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The Sound of Luxury
Episode 704
In the annals of automotive innovation, November 28th, 2018 marked a peculiar milestone: the birth of the Lincoln Chimes. The brainchild of Jennifer …
2 years, 8 months ago
The Berners St Hoax
Episode 703
We reveal how, on 27th November, 1809, a respectable house on the well-to-do Berners Street in London became ground zero for one of the most disrupti…
2 years, 8 months ago
QVC's First Day
Episode 701
The ‘Windsor Shower Companion’ ($11.49) was the first product sold on home shopping network QVC, which made its debut on 24th November, 1986, quickly…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Tamagotchi Effect
Episode 700
With cutesy graphics and a female-focussed origin story, Tamagotchi was positioned as a ‘nurturing toy’ for Japanese girls when Bandai launched the b…
2 years, 8 months ago
Fall of the Knights Templar
Episode 699
Pope Clement V ordered the arrest of all Knights Templar and seizure of their properties on 22nd November, 1307: a day that sealed the fate of the on…
2 years, 8 months ago
The First Hanukkah
Episode 698
When the Maccabees celebrated the recapture of Jerusalem from the Macedonian emperor Antiochus IV, they lit a menorah in the city's holy temple. The …
2 years, 8 months ago
The Real Moby Dick
Episode 697
The ill-fated whale-ship The Essex, was rammed by an 85-foot sperm whale on 20th November, 1820. The incident inspired Herman Melville’s sea-faring n…
2 years, 8 months ago
Turn To Page 3
Episode 695
Rupert Murdoch, controversial owner of The Sun, launched "The Birthday Suit Girl", a topless photo feature, on 17th November, 1970. Within a year, th…
2 years, 8 months ago
When Space Mountain Saved EuroDisney
Episode 694
Rerun. Disneyland Paris, now Europe’s most popular theme park, initially haemorrhaged money - at a rate of around $1 million per day. But, after thre…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Queen's Soviet Spy
Episode 693
Sir Anthony Blunt, esteemed art historian and a favourite of the Royal family, was publicly revealed as a Soviet spy on 15th November, 1979, when Pri…
2 years, 8 months ago