As chancellor of the Exchequer, he helped lift Britain with tax cuts and other Conservative measures — the “Lawson Boom” — but harder times followed, and he resigned in bitterness.
Author: ALAN COWELL
Traute Lafrenz, Last Survivor of Anti-Hitler Group, Dies at 103
As a member of the White Rose, a small anti-Nazi resistance group, she used peaceful tactics to try persuading Germans to turn against Hitler.
Myrtle Witbooi, Who Fought for Domestic Workers’ Rights, Dies at 75
She experienced the inequities of the job firsthand in South Africa and helped build national and international unions to address them.
From Coronation to Funeral: Bookends to the Life of a Queen, and a Generation
For 70 years, Elizabeth II was the anchor of a nation’s identity. Charles III now will take on, or recast, that role.
Queen Elizabeth II Dies at 96; Was Britain’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
She ruled for seven decades, unshakably committed to the rituals of her role amid epic social and economic change and family scandal.
David Trimble, Peace Prize Winner in Ulster Strife, Dies at 77
A onetime Protestant firebrand, he surprised adversaries when he helped broker peace in Northern Ireland with the Good Friday pact of 1998.
Eugenio Scalfari, Leading Italian Journalist, Dies at 98
As a founder of La Repubblica, one of the country’s major newspapers, and later as a columnist, he left a mark on civic life.
José Eduardo dos Santos, Longtime Angolan Ruler, Dies at 79
As Angola’s president for 38 years, Mr. dos Santos ended the country’s civil war. He also launched an economic boom, but it mainly benefited his family and friends.
50 Years On, Bloody Sunday’s Wounds Are Still Felt
A half-century after the killings in Northern Ireland, symbols of division and hostility still hold their potency.
The Time Archbishop Tutu Was Searched at the Airport
A former South Africa bureau chief for The Times recalls telling moments with the anti-apartheid religious leader.