Another attempt at my macro shot:
My macro photo project is something to do with bereavement, valuing all that I received from my father. The background text is might suggest he was an airman, which he wasn't. The letter I used probably went to all the armed forces. My father was in the Artillery.
Earlier in the week I went to see the Iron Lady. Much has been written but I've not noticed anyone say that the film is basically about bereavement and coming to terms with loss. Taken from that angle it is a very warm tribute to Margaret Thatcher. Whether it should have been made at this point remains a separate issue, but I think it is a tribute to her as being a genuine Iron Lady in bereavement as well as at the height of her powers.
By this I don't mean a stoical ignoring of loss but of a genuine coming to terms, after a fight, with loss. Perhaps this is being held in tension with previous political battles of will. This is a different kind of iron, one which echoes Paul speaking of strength being made perfect in weakness.
How true to reality the film is in this respect I have no idea, but the intent is I think warm-hearted.
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