Living Gratefully: Alastair Bruce opens up to Mona Siddiqui

Mona Siddiqui speaks to Alastair Bruce, Governor of Edinburgh Castle and a reservist in the Army. Alastair has a deep interest in royal and constitutional matters and works as a historian and commentator for Sky News,  as well as being a historical adviser on many drama productions such  as Downton Abbey and The King’s Speech. Here he speaks of gratitude for his privileged background, his service in the army, the UK’s relationship to the monarchy and the reasons why promoting diversity and inclusion in the Army matter so much to him. 

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In a time like no other we have known before; a time when we are living closely with some, distantly from most others, this podcast series examines human relationships, how we form them and what they mean to us, against a background of what it means to feel gratitude.Our host, scholar and broadcaster Mona Siddiqui, asks the probing questions, and her guests – musician Ricky Ross, author Val McDermid, former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams among others – open their hearts and minds. Living Gratefully examines how gratitude shapes our relationships with others, and how cultural relationships shape public discourse.