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Web of Stories offers you the chance to listen to some of the greatest people of our time telling their life stories.

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27 January 1945: Today marks National Holocaust Day and is the anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp in Auschwitz. Here, the publisher Peter Mayer talks about the vulgarity of the Holocaust: https://t.co/MOMw3xojpj

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IN THE NEWS: Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn (1937-2024), was a British archaeologist known for his work on radiocarbon dating, the prehistory of languages, and archaeogenetics. Watch Colin Renfrew speak about his first excavation experience: https://t.co/uklh3hxthw

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ON THIS DAY 16 August 1888: Death of American pharmacist, John Pemberton, best known for inventing Coca-Cola. Here, geneticist Sydney Brenner recalls discovering that Coca-Cola was potentially the perfect medium for inducing mutations in bacteriphages: https://t.co/qk7CJRboQ6

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IN THE NEWS 1 August 2024: Death of pioneering microbiologist Leonard Hayflick. His discovery that human cells divide for a limited number of times in vitro has been named after him as the Hayflick limit. Watch Leonard Hayflick speak about his discovery: https://t.co/2y08jorSwH

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IN THE NEWS: "Oppenheimer," Christopher Nolan's portrait of the father of the atomic bomb, wins Best Picture at the 96th Academy Awards. Watch Freeman Dyson speak about J Robert Oppenheimer and Los Alamos: https://t.co/7FlQSRkUw6 #Oppenheimer

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Internationally renowned and prolific artist, Sir Quentin Blake, presents a selection of works created over the past 12 months: https://t.co/sAR18N4MVi Watch Quentin Blake speak to Web of Stories about illustrating his first book: https://t.co/r0dsE2o2a8 #QuentinBlake

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Today, Western Christian culture celebrates Christmas Eve, marking the start of the twelve days of Christmas. Listen to Donald Hall read his poem "Christmas Eve In Whitneyville", written in 1955 in memory of his father. https://t.co/8CtSMLiVTE #Christmas

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New to Web of Stories! Claudia Roden, an Egyptian-born British cookbook writer and cultural anthropologist, talks to her granddaughter Nelly Wolman about her life in food. Her unique interview is now available on our Web of Stories website: https://t.co/rEtTVVPCAd #food

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ON THIS DAY 9 October 2000: Militant members of Hezbollah capture three Israeli Defense Force soldiers. Listen to the Israeli peace activist Uri Avneri recall an incident which ensured that peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would never be attained: https://t.co/xbhSYEQV4i

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NEW! Claudia Roden (b. 1936) is an Egyptian-born British cookbook writer and cultural anthropologist. In her unique interview for Web of Stories, Claudia Roden is talking to her granddaughter Nelly Wolman about her life in food: https://t.co/KZRAmucani

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ON THIS DAY 19 September 2015: Death of the British art critic, Brian Sewell. He was well known for his outspoken and uncompromising views on many artists and their works. Here, he confesses that to be an art critic is to take a lonely road: https://t.co/zuVbHB7Ex3

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11 September 2001: 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Watch US scientist W Daniel Hillis speak about his memories of that day: https://t.co/fPdM8D1RzL

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ON THIS DAY 18 July 1817: Death of Jane Austen, one of Britain's best known novelists. Austen's works provide a lively social commentary which continues to appeal to modern readers. Here, writer Diana Athill explains why she likes to read Austen's novels: https://t.co/RxPHlZFq3a

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ON THIS DAY 10 July 1940: The Battle of Britain begins. Here, Avrion Mitchison talks about the problems encountered in transplanting skin grafts for pilots who had been injured during the Battle of Britain: https://t.co/MGfChNbQ05

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ON THIS DAY 23 May 1917: Birth of American meteorologist Edward Lorenz, who was best known for identifying the 'butterfly effect'. Here, the Polish-born mathematician, Benoît Mandelbrot, explains the classic butterfly effect: https://t.co/npQ4qOEdgj

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19 April 1943: Eighty years ago, Jews imprisoned in Poland's Warsaw Ghetto rose up against the German occupiers. It was the largest act of Jewish resistance to the Nazis. Marek Edelman reminisces about the uprising in the ghetto: https://t.co/kUZhSogVUW #WarsawGhettoUprising

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#OnThisDay 1 March 1921: Birth of Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet Richard Wilbur. As well as poetry, Wilbur wrote the lyrics to a musical based on Voltaire's 'Candide'. Here, he recalls the circumstances surrounding that enterprise: https://t.co/mrq0VuHKLJ

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IN THE NEWS: Ronald Blythe CBE, an English writer and editor, best known for his work "Akenfield" (1969), has died at the age of 100. Watch Ronald Blythe speak to Web of Stories about his life and literary works: https://t.co/lmd2cQBAO3 #RonaldBlythe

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ON THIS DAY 3 January 1857: Birth of Polish-born British writer, Joseph Conrad. Listen to film director Andrzej Wajda explain what lay behind the making of a film adaptation of Conrad's novel, "The Shadow Line": https://t.co/o73qj1p9GB

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ON THIS DAY 19 December 2010: Death of distinguished British political observer, journalist and author, Anthony Howard. In this video, Howard recalls the early days of his career in journalism: https://t.co/eMub3VtybD