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  • 12 Books to Read If You Like “Daisy Jones and the Six”

    12 Books to Read If You Like “Daisy Jones and the Six”

    Now I know I get excited about a LOT of historical dramas, but one makes its debut today on Amazon Prime that I’ve been counting down to for a very long time. It is the premiere of the Daisy Jones and the Six TV show, starring Riley Keough as the titular Daisy Jones, and Sam read more

  • Mini-Post | “Hello, I’m Johnny Cash!”

    Mini-Post | “Hello, I’m Johnny Cash!”

    Today would have been Johnny Cash’s 90th birthday, so I’m sharing some treasures from a visit to the Johnny Cash Museum in Nashville. Handwritten lyrics to “Folsom Prison Blues”, recorded for Cash’s debut studio album “Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar!”. Photos of Cash and his second wife, June Carter Cash, taken for read more

  • Mini-Post | Elvis Presley in Tupelo, Mississippi

    Mini-Post | Elvis Presley in Tupelo, Mississippi

    Happy birthday to Elvis Presley, born on this day in 1935, to Vernon and Gladys Presley in Tupelo, Mississippi. Elvis was born in this two-room house, which was built by his father, grandfather and uncle. As a child, he lived at various addresses around Tupelo, his parents working several jobs and struggling financially at times. read more

  • George Harrison (1943-2001)

    George Harrison (1943-2001)

    Happy 78th birthday to George Harrison, born on this day in 1943! This might seem like a bit of a departure from my usual posts – but alongside history, music is one of my big loves, and I’d really like to start sharing this alongside what I’m reading and learning about! I always liked the read more

  • Mini-Post | “I Want To Hold Your Hand”, the Beatles

    Mini-Post | “I Want To Hold Your Hand”, the Beatles

    On this day in 1964, the Beatles got their first number one hit in the US with “I Want To Hold Your Hand” – the song that kicked off Beatlemania in America. (Also one of my favourites by them!)⁠ Written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon in the basement of Jane Asher’s parents’ house (McCartney’s read more

  • Mini-Post | Rasputin

    Mini-Post | Rasputin

    Happy 152nd birthday to (Ra-Ra-)Rasputin, born on this day in 1869. Immortalised as “Russia’s greatest love machine” by Boney M in 1978, Rasputin has been an enigma ever since he first appeared in St Petersburg and managed to find his way to the top of society and into the circles of Tsar Nicholas II and read more

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