Daniel Defoe makes the novel fashionable
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1703 the novelist and pamphleteer Daniel Defoe was placed in a pillory for... Read More
Joyce Kilmer likes trees
to listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1918 the young American poet and soldier Joyce Kilmer was killed in France... Read More
Benito Mussolini’s unsuccessful dictatorship
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1883 Benito Mussolini was born. He allied Italy with Nazi Germany and Japan... Read More
Maximilien Robespierre experiences terror
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1794 Maximilien Robespierre and twenty-two other revolutionary leaders were guillotined in Paris. The... Read More
Sir Walter Raleigh starts the smoking habit
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1586 Sir Walter Raleigh introduced tobacco to England for the first time. Following... Read More
Aldous Huxley’s psychedelic lifestyle
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1894 Aldous Huxley, writer and thinker was born. Though known for his... Read More
Louis Bleriot’s pancake landing
On this day on 1909 the French aviator Louis Bleriot became the first person to fly an aeroplane across the English Channel. The flight... Read More