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  1. Peter Lilley on benefit cheats (1994)

    Genre
    Speech; Poetry

    At the Conservative Party Conference in Bournemouth, Social Security Secretary, Peter Lilley says the Government is to launch a crackdown on social security cheats. He recites a rhyme based on Hey Diddle...

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  2. Professor defends authenticity of Shakespeare poem (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Poetry

    The Oxford don who claims to have discovered an unpublished Shakespeare poem is angrily dismissing suggestions that he has mounted a publicity stunt. He insists that the verse is the work of the Bard,...

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  3. Omar Khayyam forgery (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Professor L. P. Elwell-Sutton on the discovery that the manuscript of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam held in Cambridge University Library is a forgery. Male interviewer not identified. Audio...

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  4. Letter from soldier asks forgiveness for killers (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Clare Carson reports from Portsmouth on the reaction of the mother of Stephen Cummins, a Portsmouth soldier murdered by the IRA, to a letter he wrote including a moving poem (which she reads out) and which...

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  5. Resignation of Nicholas Fairbairn - Life & career (1982)

    Genre
    News report; Poetry

    Peter Allen examines the life and career Sir Nicholas Fairbairn, Conservative MP, after his resignation from his post as Solicitor-General for Scotland following his alleged involvement in the Carol X rape...

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  6. Bill Shankly show (1975)

    Genre
    Discussion; Interview

    Celebrity interview on the first Bill Shankly Show with Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Covering Wilson’s life, socialist beliefs, politics, sporting interests and football; drawing on the analogies between...

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  7. The night is young (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Gill Pyrah talks on The Night is Young to Leonard Cohen, in London as part of his European tour. On his background in Canada and early careers in poetry, writing, journalism and TV interviewing and years...

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  8. Prince Charles remembers the sacrifice of British forces (1991)

    Genre
    Speech

    Speech (by Prince Charles, Prince of Wales?) in which he addresses the Lord Mayor of London, Prime Minister John Major and others at the Guildhall in London. On the end of the Gulf war and pays tribute to...

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  9. British armed forces praised after Gulf victory (1991)

    Genre
    Speech

    Part of speech (by Prince Charles, Prince of Wales?) at the Guildhall, London to Prime Minister John major, Lord Mayor and other guests, commending the actions of the British armed forces and their families...

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  10. Winnie the Pooh statue unveiled at London Zoo (1981)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Poetry

    Report on the unveiling of a Winnie the Pooh statue at London Zoo. Includes reading of an excerpt from the Christopher Robin poem about London Zoo- male speaker not identified; comment from Michael Brown of...

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