Monday, October 31, 2016

No escape for Houdini‘s diaries

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The great Harry Houdini, Handcuff King, illusionist and magician extraordinaire, died 90 years ago today, on Halloween - not from a failed t...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Virtuous William Lambarde

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Some 480 years ago today was born William Lambarde, a learned, virtuous, pious justice of the peace. He wrote several books, including one o...
Sunday, October 16, 2016

We must not budge

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‘On Jerusalem we must not budge. We have to quickly establish a large Jewish settlement there. The same with Hebron. The West Bank must not ...

The Nuremberg ten

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Seventy years ago today, on 16th October 1946, ten prominent members of the Nazi regime were executed by hanging in Nuremberg having been fo...
Monday, October 10, 2016

Walking on thin ice

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Happy birthday David Kim Hempleman-Adams, 60 today and still on board Northabout , in the final stages of his voyage to circumnavigate the N...

The poet’s destiny

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‘ The power of Poetry alone redeems the world, and reunites the blind, confused and fragmentary elements of universal experience within the ...
Wednesday, October 5, 2016

A monster to devour me

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Mary Astor, a Hollywood star of many films but best known for her role in The Maltese Falcon , was also a writer of some talent. However, he...
Saturday, September 24, 2016

Puppeteer extraordinary

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‘I love it!. I’ve always enjoyed cars - and I enjoy being in love with my car.’ This is the famous US puppeteer, Jim Henson, creator of the ...