Brigitte Bardot, sex symbol turned animal rights campaigner
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1934 the French film star and animal rights campaigner Brigitte Bardot was born.... Read More
WC Handy fathers the blues
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St Francis renounces worldly things
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1181 Saint Francis of Assisi was born. The son of a prosperous silk... Read More
King Harold’s year of battles
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1066 King Harold of England defeated an invading army of Norwegians at Stamford... Read More
Annie Kopchovsky cycles the globe
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1897 Annie Kopchovsky arrived back in Boston, Massachusetts to become the first women... Read More
Arthur Miller recreates the Salem witch trials
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1692 the last of 20 people were hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.... Read More
Virgil, Rome’s great poet
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 19 BC the Roman poet Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) died. A shy and... Read More