Richard Todd actor also narrated at least one TV documentary about the Dambusters and contributed forewords to many books on the subject, including "The Dam Busters" by Jonathan Falconer (2003), "Filming the Dam Busters" by Jonathan Falconer (2005) and most recently "Bouncing-Bomb Man: The Science of Sir Barnes Wallis" by Iain Murray (2009). Todd died at his home near Grantham, Lincolnshire on 3 December 2009. His body was buried between his two sons Seamus and Peter at St. Guthlac's Church in Little Ponton, in the county of Lincolnshire. The gravestone's epitaph reads – "Richard Andrew Palethorpe Todd, 1919–2009, husband of Virginia and
Cultural depictions of Margaret Thatcher During her political career, Margaret Thatcher was the subject or the inspiration for several protest songs. Paul Weller was a founding member of Red Wedge collective, which unsuccessfully sought to oust Thatcher with the help of music. In 1987, they organised a comedy tour with British comedians Lenny Henry, Ben Elton, Robbie Coltrane, Harry Enfield and others. Less than two months after Thatcher resigned, musical acid house group V.I.M. released a rave track titled "Maggie's Last Party". Described by a music critic in 2011 as "strikingly original, and catchy to the point of irritation", the track was a "fusion" of