Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley created Frankenstein’s monster
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1797, the author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born. Mary’s mother was the well-known... Read More
Peterloo Massacre, first of many
To Listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1819 at St Peters Field in Manchester, a British cavalry regiment charged into... Read More
Andre Maurois fights the Nazis
On this day in 1885 the French writer and politician Andre Maurois was born. Maurois spent time in Britain before the fall of France in... Read More
Robert Schumann’s fight with mental illness
On this day in 1810 the German composer Robert Schumann was born. During his forty six years he composed a body of musical work that... Read More
Rameses II, Great Pharoah of Egypt, dies of toothache
On this day in 1279 BC Rameses II of Egypt became Pharaoh. Said by many to be the greatest of all the pharaohs, this warrior... Read More