We can only imagine the sheer terror she felt when Mary I’s council turned up at her doorstep on the 16th March to formally charge her with being involved in Wyatt’s Rebellion, the revolt which had taken place in January and February 1554. The twenty-year-old Elizabeth had been taken to the Tower on 18th March 1554, Palm Sunday. Nobody knows what was going through Elizabeth’s mind as she left the Tower on the anniversary of her mother’s execution, but being released from the Tower was not a relief for the young woman as she feared that she was going to be assassinated on her way to Woodstock, where she was going to be placed under house arrest. The first episode, on Education, “starts with a sketch making the best use of the chimes of Big Ben I’ve ever heard” according to David Hepworth in the Guardian.On this day in history, 19th May 1554, the 18th anniversary of her mother Anne Boleyn's execution at the Tower of London, the future Elizabeth was released from her prison in the Tower of London and placed under house arrest.
The bell took centre stage at London 2012 when it was struck by Team GB cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins during the opening ceremony.Īs a second alternative, there’s Little Ben, at Victoria station which is an replica of the Elizabeth Tower, but no bell.Ĭomedy series The Pin with Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen returned to Radio 4 in July for Series Three. While it too is silent – it is considered too loud to strike as it would disturb neighbours – it was commissioned from the Whitechapel Foundry which also made Big Ben.
With Big Ben silenced and tours to the Elizabeth Tower suspended, visit the Olympic bell in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Composer Benjamin Till created a piece for the 150th anniversary of Big Ben chiming for the first time which included all the churches and institutions from the longer version of playground favourite Oranges and Lemons. Listen to Oranges and Lemons by Benjamin Till.Īnother case of Big Ben inspiring art work. The works coincided with the 90th anniversary of Big Ben’s chimes heralding in the New Year and are available on BBC iPlayer.ģ. (Yui Mok/PA)īarnsley’s Ian McMillan was commissioned to write seven poems to celebrate the sounds of the bells in 2013.
Head to the website here and follow the instructions to save the file to give every phone call gravitas.Ģ. The Parliament website offers MP3 files of the chimes of Big Ben as well as the bell being struck as a ringtone. The bell is still scheduled to sound for significant events like Remembrance Sunday and New Year’s Eve, but for anyone hoping to keep Big Ben’s E note ringing on a more regular basis, here are some alternatives.ġ. The chimes of Big Ben are set to be silenced until 2021 during restoration work on the Elizabeth Tower and the Great Clock.
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