How Mrs T bought her own ironing board

The lady may not have been for turning, but it now appears Margaret Thatcher was one for ironing.

Thanks to the release of formerly private documents from the National Archives, including details of expenditure at 10 Downing Street with handwritten notes, we have now learned, via the Daily Mail, that Mrs Thatcher was so shocked by the costs involved in revamping her new prime ministerial home that she volunteered to pay £19 for a new ironing board herself.