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A Gesture to Destiny

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

In the early hours of Christmas Day 1950, four young Scots broke into Westminster Abbey and took the Coronation Stone. It was an act that outraged many but delighted others.
Thirty years on, Finlay J. Macdonald talks to some of those who planned and executed this audacious deed and assesses whether the taking of the stone was a major political success or a futile gesture.
Producer LESLIE ROBINSON

Contributors

Talks:
Finlay J. MacDonald
Producer:
Leslie Robinson
Source: Radio Times

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