How ironic! Womens magazine editors - who, as feminist students, would likely have gladly seen the then PM burned at the stake - are running fawning spreads based on Thatcher as fashion icon. Duncan Stirling and Charlie Gilkes's 80's-style Chelsea nightclub Maggie's (inspired by guess who?) has a new sharing cocktail called The Maggie's Head: the head, Arthur Scargill's (or Bob Crow's, for a contemporary twist) run through on a skewer as a garnish, hopefully. Yes, It's Maggie-mania! Raise a glass, then, to Left-leaning Ms Meryl Streep who, despite getting the walk totally wrong, turns in a creditable performance as Baroness Thatcher, in The Iron Lady, a biopic that opens in cinemas nationwide this week. Despite its true blue credentials, this variant of 1920’s classic, White Lady, might get a bit of a hand-bagging if served to The Iron Lady herself. Maggie’s poison is whisky and, as we discovered,‘the lady is not for turning.’ Make it...
Take 2 shots Plymouth gin, 1 shot each Blue Curaçao and lemon juice. Shake with ice. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Orange peel garnish.
Drink it… at all good hotel bars such as The Grand in Brighton (where the IRA almost did for the old girl) and The Balmoral, Edinburgh (for now, still part of the Union she strove to keep intact). The ex-member for Finchley admires The Goring, London SW1 whose head barman Brian Kinsella provided this recipe.
