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Your History

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  • Your History is a podcast based on the life stories of people who have shaped the times we live in. These are fascinating stories based on the daily obituaries in The Times offering incredible insights about contemporary history.



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  • Snooker Champion Ray Reardon & Aid Worker Simon Boas

    Snooker Champion Ray Reardon & Aid Worker Simon Boas
    Jul 23 2024
    Ray Reardon was one of Britain’s best-known sportsmen, but when he was honoured at Buckingham Palace in 1985 with an MBE for services to snooker, the Queen enquired: “And what do you do?” What he did, was win, triumphing in the World Snooker Championship six times. And we marvel at the life of aid worker Simon Boas, whose candid reflections on his terminal cancer diagnosis moved millions of people around the world.

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    21 m
  • Sex Therapist Ruth Westheimer & Royal Cake Decorator Eddie Spence

    Sex Therapist Ruth Westheimer & Royal Cake Decorator Eddie Spence
    Jul 16 2024
    Dr Ruth Westheimer's voice was once mocked as “a cross between Henry Kissinger and a canary”. But the sex therapist felt it was one of her biggest assets, because she sounded like “Grandma Freud”. Westheimer escaped Nazi Germany and later found fame by talking honestly in public about once-taboo, bedroom topics. And we celebrate the life of Eddie Spence, known as "The King of Royal Icing".

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    21 m
  • Foreign Minister Roland Dumas & Wimbledon champion Vic Seixas

    Foreign Minister Roland Dumas & Wimbledon champion Vic Seixas
    Jul 9 2024
    Roland Dumas wielded such clout in the Élysée that he was called “le vice-president”. But despite being a closely trusted ally of François Mitterrand, his career in politics was blighted by allegations of corruption. While the 1953 Wimbledon champion, Vic Seixas, was perhaps under appreciated, and definitely underpaid.

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    19 m
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