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When Noel Gallagher Met Tony Blair
Episode 1441
The ‘Cool Britannia’ party - held at 10 Downing Street on 30th July, 1997 - quickly became one of the most iconic events of the New Labour era. Celeb…
15 hours ago
Welcome To Mordor
Episode 1440
When J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring reached British bookshops on 29th July 1954, there was little sign it would become one of the most i…
1 day, 15 hours ago
When Zombies Came To Hollywood
Episode 1439
Independent horror film ‘White Zombie’, starring Bela Lugosi, premiered in New York City’s Rivoli Theatre on July 28th, 1932. It marked the first tim…
2 days, 15 hours ago
Meet Bugs Bunny 🥕
Episode 1438
Warner Brothers’ biggest animated star, Bugs Bunny, made his cartoon debut on July 27th, 1940, in A Wild Hare - though, at the time, he didn’t offici…
3 days, 15 hours ago
Finding Machu Picchu
Episode 1436
American professor Hiram Bingham "discovered" Machu Picchu on 24th July, 1911 - though he initially misidentified it as Vilcabamba, the last strongho…
6 days, 15 hours ago
Radio 1 Hits The Road
Episode 1435
Concerned that it was too London-centric, the BBC commissioned a series of pop-up outside broadcasts for its youth music station Radio 1, kicking off…
1 week ago
Where's Pablo Escobar?
Episode 1434
Pablo Escobar dramatically escaped from La Catedral (aka ‘Hotel Escobar’, his luxurious prison compound) on 22nd July, 1992.
The drugs lord had surr…
1 week, 1 day ago
Herostratus: Burning Ambition
Episode 1433
The fire that destroyed the second Temple of Artemis - one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world - was supposedly set on the day Alexander the Gr…
1 week, 2 days ago
Let's Assassinate Hitler
Episode 1432
Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg tried to kill Hitler with a suitcase bomb on 20th July, 1944. He failed. The plan — bold, desperate, and nearly succes…
1 week, 3 days ago
Publishing Punch
Episode 1430
Punch Magazine published its first edition on 17th July, 1841. Subtitled ‘the London Charivari’, the weekly periodical aimed to carve a niche in the …
1 week, 6 days ago