6 episodes
The Second Elizabethan Age Tortoise
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4.3 • 4 Ratings
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Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Sir Richard Lambert, former Chairman of the British Museum and former editor of the Financial Times reflects on her life and reign, and the ways in which society changed under her rule in this 6 part series.
If you'd like to read and listen to more of Tortoise's reporting on the Queen, including photo galleries, an obituary by Matthew d’Ancona and daily reporting on a country turning on a hinge of history, visit tortoisemedia.com
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The coronation
Richard Lambert recalls the excitement at the start of the second Elizabethan age. In 1953 Britain was a deferential society and adulation of the Queen on her coronation was the order of the day.
If you'd like to read and listen to more of Tortoise's reporting on the Queen, including photo galleries, an obituary by Matthew d’Ancona and daily reporting on a country turning on a hinge of history, visit tortoisemedia.com
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Public service: strong as a yak
Richard Lambert considers the Queen’s commitment to public service and assesses her strengths and weaknesses as a monarch.
If you'd like to read and listen to more of Tortoise's reporting on the Queen, including photo galleries, an obituary by Matthew d’Ancona and daily reporting on a country turning on a hinge of history, visit tortoisemedia.com
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The media: speak to us ma’am
When the Queen came to the throne the media was deferential to the 25-year-old monarch and her family. But in the 1960s that began to change. Richard Lambert maps the sometimes fractious relationship between the Queen and the press.
If you'd like to read and listen to more of Tortoise's reporting on the Queen, including photo galleries, an obituary by Matthew d’Ancona and daily reporting on a country turning on a hinge of history, visit tortoisemedia.com
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Head of state
Richard Lambert charts the evolving relationship between the Queen, politicians and her Prime Ministers during her reign.
If you'd like to read and listen to more of Tortoise's reporting on the Queen, including photo galleries, an obituary by Matthew d’Ancona and daily reporting on a country turning on a hinge of history, visit tortoisemedia.com
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Rule Britannia: the Queen and the world
Richard Lambert examines how the Queen navigated the world of international politics as head of state and head of the Commonwealth.
If you'd like to read and listen to more of Tortoise's reporting on the Queen, including photo galleries, an obituary by Matthew d’Ancona and daily reporting on a country turning on a hinge of history, visit tortoisemedia.com
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The constitution
Richard Lambert talks to Professor Vernon Bogdanor, one of the UK’s foremost constitutional experts, about the Queen’s long reign and the state of the monarchy.
If you'd like to read and listen to more of Tortoise's reporting on the Queen, including photo galleries, an obituary by Matthew d’Ancona and daily reporting on a country turning on a hinge of history, visit tortoisemedia.com
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Customer Reviews
Interesting history but rather blinkered
You’ll find some revealing details and insights into the Queen’s life, style of governance and diplomacy, and approach to some of the social and global changes that took place during her reign, but don’t expect any critical thinking about her or the monarchy as an institution, and some stuff is completely elided—no mention is made of the decay of the rigid class system during the 20th century or the general socioeconomic shift to the left. And some info is just plain false—it’s claimed that there is no republican movement in the UK and that the average Brit still finds criticism of the monarchy offensive. This despite the anti-monarchist group Republic claiming 80,000 members, protests erupting at the Queen’s funeral, and the Sex Pistols’ “God Save the Queen” having reached #1 on the British charts in the 70s! So take this show with a grain of salt.