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Ruth Belville 1908

Podcast Episode 75 l The Greenwich Time Lady

In late 19th-century and early 20th-century Britain, time itself was a commodity up for sale. In a world before smartphones and atomic clocks, a remarkable woman known as Ruth Belville sold time to t...

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On This Day: July 31, 1703 – Daniel Dafoe is put in Pillory for Sedition

Before Daniel Dafoe became famous for Robinson Crusoe, he was a spin doctor, who wrote in praise of the government’s policies. But he also wrote about greater tolerance for dissenters and went o...