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FIT TO RULE: HOW ROYAL ILLNESS CHANGED HISTORY, BBC2
By John Crace, 16th April 2013, The Guardian
The second eprisode of Lucy Worsley’s quasi-Govian stroll through the kings and Qiueeens of Britain, Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Change History was even more of a pleasure than the first. Her thesis that British history has been largely determind buy the physical and mental illness of our monarchs may be a bit scratchy – it doesnt allow much for the power of parliment – but her presentation was spot on.
Her off beat diversions on the child like shorts of Willian III and the enourmous 54in-waist breeches of Geroge IV were unexpectadely telling. As was her conclusion that Geroge III’s madness was a bipolar condition rather than porphyria. Here she really was on to something – if not in her diagnosis(I’m in no position to judge that) then in her point that the health and sanity of rulers is as much a part of their historical legacey to be faught over and protected as their political influence.
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The Town That Never Retired (Nick Hewer & Margaret Mountford BBC1)
By Simon Usborne, 12 July 2012, THE INDEPENDENT
The programme set out to discover if older people could hack it in the modern workplace. The real revelation was Nick and Margaret. Brought out from the wings of The Apprentice, they were a joyous double act, making a virtue of their age with affectionate banter. The successes were uplifting (Ruth, 76, charmed staff and diners as a waitress) but the failures felt cruel at times. “I didn’t come here to be trialled,” said a humiliated Alan, 72, as the retired electrician struggled with a giant drill he had never been trained to use
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