Oscar Wilde’s fall from grace
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1854 the Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde was born. London’s most popular... Read More
Brendan Behan, Borstal boy and author
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1967 Brendan Behan’s play Borstal Boy, based on his own life, was premiered... Read More
the surrealist poet and writer Guillaume Apollinaire was born
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1880 the surrealist poet and writer Guillaume Apollinaire was born. He is said... Read More
Paul Gauguin, stockbroker extraordinaire
On this day in 1848 the French painter Paul Gauguin was born in Paris. Gauguin’s family moved to Peru a year later and he did... Read More