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When Sinéad Shocked America
Episode 656
Irish popstar Sinéad O’Connor tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II during her performance of Bob Marley’s ‘War’ on NBC’s TV show ‘Saturday Night Live…
2 years, 10 months ago
Meet Peter Rabbit
Episode 655
Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit was published on October 2nd, 1902. The book was an instant sensation, needing reprints almost immediately,…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Inquiry Office
Episode 653
Henry Robinson opened the Office of Addresses and Encounters on Threadneedle Street, London on 29th September, 1650. The centre provided a forward-lo…
2 years, 10 months ago
Let's Get Metric
Episode 652
Rerun. Feet, inches, palms, cubits, rods… all were SWEPT ASIDE on 28th September, 1889, when the first General Conference of the Weights and Measures…
2 years, 10 months ago
Let's Catch A Steam Train
Episode 651
George Stephenson drove Britain’s first-ever steam-powered passenger train, the Locomotion Number One, on 27th September, 1825, from Darlington to St…
2 years, 10 months ago
Yves Rossy: Rocketman
Episode 650
Pushing the boundaries of human flight to hitherto unknown extremes, Swiss aviator Yves Rossy entered the record books on 26th September, 2008, becom…
2 years, 10 months ago
Thank You For Not Smoking
Episode 649
The world did NOT wake up to the dangers of smoking on September 25th, 1878, despite the efforts of Dr. Charles R. Drysdale, who had a letter publish…
2 years, 10 months ago
Welcome to Downing St
Episode 647
Robert Walpole, first Lord of the Treasury, moved into 10 Downing Street on 22nd September, 1735, after three years of renovations. Although initiall…
2 years, 10 months ago
The 'Cod War' Heats Up
Episode 646
Rerun. ‘The Fish Feud!’ - as the tabloids originally termed the standoff between Britain and Iceland over fishing rights - had escalated into a fully…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Pope, the Antipope and the Other Pope
Episode 645
Robert of Geneva was elected Pope Clement VII on 20th September, 1378. Inconveniently, there was already a pope: Urban VI. Cue three decades of confu…
2 years, 10 months ago