Podcast Episodes
Back to Search'I created the duck cake from Bluey'
First published in 1980, the Australian Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book brought novelty cakes to the masses.
From the swimming pool fill…
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Canada's controversial resettlement programme
In 1954, a massive government-run resettlement programme began in Canada.
This saw the relocation of nearly 30,000 people from isolated ‘outport’ fish…
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The battle of Mandalay in WW2
In March 1945, the British Fourteenth Army were advancing on the city of Mandalay in central Burma, now known as Myanmar, which was held by the Japan…
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Asha Bhosle: The world's most recorded artist
In 2011 Asha Bhosle, India’s queen of melody, was officially named the most recorded artist in music history. The Guinness World Record recognised th…
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The tortoise and the hippo
When the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami struck the coast of Kenya, a baby hippo named Owen was swept out to sea and separated from his family.
After being …
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Kenya's power-sharing deal
In 2008, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and his rival Raila Odinga signed an unprecedented power-sharing deal to end a wave of violence that had left m…
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The last of the Mau Mau fighters
In 1963, as Kenya celebrated independence from British rule, one of the last Mau Mau fighters came out of hiding and laid down her arms.
Muthoni Kiri…
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Treetops: The day a princess became a queen
In 1952, Princess Elizabeth became queen while staying at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya. But she wouldn't make the discovery until hours later.
The 25-y…
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Finding the den of the Tsavo man-eaters
In 1997, scientists travelled to Tsavo, Kenya, in search of a cave believed to have been the den of the man-eating lions that terrorised railway work…
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The origins of the all-inclusive holiday
Holidaymakers arrived at the first Club Med resort on the Spanish island of Majorca in the summer of 1950.
Founded by the Belgian water polo player G…
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