The Half-Life of Brian

06/07/2023

21/02/2023

Malcolm X was assassinated 58 yrs ago today. He was 39. As we reflect on if enough has changed since then—see his wisdom on “progress.”

08/12/2022

15/10/2022

Lansbury and Coltrane in one week?

04/08/2022

We’ve hit 1500 ! over on . In AD the same year - it is thought the last in was killed making species extinct in🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿The grey wolf is thought to have been killed in Allithwaite,Cumbria. However,sightings & laws about existed in rural areas of the north into 1700s and the disputed Allendale wolf killed on a railway in 1904

03/08/2022

in history. Well …not a peach tbh 3rd Aug there have been worse occurrences. Chin up eh?

25/07/2022

⏮July 25 1978 Louise Joy Brown -world’s first IVF baby is born at Oldham&District General , UK,to Lesley & Peter Brown.

⏭IVF is now vital treatment for infertility. 100sof1000s of children globally have been conceived via , with🥚& s***m donors in some cases

11/07/2022

⏮ 1877 🎾 is born. The all England Croquet&Lawn Tennis club holds 1st iteration of the 🌍 famous comp at a much quieter Wimbledon suburb, . 21 amateurs played in a singles contest - the victor winning 25 guineas

05/07/2022

⏮1946 the is born by 🇫🇷Designer Louis Reard at Parisian pool,modelled by a 🇫🇷showgirl & named because of atomic tests in BikiniAtoll in the Pacific 🤯 ⏭1996 & in🇬🇧 the Sheep successful mammal. Combined & our minds go to strange places…

04/07/2022

AKA - Happy American freedom AKA Will and Jeff give aliens a virus via USB day No hard feelings eh lads? 🇺🇸🇬🇧

29/06/2022

The week in history is a biggie!

29 Jun 1613

London's Original Globe Theatre Burned Down

28June

1838
Queen Victoria Was Crowned

1914
The Treaty of Versaille Marked the End of WWI

30 Jun 1937
999 Emergency Number Introduced

28 Jun - 3 Jul 1969
The Stonewall Riots Began in New York
Police raid the Stonewall Inn, in Greenwich Village, NYC, which served the LGBTQ+ community.
 
Bars & restaurants could be closed down for either having employees who identified as gay or for serving people who identified as gay.

1st July 1979
The First Sony Walkman Went on Sale

Oh it’s a biggie!

19/06/2022

to the leader of the pack - Brian Carlberg - engineer, Geordie envoy to the South, driver, podcaster, mentor, raconteur & pillar of kindness and warmth. Most of all you are my Dad and we love you very much. Looking forward to seeing you later.

18/06/2022

⏮ 1965 The🇬🇧government following increasing numbers of accidents caused by drink driving announces intro of blood alcohol limit for drivers. The laws were implemented on Jan1st 1966 with 80mg in 100cc of blood (0.08%) an offence to drive when over this limit.

14/06/2022

⏮ in 14 June 2017 a fire broke at within Grenfell Tower first reported at 00:54GMT burning for 24 hours. 72 residents were killed and hundreds of staff were involving it fighting the fire and it remains a case of great tragedy, political ands controversy and legal debate about accountability. An enquiry into safety is oongoing & the building is due to be demolished in 2022 with a planned. No one in government or construction has yet been imprisoned for their culpability

07/06/2022

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06/06/2022

⏮️ 1944 Operation Overlord: begins as the 156k-strong Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy 🇫🇷 ⏭️1972 releases his breakthrough album "The Rise & Fall of & the Spiders from Mars"

02/06/2022

⏮ 2 Jun 1953- Elizabeth II of🇬🇧 ⏭ 1985 English clubs banned from Euro competition post- disaster ⏭ 1997 McVeigh convicted of bomb ⏮ 2015 September Blatter resigns amidst corruption scandal

01/06/2022

⏮ in 1997 🇭🇰 is returned to 🇨🇳 after 156 yrs of rule by the 🇬🇧 - HK’s "One country, two systems" ie the control of HongKong & after becoming special regions of in 1997 & 1999. This is currently being sorely tested.

31/05/2022

⏮1977 the - Deliberately coinciding with -By May/June it was selling 150k copies per day but still got stuck at number 2 in the charts.Establishment fix? Commercial opportunism or protest by ?

30/05/2022

in ⏮1990 🇫🇷 imposes a ban on imports of 🇬🇧 beef & live cattle over fears over BSE AKA ‘Mad Cow Disease’🐮 Weeks after a MP prompts own child to eat a British burger 🍔 in the media. Anyway, it evokes this so not all bad eh?

25/05/2022

Sir ⏮ Born in 1939 the , Holmes and actor has played Gandalf, the greatest detective in literary , Kings of England & a Prince of Denmark💀

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24/05/2022

🚉 24 May Bravo from great work on the opening of the 🇬🇧

23/05/2022

⏮ 1998 The aftermath of referendum on the yields positivity & praise from global leaders

⏭ 2022 & dominates debate regarding the region’s future

22/05/2022

⏮ 2017 marks the bombing after an concert. A su***de bomber detonated a shrapnel-laden IED as people were leaving the Arena. 23 died, including the attacker, 1,017 were injured, many of them children. 🇬🇧

20/05/2022

⏮2020 reports most new cases in a single day - 106,000 worldwide of COVID-19

⏮ 1991 parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad

⏮ 1979 EltonJohn is the 1st western pop star to tour

18/05/2022

18 May 1991. Helen Sharman from became the first Briton to go into space, as part of a Soviet space mission. She was also the first woman to visit the Mir .

17/05/2022

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