👏 Great work Alys Harte 👏

🙏 Thanks for featuring my programme about Nagasaki Manchester News MEN Lee Grimsditch 📰 manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/nostalgia… 📻 Listen to the full ep here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

🙏 Thanks for selecting my programme about the Hobbit for 'The best podcasts of the week' The Times and The Sunday Times Emma Bullimore ! 📻 Listen to the episode from Wednesday: bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

Spot the Dog - in 1978, British artist Eric Hill designed a book about a puppy for his two-year-old son 🎧 Hear the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. bbc.in/3UxWxKN

The Geneva Conventions - in 1864, Henry Dunant came up with a treaty to protect those injured in wartime. 🎧 Hear the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there bbc.in/4oOssoe

🇮🇹 In 1859, Swiss businessman Henry Dunant witnessed the Battle of Solferino in Italy ⛑️ He couldn’t believe the lack of protection for wounded soldiers + came up with the first Geneva Convention 🌍 It's now been signed by signed by 196 countries 📻 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

🙏 Thanks for featuring my Spot the Dog programme on Pick of the World Anna Doble BBC World Service ! 🐶 Glad producer Jay's son loves him too! 📻 Listen to the full ep here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

👗 In 2008, Lithuanian student Milda Mitkutė was at a house party, complaining about how many clothes she had 💡 Her friend suggested they set up a website to sell them 🛍️ Vinted was born! 💰 It's now worth $5 billion 📻 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

🙏 Thanks for the write-up BBC Bitesize ! 👀 bbc.co.uk/bitesize/artic… 📻 Listen to the full episode about how Vinted started here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

🙏 Thanks for playing my programme on how disposable nappies were invented on Vernon's Vault on BBC Radio 2 Phil McGarvey Vernon Kay ! 👶 Where would we be without Valerie Hunter Gordon?! 📻 Listen to the full ep here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

⚽️ Great read 👏 BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

🙏 Thanks for picking my programme on Vinted for Pick of the Week BBC Radio 4 ! 👖 The home of 'intriguing secondhand trousers' according to Robin Ince from Infinite Monkey Cage: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… 📻 Listen to the full ep here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

🦴 In 2003, a skeleton of new human species was discovered in Indonesia 💀 It was just over a metre tall and nicknamed the 'hobbit' 📽️ Great vid by Daniel Raza : bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0m… 📻 Listen to the full ep here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

Did you know the first planets to be discovered outside our solar system were given the rather ominous names Poltergeist and Phobetor?⁣ ⁣ Known as exoplanets they were discovered in 1992. Before that, we didn't know if planets existed outside our solar system.⁣ ⁣ Here's how