Wonders of the World: Big Ben
Wonders of the World on The Hard Shoulder
English - April 15, 2020 19:00 - 10 minutes - 2.45 MBArts Education radio Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This week, Danielle O'Donovan told the story behind Big Ben, Westminster and the Houses of Parliament from the mid-nineteenth century, when a political hot potato was tossed between the two sides of the house as they seek an architect for their new parliament.
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