WC Handy fathers the blues
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Bram Stoker wrote ‘Dracula’, never saw Transylvania
On this day in 1912 Bram Stoker writer and theatre manager died. Stoker’s career began as a journalist in Ireland. While writing theatre reviews in... Read More
Leap Year and other eccentricities
On this day in 1904 was born Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff (a.k.a. Hubert Wolfstern) – the shortened name of a man who held the record for the... Read More
Arthur Rimbaud’s explosive life
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1854 the French poet Arthur Rimbaud was born. Rimbaud was born a country... Read More
The Euro – currency basket or basket case ?
On this day in 2002 the currencies of 11 participating European countries were cancelled as legal tender marking the official start of the Euro as... Read More
The day that never happened
On this day in 1582, October 5th ‘Never Happened’. Under the urging of the Catholic Church, much of Europe replaced the Julian calendar with the... Read More