How one scruffy Irish popstar saw a terrible famine being reported on his television and decided to do a bit more than just send a cheque to Oxfam. (John spent so long researching this podcast on Live Aid that he thought he might as well do a West End Musical about it at the same time).
Reading List:
The Eighties, One Day, One Decade by Dylan Jones;
Is That It by Bob Geldof
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We Are History is written and presented by Angela Barnes and John O’Farrell. Production by Simon Williams. Artwork by James Parrett. Group Editor is Andrew Harrison. We Are History is a Podmasters Production
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The 1960s - The advent of the permissive society
The Painful History of Dentistry
British Shops and Shopping Centres
The Brighton Bomb – 1984
The History of April Fool’s Day
The Grand Tour
The French Revolution
International Women’s Day
The Glorious Revolution of 1688
The Golden Age of Smuggling
The Green Belt: Contentious countryside
The Gunpowder Plot: He didn’t start the fire
From Bits to Bots: A History of AI
Nudity down the centuries
The Zimmermann Telegram
The Haitian Revolution - the slave rebellion that succeeded
The Glamour Boys
The Race for the Bomb
Bonuscast: Angela Barnes and John O'Farrell answer your questions.
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