• The coronation
    Sep 8 2022

    Richard Lambert recalls the excitement at the start of the second Elizabethan age. In 1953 Britain was a deferential society and adulation of the Queen on her coronation was the order of the day.  



    If you'd like to read and listen to more of Tortoise's reporting on the Queen, including photo galleries, an obituary by Matthew d’Ancona and daily reporting on a country turning on a hinge of history, visit tortoisemedia.com


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Show more Show less
    20 mins
  • Public service: strong as a yak
    Sep 9 2022

    Richard Lambert considers the Queen’s commitment to public service and assesses her strengths and weaknesses as a monarch.  



    If you'd like to read and listen to more of Tortoise's reporting on the Queen, including photo galleries, an obituary by Matthew d’Ancona and daily reporting on a country turning on a hinge of history, visit tortoisemedia.com


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Show more Show less
    18 mins
  • The media: speak to us ma’am
    Sep 9 2022

    When the Queen came to the throne the media was deferential to the 25-year-old monarch and her family. But in the 1960s that began to change. Richard Lambert maps the sometimes fractious relationship between the Queen and the press.




    If you'd like to read and listen to more of Tortoise's reporting on the Queen, including photo galleries, an obituary by Matthew d’Ancona and daily reporting on a country turning on a hinge of history, visit tortoisemedia.com


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Show more Show less
    23 mins
  • Head of state
    Sep 12 2022

    Richard Lambert charts the evolving relationship between the Queen, politicians and her Prime Ministers during her reign. 


    If you'd like to read and listen to more of Tortoise's reporting on the Queen, including photo galleries, an obituary by Matthew d’Ancona and daily reporting on a country turning on a hinge of history, visit tortoisemedia.com


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Show more Show less
    24 mins
  • Rule Britannia: the Queen and the world
    Sep 13 2022

    Richard Lambert examines how the Queen navigated the world of international politics as head of state and head of the Commonwealth.


    If you'd like to read and listen to more of Tortoise's reporting on the Queen, including photo galleries, an obituary by Matthew d’Ancona and daily reporting on a country turning on a hinge of history, visit tortoisemedia.com


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Show more Show less
    22 mins
  • The constitution
    Sep 14 2022

    Richard Lambert talks to Professor Vernon Bogdanor, one of the UK’s foremost constitutional experts, about the Queen’s long reign and the state of the monarchy. 


    If you'd like to read and listen to more of Tortoise's reporting on the Queen, including photo galleries, an obituary by Matthew d’Ancona and daily reporting on a country turning on a hinge of history, visit tortoisemedia.com



    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Show more Show less
    32 mins