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How Not To Invade Ethiopia
Episode 207
The Victory of Adwa on 2nd March, 1896 marked a milestone in the so-called ‘Scramble for Africa’ - because, whilst so much of the continent had been …
3 years, 10 months ago
Eva Tanguay: Cyclonic Comedienne
Episode 206
Eva Tanguay, vaudeville megastar, was arrested in Louisville, Kentucky on 1st March, 1910 after stabbing a stagehand three times with a hat pin. At t…
3 years, 10 months ago
Dord: The Ghost Word
Episode 205
Webster’s New International Dictionary (Second Edition) was the largest book to be mass produced, but - as was revealed on 28th February, 1939 - it c…
3 years, 10 months ago
The Lonely Hearts Serial Killer
Episode 204
Henri Landru, known as ‘Bluebeard’ to the French public, was executed by guillotine on 25th February, 1922, having murdered at least ten women he dat…
3 years, 10 months ago
How Not To Invade Britain
Episode 203
The ‘Last Invasion’ of Britain was not, as most people assume, The Battle of Hastings - but actually a farcical French attempt to conquer the Pembrok…
3 years, 10 months ago
The Dress That Launched Google Images
Episode 202
When Jennifer Lopez turned up on the Grammys’ red carpet wearing a green Versace dress on February 23rd, 2000, there was such a rush from the public …
3 years, 10 months ago
The Most Famous Sheep in the World
Episode 201
Dolly The Sheep, the first ever successfully cloned mammal, was introduced to the world’s press at the Roslin Institute in Scotland on 22nd February,…
3 years, 10 months ago
The First Hijack
Episode 200
Pan-Am pilot Byron Rickards was surrounded by soldiers and told he had become the prisoner of a revolutionary organisation shortly after landing in A…
3 years, 10 months ago
The Prince Who Drowned in Wine
Episode 199
Sentenced to death for treason against his brother King Edward IV, George, Duke of Clarence was executed on 18th February, 1478 - and, according to l…
3 years, 10 months ago
Britain Goes To School
Episode 198
The 1870 Education Act was the first to deal specifically with the provision of British schools. Speaking in the House of Commons, William Edward For…
3 years, 10 months ago