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What You Didn't Know About VE Day
Episode 1136
Today is the 80th anniversary of ‘Victory in Europe Day’, but despite the popular impression of the joyous street parties and jubilant crowds that to…
8 months ago
Hanging Lord Haw Haw
Episode 1135
Nazi propagandist William Joyce, best known to British radio listeners as ‘Lord Haw Haw’, was hanged by Albert Pierrepoint at Wandsworth Prison on 3r…
8 months ago
Never In The Field Of Human Conflict
Episode 1134
Winston Churchill had only been Prime Minister for three months when, on 20th August, 1940, he delivered ‘The Few’ - one of his most iconic speeches …
8 months, 1 week ago
World War Two's Weirdest Battle
Episode 1133
Americans and Nazis fought side-by-side in the ‘Battle For Castle Itter’ on 5th May, 1945 - an attempt to free high-profile French prisoners from a 1…
8 months, 1 week ago
The Shapes in the Sky
Scientists from around the world gathered in Rome on 2nd May 1922 to agree on a definitive list of 88 constellations, which up until then had been an…
8 months, 1 week ago
Are You A Frequent Flyer?
Episode 1130
In the deregulated skies of the 1980s, airlines needed new ways to make customers feel special. Enter the first major frequent flyer program, America…
8 months, 1 week ago
Land Rover's Rugged Beginnings
Episode 1129
A British motoring icon made its debut at the Amsterdam Motor Show on 30th April, 1948: the Land Rover. The UK’s first off-road vehicle (that wasn’t …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
The Swedish Meatballs Controversy
Episode 1128
Where are meatballs from, and why does it matter? Social media users frenziedly grappled with these very questions on 29th April, 2018, when Sweden’s…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Mutiny On The Bounty
Episode 1127
History’s most famous mutiny kicked off on 28th April, 1789, when Captain William Bligh was ousted from his ship by his former friend, Fletcher Chris…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Lisztomania!
Episode 1125
he German poet and journalist Heinrich Heine coined the term “Lisztomania” on 25th April 1844 to describe the phenomenon of frenzied fandom in Europe…
8 months, 2 weeks ago