What The F*** Is Going On? with Mark Steel – Episode 77
What The F*** Is Going On? with Mark Steel
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The Romans Built Things to Last
Charles and Camilla will arrive at Abbey in a carriage pulled by the two zebras that were in the ark. They're a little bit wobbly as they're 3000 years old and still a bit traumatised from the flood. But you have to say this for the Romans, they built things to last. Whether it was roads or viaducts or crucifixes, their handiwork was as sturdy as any. Think how proud the carpenter who made this crucifix would have been if he'd known that bits of it would still be around 2000 years later at King's coronation. And it's certainly an argument in favour of old fashioned carpentry. These days,
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