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Ep. 93 – Willie Redmond MP – John Green

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John Green talks about his relative Irish nationalist politician Major Willie Redmond MP, who was killed at the Battle of Messines in June 1917. Your browser does not support the audio element.


Horatio Bottomley: media mogul, public orator and fraudster

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Horatio Bottomley was, for around 15 years either side of the First World War, one of the best-known and most popular figures in British public life. A Member of Parliament he was also a media mogul, public orator but also a swindler and fraudster. His eventual fall was – with hindsight – as inevitable as it was deserved. His story, which is sum...