![Alain Fournier](https://www.poetrychangeslives.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Alain-Fournier.jpg)
Alain-Fournier’s haunting novel
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1886 was born Alain-Fournier (the pseudonym of Henri-Alban Fournier), author of the... Read More
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Marcel Duchamp’s ‘ready-made’ urinal
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1968 the great French painter, sculptor and conceptual artist Marcel Duchamp died. He... Read More
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Karl Marx published Das Kapital, played capitalist games
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1867 Karl Marx published his book Das Kapital. He saw capitalism as the... Read More
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King Richard II’s finest hour, aged 14
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1399 King Richard II of England was forced to abdicate in favour of... Read More
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WH Auden’s Funeral Blues
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1973 the poet WH Auden died. A prolific writer and traveller who became... Read More
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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
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WC Handy fathers the blues
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