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The Suffragettes of Sport
Episode 497
The first international women’s sports event, The Women’s Olympiad, kicked off in Monte Carlo on 24th March, 1921. A hundred athletes from five natio…
2 years, 9 months ago
Handel's Biggest Hit
Episode 496
Hallelujah! Handel’s ‘Messiah’ is one of the cornerstones of Western classical music. But when it had its London premiere at Covent Garden on 23rd Ma…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Elephant That Inspired 'Dumbo'
Episode 495
Jumbo, one of the largest elephants ever seen, departed London Zoo for Barnum & Bailey’s Circus in New York on March 9th, 1882. Nationally beloved as…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Most Expensive Divorce Ever
Episode 494
Medieval power couple King Louis VII of France and Eleanor of Aquitaine, seemingly unable to produce a male heir, had a messy breakup. Their annulmen…
2 years, 9 months ago
Stealing the World Cup
Episode 493
The Jules Rimet, trophy of the FIFA World Cup, was stolen from a stamp exhibition in Westminster Central Hall on March 20th, 1966 - the year England …
2 years, 9 months ago
Parading for St Paddy
Episode 491
The first ever St. Patrick’s Day parade took place not in Ireland, as many people might expect, but in Spanish Florida, on March 17, 1601. It wasn’t …
2 years, 9 months ago
Murder at the Masked Ball
Episode 490
Gustav III was shot, in the back and at close range, at Stockholm’s Royal Opera House on 16th March, 1792. But he didn’t die for another two weeks. W…
2 years, 9 months ago
Give Me Your Blood
Episode 489
The world's first blood bank opened on March 15, 1937 at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, revolutionising the way blood transfusions were performed. …
2 years, 10 months ago
Making The Mikado
Episode 488
The Mikado opened on March 14, 1885 to immediate acclaim, and went on to become W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s most famous and best-loved operet…
2 years, 10 months ago
Mata Hari: Showgirl, Seductress, Spy
Episode 487
Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod, better known to the world as Mata Hari, set the Paris stage ablaze on March 13, 1905, with a scandalous dance routine …
2 years, 10 months ago