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Jul 30, 2019

In which you will learn:

  • Which Oxford college bought a hall to retrieve something that had been stolen
  • What strange items have ended up on the rooftops of Cambridge
  • Absolutely nothing about any of the alumni


Jul 23, 2019

In which you will learn:

  • What the first newspaper in the world was
  • Why newspaper publishers in Britain in the early 1800s were NOT to be messed with
  • What Florida Man has been up to recently


Jul 16, 2019

In which you will learn

  • How Neil Gaiman got his start in literature
  • In which media you would be most likely to find a work of Gaiman's translated
  • A whole bunch of fun Good Omens easter eggs to look out for in the recent Prime tv series


Jul 9, 2019

In which you will learn:

  • What Nell Gwynn's pet name for Charles II was
  • Some famous descendants of Charles II and his various mistresses
  • Where you can see Nell in London today


Jul 2, 2019

In which you will learn

  • The tumultuous tale of Oliver Cromwell's head
  • Why dear Oliver might have made a bad dinner party guest
  • The extensive list of things he tried to ban during his time in power