Uk, Manuel Hassassian. Hes been the he had been the representative of the Palestinian Authority for 15 years to this country. And with years to this country. And with this wednesday marking a year since, a year since the day rishi sunak became Prime Minister although to some it might feel a little bit longer than that. Who better to speak to than the man who literally wrote the book on Prime Ministers . Esteemed ministers . The esteemed political historian, sir Anthony Seldon . Well thats all to come in the show , but first lets in the show, but first lets have a look. Whats in the papers today. Joining me now is the spectator columnist and former member of the european parliament, patrick oflynn. Parliament, patrick oflynn. Lets have a little run through of the papers first. So patrick, youve picked out the sunday times front page as as perhaps the most predominant story this morning. Well, yes, in Old Fashioned newspaper man parlance , theyve newspaper man parlance, theyve got someth
Im at the historic train station at the Shelburne Museum, cspan is learning more about the history. Join us as we take a look at the rail history of vermont. Chip here we are at the train station at the Shelburne Museum, built in 1890 by dr. William stuart webb, a Rutland Railroad, and service with the Central Vermont Railway as well. It was essentially built to help out with Passenger Rail service for this region, but perhaps more importantly for the availability of the webbs to be able to travel as they wish, to go to their summer home, the down to new york city mayor to or to other areas around the country. It was built for shelburne, however, and it served Passenger Rail service up until 1953. When that stopped at that point, Passenger Rail service in this region. It was then given to the Shelburne Museum for posteritys sake, to allow people to be able to see it, and with much of the Railroad Memorabilia that is seen in these stations. It was part of our founders collection over ti
Churchillians sharing stories and planning out what inspired you about winston has been a lovely day and a half. We are more than experts on the family life of Winston Churchill. It was very exciting yesterday to hear celia and Lady Williams talking about what it was like to be a secretary. Part of the project we are doing, we plan to open the secretarys room in 2020. If you want to hear more about that, i terms of churchill and i, was trying to think of what we had in the collection. We got a gift from londonderry of a replica, its one of my favorite items in the house. I was interested yesterday to start to hear a little bit about churchills relationship with attlee, we will hear a lot more about that. We have another family of brs, we have the view ews with us. , professor ofew politics at belfast. Bew, who isjohn i have that wrong. Bew is our politics expert, and john bew is history professor. They are going to give a talk this morning, starting off with john. [applause] can everyb
New york city, or to other areas around the country. It was built for shelburne, however, it served Passenger Rail service up until 1953. When that stopped at that point, Passenger Rail service in this region. It was then given to the Shelburne Museum for posteritys sake, to allow people to be able to see it. It is exhibited with much of the Railroad Memorabilia that is typically seen in these stations. It was part of our founders collection at the time. It was moved overland from the center of shelburne here to the museum, which is not far away. It is probably a little less than a mile, one of the shortest moves that had to happen for the building of the Shelburne Museum. This is a traveling Passenger Rail car, the grand isle, built in 1899 by the palace wagner car company just before it changed ownership to the Pullman Company at the time. The president of the Rutland Railroad, dr. William seward webb, also had use of this car until about 1915 with the Rutland Railroad as a Passenger
Secretarys room in 2020. If you want to hear more about that, theres something in your packs about the project. In terms of churchill and attlee i was trying to think of what we , had in the collection. We have a gift from londonderry of a replica, its one of my favorite items in the house. It is in the library. I was interested yesterday to start to hear a little bit about churchills relationship with attlee. And we will hear a lot more about that. We have another family of writers like the churchills. Bews with us this morning. Im very excited to hear what they will have to say. We have lord bew, professor of politics at Queens University at belfast. And we have john bew, who is professor of i have that wrong. I am sorry. Lord bew is our politics expert, and john bew is history professor, foreign affairs, and awardwinning historian. They are going to give us an excellent talk this morning starting off with john. Thee a warm welcome to bews. [applause] can everybody hear me ok . I wou