Orson Welles panics a nation
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1938 the writer, director and actor Orson Welles panicked the USA with his... Read More
Sir Walter Raleigh upsets King James
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1618 the English adventurer and writer Sir Walter Raleigh was beheaded for allegedly... Read More
Evelyn Waugh’s rudeness and kindness
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1903 the writer Evelyn Waugh was born. “The greatest novelist of my generation”... Read More
Sylvia Plath’s tragic genius
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1932 The American poet and writer Sylvia Plath was born. Plath grew up... Read More
Mother Theresa’s vocation
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1950, Mother Theresa founded the Missionaries of Charity in India. Born in Albania,... Read More
Pablo Picasso’s attempts at poetry
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1881 the painter Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain. The son of... Read More
Dr Zhivago was smuggled out of Russia
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1958 the Russian author Boris Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature... Read More