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Sunday round-up 3 August 2025
The irreplaceable Sir Terry Wogan would have been 87 today; candles for the more-alive Steven Berkoff and Martha Stewart, and the feast of St Waltheof…
Aug 3
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Eliot Wilson
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Sunday round-up 3 August 2025
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Sunday round-up 27 July 2025
What do Bobbie Gentry, Bob Diamond, A-Rod and Jonathan Rhys Meyers have in common? Let's start with a birthday...
Jul 27
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Eliot Wilson
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Sunday round-up 27 July 2025
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Sunday round-up 20 July 2025
Candles and cake for Carlos Santana, Sir Edward Leigh, Sandra Oh and Gisele Bündchen, a great Austrian naval victory and the feast of Elijah the Prophet
Jul 20
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Eliot Wilson
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Sunday round-up 20 July 2025
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Sunday round-up 13 July 2025
Birthday cake? Make it so for Sir Patrick Stewart, Harrison Ford and Ian Hislop, while Montenegro marks Statehood Day recalling the end of the Congress…
Jul 13
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Eliot Wilson
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Sunday round-up 13 July 2025
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Sunday round-up 6 July 2025
Birthday wishes to the Dalai Lama, George W. Bush and Eva Green; Jan Hus Day in the Czech Republic; and a tale of Mary Tudor and her Spanish husband…
Jul 6
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Eliot Wilson
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Sunday round-up 6 July 2025
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Sunday round-up 29 June 2025
A big day for Romans as it is the Feast of SS Peter and Paul; candles for Gary Busey and Amanda Donohoe; a black day for (Sir) Roger Casement
Jun 29
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Eliot Wilson
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Sunday round-up 29 June 2025
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Sunday round-up 22 June 2025
The Hampstead Tube opens, the title of "Emperor of India" is omitted from the royal style and titles, and St John Fisher and St Thomas More are…
Jun 22
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Eliot Wilson
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Sunday round-up 22 June 2025
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Sunday round-up 15 June 2025
Magna Carta is agreed, the Battle of Kosovo is fought, birthday cake for Simon Callow, Noddy Holder, Xi Jinping and Ice Cube and we dance to mark St…
Jun 15
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Sunday round-up 15 June 2025
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Sunday round-up 8 June 2025
Millicent Martin, Nancy Sinatra and Bonnie Tyler walk into a birthday party... and marking the Viking raid on Lindisfarne, St Jadwiga's Day and French…
Jun 8
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Eliot Wilson
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Sunday round-up 8 June 2025
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Sunday round-up 1 June 2025
Birthdays for Morgan Freeman, Brian Cox and the "Son of Sam", Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen and Adolf Eichmann is executed
Jun 1
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Eliot Wilson
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Sunday round-up 1 June 2025
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Sunday round-up 25 May 2025
The anniversary of the Edict of Worms, the resignation of the last Lord Protector and the return to England of Charles II & birthdays for Ian McKellen…
May 25
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Eliot Wilson
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Sunday round-up 25 May 2025
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Sunday round-up 18 May 2025
Birthday greetings to Rick Wakeman, Toyah Willcox and a former Black Rod, marking the birth of Norman St John-Stevas and Somaliland's Independence Day
May 18
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Sunday round-up 18 May 2025
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