In the song "The Fletcher Memorial Home", Waters lists her as one of multiple "incurable tyrants and kings" interred at the titular asylum; in the closing line, he quietly speaks of applying the Final Solution to all of them.
toward the end of the track "Four Minutes", when a portion of her speech to the 1983 Scottish Conservative Party Conference can be heard: "...our own independent nuclear deterrent, which has helped to keep the peace for nearly 40 years.
[27] British indie band Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine depicted Thatcher on the sleeve of their 1995 single "The Young Offender's Mum".
[30] Described by a music critic in 2011 as "strikingly original, and catchy to the point of irritation", the track was a "fusion" of Thatcher's "uncompromising speeches with a slowly-evolving post-acid house backing";[31] it reached #68 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1991.
[35] Notable works include: In May 1985, a portrait of Thatcher titled Welcome to Kuala Lumpur by artist Ruskin Spear was displayed at the preview of the Royal Academy's 217th Summer Exhibition at Burlington House, London.
Additionally, the painting featured another figure, bearing a resemblance to Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, although the identity was not explicitly stated.
[45][46][47] Thatcher was one of eight notable Britons cited in Norwegian Bjørge Lillelien's famous "Your boys took a hell of a beating" commentary at the end of England’s shock 2–1 defeat to Norway in September 1981.