I shared a cuppa with Churchill's daughter
Darn! I’ve done it again. Missed knowing at least three fascinating people until they were dead.
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Shirley Tart: Our Queen deserves a medal
Who on earth would want her job? A day after making headlines by announcing she will not be attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting this year, the Queen was today centre stage again as the Government lays out its plans for the year ahead.
Majesty of service is perfect end to Margaret Thatcher’s eventful life
And so the end was as majestic as we expected and as loving as at the close of her long and so eventful life, as Margaret Thatcher would surely have wanted writes Shirley Tart.
TV review: Margaret Thatcher: Prime Minister
Never in the annals of TV rescheduling have so many programmes replaced planned viewing on a Monday night.
Margaret Thatcher: Memories of a remarkable lady
Shirley Tart looks back at her meetings with Margaret Thatcher.
Trailblazer Diana to take High Sheriff role
As Diana Flint prepares to become Shropshire’s High Sheriff, she talks to Shirley Tart about her ambitions for her year in office.
Dame Vera Lynn still going strong at 95
Dame Vera Lynn – the forces’ sweetheart of World War Two and a national treasure – today reveals some of the secrets of her incredible life in a rare public interview with the Shropshire Star. Dame Vera, now aged 95, is rarely seen in public.
Blog: Welcome home Prince Harry
Well he wasn’t sent there for fun, was he? And while it’s sobering to actually hear from Prince Harry himself that he has fired at Taliban fighters when he had to during his four-month stint in Afghanistan, it should hardly come as a surprise writes Royal Correspondent Shirley Tart.
Mary Whitehouse fought for beliefs right to the very end
It was the most extraordinary phone call anyone had ever asked me to make. The elderly, bed-bound lady I was visiting handed me a number, said she couldn’t see too well and would I mind dialling it writes Shirley Tart.
Blog: Smiles and sunshine at Shrewsbury Flower Show
It was a day of brilliant sunshine, a throng of thousands and smiling faces everywhere. Nothing less than a perfect flower show day writes Shirley Tart.
Queen's James Bond Olympic stunt a roaring success
Me, staring at the television: Of course it’s the Queen, I’d know her anywhere. None of the lookalikes are as, well, as lookalike as that!
Murray's mum lives every point
Shirley Tart watches an anxious mother and a gathering of royals and former tennis champions cheer Andy Murray one step further on at Wimbledon.