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Charles and Camilla's Wedding
Episode 812
Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles broke royal norms by having a modest civil ceremony at Windsor's Guildhall on 9th April, 2005. Against a tur…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Nudge Revolution
Episode 811
Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler’s bestseller ‘Nudge’ was released on 8th April, 2008, catapulting a new method of behavioural economics into the pub…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Battle on the Ice
Episode 809
A frozen Lake Peipus played host to a dramatic fight between 2,000 Catholic Crusaders and 6,000 Orthodox Christians on 5th April, 1242.
The invading f…
2 years, 4 months ago
Chinese Restaurant Syndrome
Episode 808
Rerun: MSG, the umami seasoning frequently added to Chinese cuisine, came under fire on 4th April, 1968 - when Dr Robert Ho Man Kwok wrote a letter t…
2 years, 4 months ago
The First Motorbike
Gottlieb Daimler's patent for his high-speed petrol engine (dubbed the "Grandfather Clock") on 3rd April, 1885, wasn't just a technological breakthro…
2 years, 4 months ago
When Tarzan Went To Hollywood
Episode 806
Johnny Weissmuller made his debut as ‘Tarzan The Ape Man’ on April 2nd, 1932, when MGM released the first talkie to feature the jungle hero - spawnin…
2 years, 4 months ago
The World's Strongest Man
Episode 805
Rerun: Edward Lawrence Levy, a bald and bespectacled 40 year old choir-master from Birmingham, became the first ever winner of an international weigh…
2 years, 4 months ago
Cleopatra ❤️ Caesar
Episode 804
Julius Caesar intervened to put his lover and ally Cleopatra on the Egyptian throne on 27th March, 47 BC - cementing their position as the world’s pr…
2 years, 4 months ago
Knights Gone Wild
Episode 803
‘The Combat of the Thirty’, happened in Brittany on 26th March, 1351.
Despite being largely irrelevant in military terms, it was referenced for gener…
2 years, 4 months ago
Flour Power: The Tichborne Dole and the Biddenden Maids
Episode 802
Each Lady Day, the Hampshire village of Tichborne hands out bags of flour to the locals - a tradition that began on 25th March, 1150 after Lady Marb…
2 years, 4 months ago