The Diamond Jubilee

Interviewees

Dr Lucy Worsley is a British historian, curator, author and TV presenter.

She is Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity looking after The Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace State Apartments, the Banqueting House in Whitehall, and Kew Palace in Kew Gardens.

In 2011 she presented a four-part BBC TV series ‘If Walls Could Talk’ exploring the history of British homes, from peasant's cottages to palaces; She has written a book to accompany the series If Walls Could Talk, an Intimate History of the Home. She also presented the three-part series Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency.

In 2012 she co-presented the three-part television series Antiques Uncovered, with antiques and collectibles expert Mark Hill. Also this year, she presented a series on BBC 4 Harlots, Housewives and Heroines, a three part series on the lives of women after the Civil War and the Restoration of Charles II.

The Rt Revd Nigel McCulloch, Bishop of Manchester and Lord High Almoner

The Rt Rev’d Nigel McCulloch, is the Anglican Bishop of Manchester. In 1997 he was appointed Lord High Almoner to the Queen and took his seat in the House of Lords. Over the last 900 years, the office of Royal Almonry has been given the task of enabling the Sovereign to distribute Alms to the poor, at the annual Royal Maundy service.

Rev McCulloch is the National Chairman of the Council for Christians and Jews. He was elected as Chair of the Greater Manchester Faith & Community Leaders Group and is involved with the Faith Communities on the Greater Manchester Forum. Author of several books, a former columnist for The Times and a frequent broadcaster, he is the Church of England’s senior spokesman on communication issues. Since 2002 he has been the National Chaplain to the Royal British Legion.

Laura Wright

Laura Wright is currently studying opera at the acclaimed Royal College of Music, and to date has sold over one million albums. Laura was one of 2011’s biggest selling classical artists. She was the first soprano to perform at the Olympic Stadium in March, and was mentioned by the Queen in the Commonwealth Day Message at Westminster Abbey where she sang a new Commonwealth song ‘Stronger As One’.

The song is now to feature on Laura’s new album, ‘Glorious’, released through Decca Records - a unique collection of great British songs, old and new, which will celebrate and commemorate the Diamond Jubilee.

The footage of Laura Wright performing at the Westminster Abbey was supplied courtesy of Nexus TV.

Amore

A chance meeting at a coffee shop between bosses at Warner Brothers and a tutor from the Royal College of Music has made a group of singer’s dreams come true. After a band member overheard a conversation about the need for a fresh classical group, Amore formed a four piece and they have released their debut album “Stand Together” on the 28th May. The group is made up of four friends, soprano Monica McGhee, baritone Peter Brathwaite, mezzo soprano Victoria Gray and tenor David Webb.