On Ascent - a podcast by BBC Radio 4
from 2023-05-05T20:00
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The coronation in 1953, which heralded a new Elizabethan age, was accompanied by that most famous of mountaineering exploits - the conquering of Mount Everest.
'This weekend,' writes Sara Wheeler, 'we are not, perhaps regrettably, expecting celebratory rocket-runners from Mars announcing touchdown on the red planet.'
But, Sara suggests, the new Carolean age should be about collective effort rather than focussed on individual achievement.
Producer: Adele Armstrong
Sound: Peter Bosher
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith
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