Ramona Le Vitrail Diabolique New York of Today Twelth Night The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The House with Closed Shutters Alices’s Adventures in Wonderland Thunderbolt The Abyss (Afgrunden) Slippery Jim Making Christmas Crackers Frankenstein The Johnson-Jeffries Fight The Fugitive The Lad From Old Ireland Teddy Roosevelt Returns From Africa A Christmas Carol As It Is …
Occasionally the CoS world will bump into the news, and so it was last week, when Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell was asked whether Winston Churchill was a hero or a villain and replied, after a long pause. “Tonypandy – villain” It wasn’t a surprise that the newspapers and political twitter made a big deal …
As far as I’m concerned 20th Century British Monarchs go something like this: Edward VII – Portly saucy man with big beard and elaborate clothing, had his own era. George V – Had a funny moustache and looked very much like his royal cousins? Edward VIII – Quit to get married to Wallace Simpson, bit …
MP3 direct download | Itunes | Mixcloud | Feedburner (RSS) “On or around December 1910, human character changed. I am not saying that one went out, as one might into a garden, and there saw that a rose had flowered or a hen had laid an egg. The change was not sudden and definite like …
January 1st – U.S. President William H. Taft opens the New Year by shaking hands with 5,575 members of the general public at The White House January 11th – Charcot Island is discovered by Antarctic expedition led by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot, while sailing on the ship Pourquoi Pas January 13th – The first radio …
James and Sean use their audio archeology skills to take you on another time travel adventure with original recordings from the distant past. This time we visit 1896 and 1897, hear the birth pangs of something not yet called ragtime, find out the true origins of ‘The Laughing Policeman’ and hear some jokes so rude …
Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 6 (1896-1897) Read More »
