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Angry West Rejoices at Last 6 The Island, Thursday 26th January, 2006 Henry VII’s chapel found at Greenwich By Nigel Reynolds, Arts Correspondent has revealed the eastern walls of the chapel, “This is an astonishing survival,” declared As muddy holes go, they don’t get much a 10ft by 5ft section of floor made from black Simon Thurley, the chief executive of English more romantic. Beneath four feet of heavy and white glazed tiles laid geometrically, and, Heritage and author of a study of Tudor south London clay, archaeologists have beneath, a so-far unexplored vault. palaces. uncovered the remains of Henry VII’s lost The floor, at the eastern end of the “For the first time ever we can see close chapel at Greenwich. chapel, almost certainly supported the altar up and in detail the east end of a Tudor royal The site is where he and a host of his before which the Tudor monarchs would chapel. Unlike Hampton Court and St Tudor successors - Henry VIII, Mary Tudor have prayed. James’s Palace, where the chapels have and Elizabeth I - worshipped. The archaeologists may also have been altered, here we can see what Henry The existence of the chapel, part of the unearthed the spot where Henry VIII stood VIII and Queen Elizabeth would have seen. Royal Palace of Placentia, a Tudor favourite during his marriages to Catherine of Aragon These have the potential to throw fresh light but pulled down in the 17th century to be and Anne of Cleves. on the inner workings of the Tudor court.” replaced by Greenwich Hospital - now the Both weddings took place in the Palace of The historian Dr David Starkey was Old Naval College - has long been known Placentia - which means pleasant place to equally enthusiastic. He said: “This gives us a from paintings and records. live - but records do not show whether they real sense of the absolute heart of the palace. But until a bulldozer’s bucket scraped were in the chapel itself or, more probably as “When Henry was married to Catherine of against brickwork a month ago, no physical some historians believe, in a private room or Aragon and Anne of Cleves in the first-floor evidence of the chapel had ever been dis- closet in his quarters overlooking the chapel. closet, what he saw through the window was senior archaeologist, said: “This is the most Bellacourt, it passed to Henry VI who named VIII during the first half of his reign, and his covered. To the east of the chapel, more works the tiled floor and altar that have now been important find I’ve made in the past 10 years.” it L’Pleazaunce or Placentia because of its daughters Mary and Elizabeth were born Careful scratching away by a team of four have unearthed the foundations and fire- revealed.” Placentia is the least known of London’s agreeable situation. there archaeologists from the Museum of London places of its vestry. Julian Bowsher, the Museum of London’s Tudor palaces. Formerly a manor called It was the favourite residence of Henry .(C) The Telegraph Group London 2006 Anger as Radio 4 axes Angry West UK theme tune By Tom Leonard Mr Damazer, a former BBC The BBC faced a revolt by Radio news executive, said the assort- 4 listeners over the station’s deci- ment of tunes from around the sion to axe the UK Theme, the British Isles, including Danny Boy, opening music that has greeted Men of Harlech, What Shall We Do early risers for 33 years. With The Drunken Sailor, Scotland rejoices at last Radio 4’s reputation for having the Brave and Rule Britannia, had By Francis Harris prime minister’s official resi- an audience whose usual civility a “certain kind of poetic and pas- Stephen Harper’s victory was dence in Ottawa. can, when crossed, instantly give toral feeling” but had “clearly way to spirited defiance was re- also a triumph for the English But regional tensions are served its purpose” and was not inforced after the BBC was inun- the best way of serving the early speakers of the Canadian West, never far below the surface in dated with complaints over the lat- morning audience. where anger has been rising for Canada. est tinkering to the schedule. The medley,arranged by the late years over concessions to fran- For four decades, the country Barely had Mark Damazer, Austrian-born musician in part as cophone Quebec. has agonised as Quebec nation- Radio 4’s controller, taken breath a tribute to the unity of the United The region’s rallying cry has alists have twice called referen- after defending his decision on the Kingdom, will be replaced from long been: “The West wants in!” dums on independence. Another Today programme