When Billy Joel agreed to let dance legend Twyla Tharp turn his songs into a Broadway musical it seemed like a surefire hit. But in previews, Movin’ Out was panned by the critics. It was soon headed for Broadway and was set to be an expensive and embarrassing...
Cautionary Tales will be back next Friday (and every other Friday thereafter). For Pushkin+ subscribers, I proudly present another Cautionary Tales “Short”. Shownotes The ideal source on Maintenance Guy and his travails is Matt Parker's wonderful book Humble Pi;...
An airline captain thought he was giving his children a harmless thrill by letting them "fly" his packed airplane - the young cockpit visitors weren't really in control... the autopilot was doing the real flying. Until it wasn't. Do safety features actually lull us...
Cautionary Tales episodes are released every other Friday, and so there will be one appearing again next week. Meanwhile, for Pushkin+ subscribers, I proudly present another Cautionary Tales “Short”. Shownotes The main sources on the Hartlepool elections were...
Sherlock Holmes is known for approaching all mysteries with cool logic - and yet when his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle saw photographs taken by two young girls purporting to show real life fairies at play… he unwisely declared them genuine. Elsie Wright - Self...
As per our new rhythm, Cautionary Tales episodes are released every other Friday, so there will be one appearing again next week. As a bonus for Pushkin+ subscribers, I proudly present another Cautionary Tales "Short". Shownotes A major source was, of course, the...
Sir Clive Sinclair was a computer whizz and business mogul to rival Steve Jobs or Bill Gates. He was a visionary who could do no wrong… until he tried to launch an electric vehicle. The C5 “electrically assisted pedal cycle" doesn't seem so outlandish to us now… but...
This week's episode is available to Pushkin+ subscribers only, I'm afraid, but we'll have another full-length episode available for all next week, and every other Friday thereafter. Our sources included reporting from PC Gamer, Wired, the Washington Post, GamaSutra...
When Disneyland released one million helium balloons to set a new world record, Cleveland, Ohio looked on in envy. Could it top the Magic Kingdom? But what did citizens hope to gain from getting into the record books... and at what cost? This shorter episode is one of...