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More Columnists: Chris Upton: Our 'intelligent' telly that packs us off to bed

I never expected to see eye-to-eye with the Duke of Edinburgh over anything, but the Duke’s recent cri-de-coeur about televisions lifted my spirits. If Prince Philip could do for the television set what his son has done for British architecture (i.e. Full Article at Birmingham Post

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