the pandemic hit and they took a gamble. it was the thought of us being either side of the mersey. not together. and that was why you just thought, let s do it. let s do it. life s too short. welcome to st george s. thank you. wow. we ve planned something very special. come with me. looking forward. this summer, this is where they will tie the knot. 0h. oh, wow. and to complete their culinary cruise around the world, we ve arranged one last stop. it s scouse! yes! this is what we re having for our meal after the wedding. cheers. love you, too. this was a song ian gave to sue just before the pandemic hit, just before their real adventure began.
punished, it actually emboldens more people to do it, and it shows american workers, if you act collectively you can win more. there s a psychological pandemic of the pandemic, the life s too short feeling. look at these numbers, 1952, 2.7 million workers on strike. in 2020, 27,000, that s a factor of a thousand diminution. a lot of zeroes. we think of the world war ii period and the period afterwards as this period of kind of national unity, but it was an intense period of labor strikes, shortages in goods, high inflation. there are some similarities there. there are, and there s also similarities to the 33- 34 period, meaning 1933, 1934. there was a lot of individual misery. i talk about in the new book, i make comparisons, what work
but the 32 year old has followed an unusual path into the sport, having first achieved huge success as an equestrian. our sports correspondent, andy swiss, has been to meet her. if my accident s taught me anything, it s, life s too short. because i m lucky to still be here today, it makes you want to get as much as you can out of life. powering to the paralympics, for suzanna hext, the latest stop on a remarkable sporting journey. from her earliest years she loved riding and hext became a talented eventer, when in 2012 a horse reared up and fell on top of her, leaving her with life changing injuries. i felt like my whole world had fallen apart. i shattered my pelvis, broke my back, had a head injury injury, spinal injuries, crushed my shoulder. the thing that kind of kept me going is the london 2012 paralympics was on tv when i was in hospital, so when my surgeon said, you ll never walk again, you ll never ride again, i was kind of a bit like, actually,
a new lease of life. sings in welsh. the two outside rows are like the white notes ona piano. plays harp. ..which means you get that nice echo sound, and the middle row are like the black notes. but i won t demonstrate because i never tune them, because life s too short. this is the triple harp, an instrument only played by a handful of people across the world. i think it s europe s only unbroken harping tradition. so it very nearly did die out, but it s great that recently i think there has been a surge in interest in young people. cerys is member of avanc, a welsh folk band formed of young musicians from all over wales. 0ver lockdown they recorded and collaborated remotely, streaming their performances to thousands across social media. would you say doing these