This vitally important historical document continues where the world-beating best-seller DEAR BILL left off. In his highly confidential correspondence to a golfing friend Mr. Thatcher gives us a unique behind-the-scenes view of some of the major talking points in modern politics – the shock dismissal of Norman St. John Stevas; the amazing secret agreement reached in the middle of the night with the Dublin government. "The Thatchers go to Washington." Unique insights into American drinking habits.
Ingrams served his National Service as a Private in the Royal Army Service Corps, but failed to gain a commission and joined the satirical publication Private Eye in 1962. In the same year Ingrams married Mary Morgan.
The following year Richard Ingrams became editor of the satirical magazine Private Eye - a post he retained until 1986.