Chief Beefeater at Tower of London talks about his job before retiring to pursue his passion for railways, steam trains and Thomas the Tank Engine
He has been a Baby Beef, a beard rebel, an aircraftman and a guide to the Princes William and Harry as well as their mother, Princess Diana. He has also escorted the Obamas and the Putins to look at the Crown Jewels.
Why Lansbury quit Parliament over votes for women—then lost by-election to regain his seat
Marc Francis, a member of the Labour majority Opposition on Tower Hamlets Council, looks back 100 years and the remarkable story of George Lansbury who quit Parliament to force a by-election on a point of principle—and how his stand has relevance a century later in today’s economic crisis:
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