IJSH73 - EDINBURGH - 1st August 2025

NB Apologies for the very poor audio in this episode. Not only did we battle with having no audience, frequent interruptions as people walked in, and the theatre lights going off during the recording, there was a loud hum from a light which had to be edited out but which has resulted in a significant loss of sound quality. If you make it through the whole of this episode - congratulations!

This episode (no. 73) was recorded at The Hill St Theatre in Edinburgh on 1st August 2025, as part of The Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

The panellists were Bryan Ghosh, Julia Knight and Will T Davies, and the host was Richard Pulsford.

We presented the following On This Day topics before going into some of the history of Edinburgh:
- Lammas Day, 1st August
- Emporer Claudius, born 1st August 11BC
- Alchemist Edward Kelley, born 1st August 1555
- Novelist Herman Melville, born 1st August 1819
- The Abolition of Slavery Act, 1st August 1834 (and other snippets)
- Vigdis Finnbogadóttir became the first democratically elected president of a country, 1st August 1980