The Plaice to Know

Episode

562: No Such Thing As The Jam Of Entertainment

2024-12-19 Β· 3 places on the map Β· episode transcript

  1. IslingtonOne-offUnited Kingdom

    In 1864, there was the Evening Star of Islington. They announced there was going to be a grand exhibition of donkeys at the Agricultural Hall. So the next day everyone went to see the donkeys and of course they were the…

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  2. This is something I read at the Museum of World Culture in Gothenburg when we played Gothenburg quite recently. He was a king who was really into the arts and he knew that it would be good for promoting the monarchy. So…

    mentioned at 00:24:51 Β· See it on the map β†’

  3. Gothenburg MuseumOne-offSweden

    That wasn't new, but what was new is that he and his other royals would take part and they would act out battles from the past and show how great the monarchy was. Right. It's not that I made up... I didn't sex it up by…

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