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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Operation Mincemeat - 1943
Prohibition
Zoo Wars
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The Aids Crisis
When Britain was a Republic 1649-60
Celtic Britain v Roman Empire (away win)
The Big Stink - 1858
2020 (Thank God it's history)
The History of Christmas
1989 - Revolutions across Eastern Europe
An Explicit History of Swearing
A Thoroughly Researched History of Beer
Murder at Road Hill House - 1860
German Resistance to the Nazis
The Battle of Hastings - 1066
Sealand - the Essex family that declared independence from Britain
The Bristol Bus Boycott - 1963
The cult of Jack the Ripper
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