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John Cleese said What have the BBC ever given us? , 1986
November 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
John Cleese said What have the BBC ever given us? , 1986
Here's the story of how Princess Margaret's broken engagement 70 years this week may not have been quite so doomed after all www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
'She would have been stripped of practically everything': The untold story of Princess Margaret's forbidden first love
Elizabeth II's sister had to choose between ending her engagement and renouncing her title in 1955. Or did she? In 1978, the BBC talked to the war hero who almost married a princess.
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October 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Here's the story of how Princess Margaret's broken engagement 70 years this week may not have been quite so doomed after all www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
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Here it is, my 247th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
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#ScholarSunday Thread 247 (10/26/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 247th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy,...
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October 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Here it is, my 247th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#OnThisDay in 1925, William Taynton became the first person to ever appear on television, paving the way for Noel Edmonds www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
'Mr Baird was so excited that words didn't come': The office worker who became the first person ever to appear on TV
On 2 October 1925, John Logie Baird transmitted a moving image of a human face. Forty years later, the world's first television star told the BBC about that dramatic moment.
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October 2, 2025 at 8:47 AM
#OnThisDay in 1925, William Taynton became the first person to ever appear on television, paving the way for Noel Edmonds www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
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Hexham Heads anyone? Here's the @forteantimes.bsky.social feature I wrote about the unearthing of this notorious 1976 Nationwide report. It has Celtic mythology, poltergeists, werewolves and @bbcarchive.bsky.social's own @grzegster.bsky.social...
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The Hexham Heads, Nationwide and Greg McKevitt
“The first I heard of the Hexham Heads was a couple of years ago, just through online chatter,” says Greg McKevitt, content producer for BBC Archive. “I saw mention of the footage existing in the a…
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May 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Hexham Heads anyone? Here's the @forteantimes.bsky.social feature I wrote about the unearthing of this notorious 1976 Nationwide report. It has Celtic mythology, poltergeists, werewolves and @bbcarchive.bsky.social's own @grzegster.bsky.social...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/05/23/t...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/05/23/t...
Chris Rea as a terminally ill man who begins murdering people who have offended him... Could it really be one of the worst movies of all time?
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May 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Chris Rea as a terminally ill man who begins murdering people who have offended him... Could it really be one of the worst movies of all time?
How Anita Lasker, a Jewish teenager, managed to survive in Auschwitz simply because the camp orchestra needed a cello player www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
'It was an escape into excellence': How music saved the life of a teenage Jewish cellist in Auschwitz
After being sent to the Nazi death camp in 1943, Anita Lasker survived by playing in its women's orchestra. In 1996, she spoke to the BBC about her ordeal.
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January 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
How Anita Lasker, a Jewish teenager, managed to survive in Auschwitz simply because the camp orchestra needed a cello player www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
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New Haunted Generation badges! Two chunky 59mm homages to the creepy Hexham Heads, as featured on Nationwide in 1976. Artwork as ever by the wonderful @jaseheeley.bsky.social - buy them seperately or as a bundle! Werewolf visitation not included. Hopefully.
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January 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
New Haunted Generation badges! Two chunky 59mm homages to the creepy Hexham Heads, as featured on Nationwide in 1976. Artwork as ever by the wonderful @jaseheeley.bsky.social - buy them seperately or as a bundle! Werewolf visitation not included. Hopefully.
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The remarkable Eartha Kitt was born #OnThisDay in 1927. Here's a look back at the life of the entertainer who overcame a dirt-poor childhood to become a superstar.
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'We had to eat whatever we could dig out of the ground': How Eartha Kitt rose from 'extreme poverty' to superstardom
The sultry star of Batman and The Emperor's New Groove was given away by her mother and never knew her father.
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January 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The remarkable Eartha Kitt was born #OnThisDay in 1927. Here's a look back at the life of the entertainer who overcame a dirt-poor childhood to become a superstar.
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Here is that slice of 70s weirdness in most of its glory m.youtube.com/watch?v=J4WX...
January 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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#OnThisDay in 1974, British MP John Stonehouse vanished leaving just a pile of clothes on Miami Beach. This is a wild story... www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
'I have been deceiving you… I'm sorry about that': The British politician who was caught faking his own death
When John Stonehouse's clothes were found on Miami Beach on 20 November 1974, many people presumed that the UK Member of Parliament had drowned – until he turned up in Australia.
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November 20, 2024 at 10:14 AM
#OnThisDay in 1974, British MP John Stonehouse vanished leaving just a pile of clothes on Miami Beach. This is a wild story... www.bbc.com/culture/arti...