Theme Meeting

Presenter Chris Herbert: A courageous and canny Victorian social reformer and a member of the famous tea family, who devoted her life to improving the conditions of the workhouse poor.

Presenter Adrian Martin: Music is an integral part of most of our lives - find out who are the greatest and see if you agree!

Presenter Peter Duffy: A woman ruler in her own name in what was totally a man's world, creator of the modern idea of Spain, of "Hispanidad", of the Spanish empire

Presenter Alan Freeland: Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be ruled by someone with intelligence, charm, empathy, oodles of love, and an ability to fashion a Golden Age. Be careful what

Presenter Lorna Thomas: The Daughter of the Desert. Simultaneously an Iraqi nationalist and a British imperialist. Described by some contemporaries as an arduous and dangerous adventurer - who was the