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Alexander the Great – was he an alcoholic ?
On this day in BC323 Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, Persia and Asia and Pharaoh of Egypt, died aged 32. Historians are divided as... Read More
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Algernon Swinburne, poet, alcoholic and algolagniac
On this day in 1837 the poet Algernon Charles Swinburne was born. Swinburne was a well-born and clever young man who did well at Oxford... Read More
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Zelda Fitzgerald’s unhappy marriage
On this day in 1948 Zelda Fitzgerald died in a fire at a mental hospital. She is often seen as a mere sidekick to the... Read More
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Dylan Thomas – poet and pub-lover
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1914 Welsh poet Dylan Thomas was born. Now I know that they say... Read More
The Rapid Growth of Addiction
When did addiction start and is it a problem that is still increasing? To answer that fully, we need to look back four hundred years... Read More