Now the blog is primarily a place for history, and while I will wander off across Italy, Israel and as far away as Sri Lanka and Canada, it is stories of the past which always draw me back.
And when that story is a discussion by masters of their chosen subject, it just has to appear here.
So this is the link to today's programme from Radio 4 on William Cecil, from the series, In Our Time, hosted by Melvin Bragg.
I am a great fan of In Our Time, which like a box of chocolates offers up a bewildering array of interesting topics, and not all about history.
There have been some riveting programs, on aspects of literature, religion, mathematics and science, but it is the history ones that I like most, and today's was on William Cecil, with "Melvyn Bragg and guests discussing the impact on the British Isles of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, the most powerful man in the court of Elizabeth I.
He was both praised and attacked for his flexibility, adapting to the reigns of Protestant and Catholic monarchs and, under Elizabeth, his goal was to make England strong, stable and secure from attack from its neighbours.
He sought control over Ireland and persuaded Elizabeth that Mary Queen of Scots must die, yet often counselled peace rather than war in the interests of prosperity”.*
The panel consisted of Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church at the University of Oxford, Susan Doran, Professor of Early Modern British History at the University of Oxford and, John Guy, Fellow of Clare College, University of Cambridge and the producer was Simon Tillotson.
I listened to it live, and then on the repeat which includes bits that were not on the original broadcast, along with a book list.
And because it was the wireless we even had a contribution from the producer, asking the panel if they wanted “tea or coffee” ………….. and that is Radio Four at its best.
Picture; Detail from a portrait of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, after 1585, and William Cecil presiding over the Court of Wards and Liveries, 1560-1590
*William Cecil, In Our Time BBC Radio 4, https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002zq6
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| William Cecil, after 1585 |
So this is the link to today's programme from Radio 4 on William Cecil, from the series, In Our Time, hosted by Melvin Bragg.
I am a great fan of In Our Time, which like a box of chocolates offers up a bewildering array of interesting topics, and not all about history.
There have been some riveting programs, on aspects of literature, religion, mathematics and science, but it is the history ones that I like most, and today's was on William Cecil, with "Melvyn Bragg and guests discussing the impact on the British Isles of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, the most powerful man in the court of Elizabeth I.
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| William Cecil at the court of Wards and Liveries, 1560-1590 |
He sought control over Ireland and persuaded Elizabeth that Mary Queen of Scots must die, yet often counselled peace rather than war in the interests of prosperity”.*
The panel consisted of Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church at the University of Oxford, Susan Doran, Professor of Early Modern British History at the University of Oxford and, John Guy, Fellow of Clare College, University of Cambridge and the producer was Simon Tillotson.
I listened to it live, and then on the repeat which includes bits that were not on the original broadcast, along with a book list.
And because it was the wireless we even had a contribution from the producer, asking the panel if they wanted “tea or coffee” ………….. and that is Radio Four at its best.
Picture; Detail from a portrait of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, after 1585, and William Cecil presiding over the Court of Wards and Liveries, 1560-1590
*William Cecil, In Our Time BBC Radio 4, https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002zq6
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