Che Guevara’s Irish ancestry
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1967 Ernesto “Che” Guevara, Marxist revolutionary and physician, was executed in Bolivia aged... Read More
Le Corbusier brings Purism to architecture
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1887 the famous Swiss architect Le Corbusier (his real name was Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris)... Read More
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
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
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
Virgil, Rome’s great poet
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 19 BC the Roman poet Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) died. A shy and... Read More
The brothers Grimm write some stories
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1863 Jakob Grimm died, the elder of the German Brothers Grimm. A notable... Read More