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Jun 2022
39m 12s

Disunited Kingdom: Jubilee Special

THE TIMES
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Carole Walker sits in for Matt Chorley and speaks to journalists from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to get the news from the four corners of the UK. 


Also columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss ethics, nostalgia and being a macho man.


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

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