The Coronation: 2 June 1953
2-Jun-2003
Fifty years ago Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was crowned sovereign of Great Britain and Northern Ireland according to the ancient ceremony of the Coronation. This...
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HRH Prince William of Wales
17-Jun-2003
Just after 9.00pm on 21 June 1982 Prince William Arthur Philip Louis Windsor was born at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, in London. The eldest son of the Prince and...
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Scotland: A British Journey
15-Jul-2003
This is my country, The land that begat me. These windy spaces. Are surely my own. And those who here toil. In the sweat of their faces. Are flesh of my flesh. And bone of my bone...
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Pub Signs
12-Aug-2003
In early medieval times in Britain, most people brewed ale for their own use; if they had a surplus to sell they would put out an alestake (a pole with a spring of greenery attached) to...
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Transports of Delight
18-Sep-2003
Toy collecting is an increasingly popular pastime in the UK with over 30,000 avid collectors searching for toys made between 1910 and 1970. This so-called 'golden age' was a...
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The British Museum 1753-2003
7-Oct-2003
One of the world's greatest museums, The British Museum was founded by Act of Parliament in 1753 as a new kind of institution 'for the Inspection and Entertainment of the learned...
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Christmas 2003
4-Nov-2003
Dumfriesshire-based Andy Goldsworthy creates sculpture in the landscape using the materials of nature immediately to hand and the chance conditions of place, time, weather...
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England Winners!
19-Dec-2003
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