St Paul's Church, Bedford Chapel in St Paul’s was used by the BBC as the studio for broadcasting the Daily Service and "The Epilogue" not only nationally but throughout Europe. This extraordinary period in the church’s history is fittingly commemorated by an inscription on the floor at the entrance of the chapel: THE BBC BROADCAST THE CHRISTIAN MESSAGE FROM THIS CHAPEL 1941-1945 IN THE DARKNESS OF WAR: NATION SHALL SPEAK PEACE UNTO NATION THEY SHALL BEAT THEIR SWORDS INTO PLOUGHSHARES HOPE THROUGH RECONCILIATION FORGIVENESS THROUGH UNDERSTANDING PEACE Secondly, at the southern end of the high altar rail, an inscription on a wooden panel records
Rainbow nation Rainbow nation Rainbow nation is a term coined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu to describe post-apartheid South Africa, after South Africa's first fully democratic election in 1994. The phrase was elaborated upon by President Nelson Mandela in his first month of office, when he proclaimed: "Each of us is as intimately attached to the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous jacaranda trees of Pretoria and the mimosa trees of the bushveld – a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world.." The term was intended to encapsulate the unity of multi-culturalism and the coming-together of people of