were poorly taped, and Vivian spent her days winding the tape recorder back and forth in order to see if a husband had said that he loved children or loathed them, or if a wife had called herself infertile or infantile.

NEWYORKER: Temporary