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Hello, this is the Red Box podcast, I'm Matt Chawley. Coming up on today's episode, we look back

at 1952 and how Britain has changed since. Really nice this, you'll remember a few months ago when we

had the state opening of Parliament, we got Jan Ravens, the impressionist from dead winners,

to recreate the Queen's very first speech, the state opening of Parliament, because it wasn't

recorded at the time, so Jan recreated it for us. It still resonates today, Patrick Maguire talks

us through some of it all. We've also got Venetian Mingus, who's a data journalist at the time,

to look at the numbers, crunch the data on how life in Britain changed over the years. Really

nice chat that's coming up in just a word. At a moment we'll hear from our columnist Inja Knight

and James Marriott, but I was incredibly lucky this morning, got it very early and managed to get a

reporting slot to go into Westminster Hall. So this is my report essentially, after I couldn't

take anything into a court, but when I emerged from Westminster Hall, this is my report for Times

Radio. Good morning, good morning, good morning, good morning. I'm beginning this show today,

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