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On This Day 1997, The Simpsons Changed Television Forever
How a yellow cartoon family became a mirror of modern life and rewrote the rules of prime time
 • Eddie Gibbs
Empire Without Amnesia
Why Britain remembers railways and law, and forgets violence, extraction, and coercion
 • Eddie Gibbs
On This Day, 1958: Munich, Manchester United and the Day Football Stood Still
How promise, grief and resolve collided on a frozen runway, and how Manchester United learned to live again
 • Eddie Gibbs
The Industrial Revolution, Progress with a Body Count
How modern prosperity was built through child labour, misery, and damage we still live with
 • Eddie Gibbs
On This Day in 1703: Honour Written in Blood, Why the 47 Ronin Still Matter
When Loyalty Outlived the Law in Edo Japan
 • Eddie Gibbs
The voice that guided snooker home
RIP John Virgo: 1946-2026
 • Eddie Gibbs
On This Day 1870: When the Vote Was Won and the Fight Was Far From Over
How the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment marked a moral turning point in American history
 • Eddie Gibbs
On This Day 1709: When a Scottish Sailor Stepped Out of Myth and Back Into the World
How Alexander Selkirk’s rescue turned lived endurance into lasting legend
 • Eddie Gibbs

January 2026

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