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alanageday
Aug 21, 20243 min read
Bongo, 1970
My name’s Bongo, and I’m a Dalmatian. I belong to a very ancient and very prestigious breed of dogs. My ancestors are even depicted on...
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alanageday
Aug 21, 20244 min read
A Tragic Kiss, 1385
The Roman Empire was at its zenith. The Empire was all-powerful, and no nation could rival its military might. In Verona, Lombardy, two...
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alanageday
Aug 21, 20243 min read
A Tech Empire, 1935
Thomas John Watson was an American businessman, and perhaps the most unsung mogul of his age. Today, few people know Watson’s story, yet...
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alanageday
Aug 21, 20243 min read
Liberty Lighting the World, 1878
To celebrate the centenary of the US Declaration of Independence and the Union’s victory in the Civil War, the idea of a gift was born. A...
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alanageday
Aug 21, 20244 min read
“Box it like Ali!” 1969
All the kids here in Louisville, Kentucky, knew him as Ali. Muhammad Ali wasn’t a nickname – it was his religious name. The greatest...
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alanageday
Aug 21, 20243 min read
Presents Galore, 1936
It was December 1st, and Christmas was coming. The grand toy store on Fifth Avenue was getting ready to open its doors to the public. The...
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alanageday
Aug 19, 20243 min read
Gretel and Hertha, 1939
Gretel and Hertha were not sisters, nor were they cousins. No ties of blood ran between them, but they were daughters of the same ancient...
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alanageday
Aug 19, 20243 min read
Rocky Balboa, 1975
The US Bicentennial was approaching, and to mark the occasion World Heavyweight Champion Apollo Creed planned to hold a title fight in...
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alanageday
Aug 19, 20243 min read
The Quiet Beatle, 1954
The Harrison family lived in a small red-brick house in the Wavertree neighbourhood of Liverpool. The wavering trees, a type of trembling...
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alanageday
Aug 19, 20243 min read
The Austrian Oak, 1977
Arnold Schwarzenegger grew up in a Catholic family who attended mass every Sunday. His upbringing was strict, for his father – an officer...
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alanageday
Aug 19, 20243 min read
Shake It Like Elvis, 1956
The Charleston is a dance named after the harbor city of Charleston, South Carolina. While the dance is probably derived from the "star",...
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alanageday
Aug 19, 20243 min read
Hunger, 1936
I am hungry, and consumed by thoughts of infinite tomorrows. What will become of the people of California in this time of crisis? Hunger...
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alanageday
Aug 19, 20243 min read
Empty Bellies, 1932
“The Rarig kids ain’t going hungry, so why should we?” yelled the little girl as she brandished her sign. “Why can’t...
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alanageday
Aug 19, 20242 min read
The New York Mirror, 1928
The women of my day are beautiful; more beautiful than men should have any right to expect. Men are ungrateful, and selfish. They don’t...
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alanageday
Aug 19, 20243 min read
The Longest Kiss, 1953
Gone were the days of the Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression; so long to the ‘hunger dances’. You’ll have heard of those, surely?...
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alanageday
Aug 19, 20243 min read
The Makings of a Princess, 1981
In 1961, to her parent’s great chagrin, Diana Spencer was born a girl. The child could not ensure the continuation of the family line,...
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alanageday
Aug 19, 20243 min read
Thomas M. Moore, 1925
One may cross the desert on a camel’s back, or as part of a grand motorised expedition, but Thomas M Moore, this young London architect...
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alanageday
Aug 19, 20243 min read
The Boredom of Prince Charles, 1953
Today is my mother’s coronation, and I’m bored. If it weren’t for my grandmother, Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who says I must behave...
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alanageday
Aug 19, 20243 min read
3D Comics, 1953
What to do in Madison Square? John, the leader of their little gang, had managed to get his hands on some 3D comic books, and not just...
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alanageday
Aug 19, 20242 min read
The Small Forward, 1983
To the American people, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time – but when he was at college, MJ had been deemed too...
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