Famous People You've Never Heard Of
Famous People You've Never Heard Of
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Mrs Oscar Wilde - Lexi Wolfe Talks About Constance Lloyd
Constance Lloyd was born into a wealthy family. She wrote and published children's stories. She was an advocate of the dress reform movement. She married the love of her life and had two children. The love of her life wa...
Fossil Mary - Elizabeth Blake talks about Mary Anning. With Brenda Longman.
Elizabeth Blake has written -and performs in "Fossil Mary", a new play celebrating the life and remarkable discoveries of Mary Anning, the pioneering fossil hunter who found her first dinosaur skeleton at the age of 12 and whose ski...
A Little Green Leaf - Will Carr & Kathleen O'Reilly talk about Odette Hallowes
The Leaf Collective are presenting their play A Little Green Leaf a this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The play is inspired by the life of Odette Hallowes (MBE, Legion d’Honneur, George Cross), Britain’s most highly decorated s...
The Last Bantam - Michael Hughes talks about the Bantam Battalions of the First World War
1914. The Great War rages. Britain recruits 30,000 Bantams, men between five-foot and five-foot-three to fight in some of the bloodiest battles of the war. 1918. A group of reporters visit the Front to write about the Bantams. One Bantam remain...
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