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Why the ‘stiff upper lip’ was just a blip in our history
Oliver Cromwell is just one name in a long line of notable blubbers in high places. Dr Thomas Dixon at Queen Mary University of London considers the long history of the British crying.
First broadcast on Making History, 2 August 2016.
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