Emily Bronte brings passion to Yorkshire
On this day in 1848 Emily Brontë, author of Wuthering Heights, died at the tragically early age of 30. The most reclusive of the Brontë... Read More
Nero gives fiddling a bad name
On this day in AD 37 the Roman Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar was born. The last of the Julio Claudian emperors, a dynasty that mainly... Read More
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s life of exile
On this day in 1918 the Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was born. Soon after the war he was arrested for disparaging remarks made about Stalin... Read More
Napoleon Bonaparte handled armies better than women
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of France. So much has been written... Read More
William Blake – poet and painter of passion
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1757 the English poet and painter William Blake was born. A lover of... Read More
Charles Dickens invents the soap opera
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1859 Charles Dickens published the last weekly instalment of A Tale of Two... Read More
Yukio Mishima – Japan’s extreme self publicist
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1970 the Japanese poet and writer Yukio Mishima committed ritual suicide. Considered one... Read More