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Sunday round-up 12 October 2025
Admit it, when did you last hold Carlos the Jackal and Les Dennis in the same thought? Yet birthday boys both today; and various forms of Columbus Day…
Oct 12
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Eliot Wilson
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Cousin marriage: can we blame Henry VIII?
The Tudor monarch has been dragged into the culture wars and hugely misrepresented and misunderstood on the peculiar subject of consanguinity
Oct 10
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Eliot Wilson
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Sunday round-up 5 October 2025
Clinking glasses for Peter Ackroyd, Bob Geldof and Imran Khan, the first aerial combat and International Day of No Prostitution—lots to get through...
Oct 5
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Eliot Wilson
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What age should a Labour leader be?
Having charted the ages at which Conservative leaders took office, I repeated the exercise for the Labour Party
Oct 2
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What age should a Conservative Party leader be?
Looking at the ages at which Leaders of the Conservative Party assumed the position, and what conclusions might be drawn from the data
Sep 30
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Eliot Wilson
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Sunday round-up 28 September 2025
French icon Brigitte Bardot celebrates her 91st birthday, it's the feast of St Wenceslaus and Ulster Day marks the signing of the Solemn League and…
Sep 28
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Eliot Wilson
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Who was PM when the PM was born?
Quirks of chronology or sources of hidden meaning and insight—you decide
Sep 27
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Podcast: Mary Tudor's marriage difficulties—who could a queen regnant wed?
The "Spanish match" with Philip II was warned against and proved unpopular, but marrying a subject would be problematic and a Habsburg alliance was a…
Sep 26
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Eliot Wilson
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Sunday round-up 21 September 2025
Birthday greetings to Jerry Bruckheimer, Stephen King, Bill Murray, Samantha Power and Liam Gallagher. Not necessarily a party you'd want to attend.
Sep 21
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Eliot Wilson
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Sunday round-up 14 September 2025
The Holy Father, Sir Sam Neill and Nas are all celebrating birthdays, President William McKinley died and it is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy…
Sep 14
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Eliot Wilson
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The Labour Party and the search for a Deputy Leader
What does a Deputy Leader actually do? What role will the winner play?
Sep 11
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Eliot Wilson
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Sunday round-up 7 September 2025
Birthdays for Gloria Gaynor, David Cannadine and Corbin Bernsen, while Brazil celebrates 203 years of independence and Ukraine honours its military…
Sep 7
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Eliot Wilson
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