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The Belgrano Diary: Half a Million Sheep Can't Be Wrong

The Belgrano Diary: Half a Million Sheep Can't Be Wrong

FromThe LRB Podcast


The Belgrano Diary: Half a Million Sheep Can't Be Wrong

FromThe LRB Podcast

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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Mar 28, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

When Argentina invades the Falkland Islands, Margaret Thatcher sends a huge flotilla on an 8000-mile rescue mission – to save a forgotten remnant of the empire, and her premiership. Onboard the nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror, Lieutenant Narendra Sethia starts to keep a diary.This is an extract from the first episode. To listen to the rest of it, and the full series, find 'The Belgrano Diary' in:Apple PodcastsSpotifyor wherever you get your podcasts.Archive:‘Good Morning Britain’/ITV/TV-Am‘Newsnight’/BBC/BBC News‘Falkands War – The Untold Story’/ITV/Yorkshire Television‘Leach, Henry Conyers (Oral history)’/Imperial War Museum‘President Regan’s Press Briefing in the Oval Office on April 5, 1982’/White House Television Office‘Diary’/James M. RentschlerTV Publica/Radio y Televisión Argentina S.EThe Falklands War: Recordings from the Archive/BBC WorldwideParliamentary Recording Unit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Mar 28, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

On the LRB Podcast you'll find recent (and not so recent) pieces read by the author; our 'Close Reading’ series, in which Seamus Perry and Mark Ford consider 20th century poets through the lens of the pieces written about them in the LRB; and a range of other conversations on topics and writers covered in the paper.