Episode
149: No Such Thing As The Train King Of Europe
In the 18th century there was a collection of camels on display on the Strand — it was at the Talbot Inn in the Strand and it belonged to a man called Richard Hepburnstall.
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When Mozart performed in Naples he was 14 years old and rumour had been spreading that he was using magic powers to play, so the audience refused to applaud — they assumed his power was coming from a magic ring. Halfway…
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