Letters That Changed Britain
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2023
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
What do Queen Victoria, Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens and an anonymous prostitute have in common? They all wrote letters to The Times that rewrote history.
Matt is joined by Letters Editor Andrew Riley and Archive Editor Rose Wild to dip into the notable notes that changed Britain.
Plus Manveen Rana and Jimmy McLoughlin discuss tax, Turkey and avoiding parking fines.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Alex Dibble from The Times. There's so much happening in the world right now. |
| 0:04.0 | How do you stay on top of it? |
| 0:06.0 | On the World in 10 podcast, near my team, sit down and go through it all in just 10 minutes. |
| 0:11.0 | The Times correspondents join us with eyewitness accounts and interviews. |
| 0:15.0 | I was actually on the orthopedic ward, almost all the injuries are shell-fired. |
| 0:19.0 | A woman who was inside the police van. |
| 0:21.0 | They also give us their unique analysis of world events. |
| 0:25.0 | Give the world in 10 and listen. It is 10 minutes to stay on top of the world. |
| 0:30.0 | Hello, this is the Red Box Podcast. |
| 0:35.0 | I'm Matt Shorley. Don't forget you can listen to my Times Radio show Live Monday, Friday, 10 to 1. |
| 0:41.0 | Free on your DAB radio, on your smart speaker, or on the Times Radio app. |
| 0:46.0 | But here on the podcast, we always bring you the best bits coming up today. |
| 0:50.0 | What's a Queen Victoria, Charles Dickens and Arthur Conan Doyle all having common day |
| 0:55.0 | letters to the Times, which changed Britain, or at least tried to. |
| 0:59.0 | We dip into the post bag archive to see some of the biggest names who wrote letters and then re-wrote history. |
| 1:05.0 | So that's coming up in just a moment. But first, as ever, we kick off with our columnist panel. |
| 1:09.0 | The columnists on Times Radio. |
| 1:13.0 | Yes, it's that time of the morning where we take a look at what's going on in the news. |
| 1:19.0 | And I'm delighted today to be joined by Mamvee Riner. |
| 1:21.0 | First of the time is Story of Our Times Podcast time, Mamvee. |
| 1:24.0 | Hello. |
| 1:25.0 | Nice to be with us. And Jimmy McLaughlin, former business advisor at number 10. Morning, Jimmy. |
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