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I Witnessed History

Written by: The Telegraph
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  • Where were you when 9/11 happened? When Harry married Meghan? When Margaret Thatcher resigned? The Telegraph’s journalists were right there. Each week they tell us what happened when they witnessed history.

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Episodes
  • The day The Telegraph exposed MPs’ Expenses
    Feb 15 2022

    The Telegraph’s Christopher Hope was there when the 2009 MPs’ Expenses Scandal broke. In fact, he broke it. 

    One hard drive, thousands of pages of expense claims covering every MP in the country, and nine days to wade through them before the first story would go to print. Christopher takes us inside the biggest story of his career, and the biggest parliamentary scandal in a generation. 


    Watch Chris talk about that day in a video version of this podcast: https://youtu.be/29w2AAO1OBs|

    For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: https://telegraph.co.uk/audio |

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    13 mins
  • The day Live Aid rocked the world
    Feb 4 2022

    Telegraph Features Writer Mick Brown was in Wembley Stadium during Live Aid, 1985. 

    From one man’s vision to halt famine in Ethiopia, to a stadium packed with 72,000 fans and a television audience of over a billion, Mick Brown relives the world’s most famous rock concert. He captures the atmosphere, the spectacle and the scope of this unique event, and its legacy three decades later. 


    Watch Mick talk about that day in a video version of this podcast: https://youtu.be/IE7bAGR_Iuk|

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    12 mins
  • The day Margaret Thatcher fell
    Jan 28 2022

    The Telegraph’s Assistant Editor Philip Johnston was in Paris when Margaret Thatcher's power started to slip. 

    It was the beginning of the end of the Iron Lady’s reign - and it played out in a cobbled courtyard in the French capital. Philip takes us to the Paris summit where world leaders debated a new world order after the Cold War, as votes to oust the Prime Minister were counted back in Westminster. 


    Watch Philip talk about that day in a video version of this podcast: https://youtu.be/KUzkdo9Phbw |

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    11 mins

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