than his angry April by a news, sport and business Rejoicing in Alberta as the is expected within the next few listeners were organising resist- briefing - half an hour before lis- results came in, Mr Harper years. ance, some even calling for his teners are given three hours of exulted: “The West has wanted Mr Harper promises a new sacking. similar material on the Today pro- in. The West is in now. Canada approach. He will hand more A dedicated website was set up gramme. will work for all of us.” power and federal surplus within hours of the announcement “This seems typical of the money to the provinces, reduc- Western alienation from the by a listener in Guildford at BBC’s constant desire to disassoci- ing the role of the East has been so profound that savetheradio4theme.co.uk to peti- ate itself from anything that could federal government and some have argued for independ- tion for a reversal of the decision. be construed as nationalism,” ence, based on Alberta’s enor- allowing local people more The BBC said it had so far wrote one complainant on the mous oil wealth and British power. received more than 100 phone com- Radio 4 website. Conservative leader Stephen Harper addresses an audience after his victory in the Columbia’s dynamic coastal That should help both plaints while others chose to flood Others attacked the obsession Alberta and Quebec and may economy. Canadian elections in Calgary 23 January 2006. the official Radio 4 website with with news bulletins while some explain why the Conservatives Why, many westerners have angry email messages attacking said the theme tune had more per- asked, should their largely And why should their oil All such talk was banished as did better than expected in both the decision to do away with Fritz sonal relevance. French-free English-speaking wealth be used to buy off the West watched one of its own provinces. Quebec and, indeed, the huge head for 24 Sussex Drive, the Spiegl’s jaunty five-minute medley (C) The Telegraph provinces be forced to become (C) The Telegraph province of Ontario? vast Victorian pile that is the of British folk songs to make way Group London 2006 bilingual? Group London 2006 for a 5.30am news bulletin. Minister British diplomat cleared of ‘Cubs could train for jihad’ By Duncan Gardham Abu Hamza, the Muslim plans preacher, told a court yesterday being drunk on plane that children could train for a holy Dutch-only By Richard Alleyne foot with plastic ties before that Roberts, a married father of war by joining the boy scouts. A senior British diplomat being arrested when his jour- three from Passfield, Hants, had Asked if children should go for who went berserk on a flight ney,two months after the Boxing been pleasant for the first five jihad training as he had recom- mended in one of his speeches, language home following the Asian tsuna- Day 2004 tsunami, ended at hours of the flight. But after he Hamza said: “If they want. They mi faced a huge legal bill yester- Heathrow. took his daily dose of Seroxat, By Joan Clements in The Hague could go for scouting or some- day despite being cleared of A jury found him not guilty of the anti-depressant, he began to A code of conduct thing.” drunkenness. drunkenness and agreed that act more erratically and flew Abu Hamza requiring that Dutch be David Perry, prosecuting, Col Peter Roberts, MBE, a 51- said by the prosecution to be a ter- the only language spoken his behaviour was due to the into violent rages. asked: “Do you mean scouts and rorist manual - was not in “circu- in Holland’s streets is year-old defence attaché to anti-depressants he was taking During the case, he claimed cubs? Have your own children lation” and could have been taken being considered by the Thailand, swore at passengers and post-traumatic stress rather that he had suffered flashbacks been to the cub scouts?” by one of the children. and crew and threatened to kill than the three small bottles of after dealing with the dead of Hamza told him: “Maybe one or Right-wing minister for “Maybe they put it on top of the anyone who tried to restrain wine, three whiskies and ports the tsunami and their relatives. two days. Whether it is war or integration. microwave and someone took it. I him on the seven-hour connect- that he consumed on the aero- He said he had been given anti- study, everybody needs training. The announcement by find my books under the computer ing flight from Abu Dhabi to plane. depressants by his doctor and “If the only way to defend Rita Verdonk of the VVD or propping up a table. It is a London.
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