Background
Mrs. Currie was born on October 13, 1946, in Liverpool, United Kingdom, to an Orthodox Jewish family
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Elaine Stalker, newly elected MP, has worked hard for her election to Westminster. But the unequivocally masculine atmosphere of the House of Commons is a hostile environment for an attractive, ambitious woman and Elaine is frustrated when her talents are ignored. Relishing his powerful role as wheeler-dealer, whip Roger Dickson provides a sympathetic ear for Elaine. At first their relationship is strictly professional; but a shared passion for politics proves an aphrodisiac and late-night sittings offer ample opportunities for discussions of a more private nature...
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An extraordinarily vivid portrait of how the world could look - and think - one hundred years from now. It is a place where 'cloning' is not mentioned in polite society, but its influence is everywhere. And whilst there is progress in the battle against ageing and disease, there is also a darker side to the scientific breakthroughs, as Bill Strether, US Ambassador to London, is about to discover...
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(As the rumours subside and the cheering stops, Elaine Sta...)
As the rumours subside and the cheering stops, Elaine Stalker MP watches with a pang of regret as Roger Dickson takes up the reins of government as Prime Minister. She has intimate knowledge of just how competent and decent her ex-lover is, but his new role of necessity curtails their close friendship. Yet Roger recognises Elaine's drive and quickly appoints her Junior Minister in a newly created government department. It is a political hot seat, and one that finds Elaine ruefully concluding that in the corridors of power, a woman's place is usually in the wrong... A powerful sequel to A Parliamentary Affair.
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(Hetty Clarkson is a typical modern woman: attractive, rom...)
Hetty Clarkson is a typical modern woman: attractive, romantic and single. Her situation is the same as that of thousands of twenty- and thirty-somethings arriving in London each year, with one small exception. She is old enough to be their mother. It wasn't meant to be like this, but blame that on her philandering husband. When she caught him cheating with a younger woman, Hetty's traditional views of marriage hit the buffers. One divorce later, and Hetty is discovering that the etiquette books for the mid-life single woman haven't been written yet... In turn sexy and poignant, Chasing Men lifts the lid on how Hetty copes and finds contentment. In an age when mid-life singles are the fastest growing group in society, Edwina Currie has delivered a terrific and timely novel.
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A skilfully crafted tale of sex, spin and political skulduggery. Frank's rise up the greasy pole has seen his career reach Cabinet status, and the myriad problems that accompany it - a wife, a mistress and a spin-doctor screaming for him to choose between the two... Social Security Secretary Diane has the sort of sexual appetite that would make Bill Clinton blush. And though her newest office recruit, the young and good-looking Edward, is everything she could wish for, he is about to make her life heart-rendingly complicated... The Leader of the New Democrats, meanwhile, is facing pressure from his party to marry his attractive ambitious girlfriend. And far from relieving the accompanying stress, Benedict's pursuit of martial arts is about to turn his life upside down...
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(In the late 1980s, when she began keeping a diary, Edwina...)
In the late 1980s, when she began keeping a diary, Edwina Currie was the second most prominent woman in British politics - after Margaret Thatcher. Indeed, she was often spoken of as a potential prime minister. Her outspokenness and her lively, media-friendly personality won her a much higher profile than her status as a junior minister would otherwise have commanded. When she was forced to resign from the Government after warning of the danger signs of salmonella infection in eggs, she was already a national figure. The appearance of these diaries is a significant publishing event. Like Alan Clark's diaries, they provide an insight into politics at the top, by a writer with an observant eye and a sharp sense of humour. Edwina Currie's honesty, frankness and courage make these unexpurgated diaries an irresistible read. Their revelation of her four-year affair with former Prime Minister John Major has already been a media sensation.
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(Helen Majinsky is sixteen, Jewish and confused. She is al...)
Helen Majinsky is sixteen, Jewish and confused. She is also in love - like every Merseyside schoolgirl - with four mop-topped young men, seduced by the Cavern Club and the exciting sound of 1963. In the year The Beatles have the world at their feet, Helen dreams secretly of reaching university and leaving Liverpool. Her Liverpool. Her world. For a grammar school girl to even consider a future outside the city is to break taboos stronger than the Mersey undertow, and as the prospect of a place at Oxbridge shimmers into view, Helen knows she is restrained by the very forces of stability she longs to escape. But when love intervenes - with Michael Levison, a locally stationed US serviceman - Helen finds the means to break the chains of the old life, and her guide through the hidden dangers of the new...
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Mrs. Currie was born on October 13, 1946, in Liverpool, United Kingdom, to an Orthodox Jewish family
Edwina Currie went to the Liverpool Institute High School for Girls in Blackburne House, in the Canning area of Liverpool, where she was deputy Head Girl.
Mrs. Currie studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at St. Anne's College, Oxford, where she was taught by Gabriele Taylor, obtaining Master of Arts in 1972. The same year she gained Master of Science from the London School of Economics.
