Left Hand, Right Hand

Henry, 1st Earl of Londesborough (1834-1900) was one of Osbert Sitwell’s (1892-1969) grandfathers so unsurprisingly he features in Osbert’s memoir Left Hand, Right Hand.

SAS: Rogue Heroes

  I’ve made a bit of a bloomer. Fortunately only two know (Bertie was asleep), Robert and Annnabel.

The King’s Speech

“This is the first broadcast made by a British monarch on radio. King George V opened the British Empire Exhibition on 23 April 1924. In his speech, broadcast by the BBC, he thanks all those who worked to deliver such a ‘magnificent result’, despite challenges such as the ‘unfavourable weather’.” (British Library website.)