Mrs. Currie was a member of Birmingham City Council, 1975-1986, chairman of Social Services Committee, 1979-1980, and chairman of Housing Committee, 1982-1983.
From 1975 till 1982 Edwina Currie was a member of Birmingham Area Health Authority, during 1981-1983 she acted as a chairman of Central Birmingham Health Authority. Since 1983 she became a member of Parliament.
Between 1983 and 1986 Mrs. Currie served as a member of Select Committee on Health and Social Services. During the period of 1984-1985 she was a member of British Broadcasting Corporation General Advisory Council. She also held the post of a Parliamentary Private Secretary to Department of Education, 1985-1986.
Edwina Currie was appointed Junior Minister at the Department of Health and Social Security in 1986-1988. Mrs. Currie was forced to resign in December 1988, after she issued a warning about salmonella in British eggs. The statement that "most of the egg production in this country, sadly, is now affected with salmonella" sparked outrage among farmers and egg producers, and caused egg sales in the country to decline rapidly, by 60 percent.
The loss of revenue led to the slaughter of four million hens. Although the statement was widely interpreted as referring to "most eggs produced", in fact it related to the egg production flock; there was indeed evidence that a mid-1980s regulation change had allowed salmonella to get a hold in flocks. However, Edwina Currie failed to clarify this distinction.
Long after the furore died down, in 2001, it was revealed that a covered-up Whitehall report produced months after Mrs. Currie's resignation found that there had been a "salmonella epidemic of considerable proportions."
From 1970 to 1971 she was an Economic assistant at Department of Trade and Industry. In 1978-1981 she took up the post of the Head of Business Studies, Bromsgrove School.
In 1991, Mrs. Currie became the first Conservative MP to appear on the BBC topical panel show Have I Got News for You. She appeared again two years later, in a special episode commemorating the release of Margaret Thatcher's memoirs, opposite fellow Liverpudlian (and Liverpool Institute alumnus) Derek Hatton.
After the 1992 General Election, she declined a request from Prime Minister John Major to take up a position as Minister of State for the Home Office.
In June 1994, she contested the European Parliament seat of Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes, but lost the seat to Labour's Eryl McNally by 94,837 votes to 61,628 votes. After fourteen years as a member of the House of Commons, Edwina Currie lost her parliamentary seat of South Derbyshire in the 1997 General Election. She attempted to be selected as a Conservative candidate for the European Parliament election of 1999, but was unsuccessful.
Edwina Currie is the author of six novels, four works of non-fiction. She remains an outspoken public figure, with a reputation for being "highly opinionated," and currently earns her living as an author and media personality.
From the time she lost her seat in 1997, Mrs. Currie has maintained a presence in the media. From 1998 to 2003, she hosted a late evening talk show on BBC Radio Five Live, Late Night Currie. In 2002, she moved to HTV, presenting the television programme Currie Night until 2003. Since then, she has appeared in a string of reality television programmes, such as Wife Swap, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Hell's Kitchen.
In September 2011, Edwina Currie took part in the ninth series of Strictly Come Dancing. In November 2014, Currie took part in the fourteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Edwina Currie was a prominent politician, media personality and writer. She is the author of six novels, and has also written four works of non fiction. In September 2002, publication of Mrs. Currie's Diaries (1987–92) caused a sensation, as they revealed a four-year affair with colleague (and later Prime Minister) John Major between 1984 and 1988.
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(In the late 1980s, when she began keeping a diary, Edwina...)
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(Hetty Clarkson is a typical modern woman: attractive, rom...)
(A skilfully crafted tale of sex, spin and political skuld...)
(Helen Majinsky is sixteen, Jewish and confused. She is al...)
She is however not particularly religious, stating in an February 2000 interview that she found "religious mumbo jumbo hard to swallow in any faith."
In February 1994, she tabled an amendment to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill to lower the age of consent for homosexual sexual acts to 16. This amendment was defeated by 307 votes to 280, although a subsequent amendment resulted in the reduction of the homosexual age of consent from 21 to 18; final equalisation was achieved in 2000. That same month, Edwina Currie voted against the death penalty for murder, having previously voted in favour of it in 1983.
Quotations: "I am a fulltime politician, so I write for fun and to have another voice. My last two books, novels set in Parliament, have been particularly successful."
Founder President, Women into Business, 1989-1991.
On 1 July 1972, Mrs. Currie married accountant Ray Currie in Barnstaple, Devon. They had two children (Deborah, Susannah) and divorced in 1997. During this marriage Edwina Currie had a four-year affair with John Major, later Prime Minister, which she revealed in September 2002. Edwina and Ray were the subject of an edition of the BBC's The Other Half documentary series, broadcast in March 1984.
On 24 May 2001, in Southwark, Edwina Currie married retired detective John Jones, whom she had met when he was a guest on her radio programme in 1999. Mrs.Currie lives in Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire.
