THE BREEZER Newsletter

The greatest diarist of them all might have been Samuel Pepys. He lived in extraordinary times. Pepys’ enduring legacy derives from the diaries he kept between 1660 and 1669. The Breezer - the joyride for a curious mind: A weekly newsletter from Steve Winduss at the Batting the Breeze podcast. Spend a few minutes with me discovering historical snippets and fascinating facts related to the forthcoming week. Add to that updates relating to the podcast, a touch of humour and a dash of "lots...

His on-stage performances were so flamboyant and masterful that some believed he had “made a pact with the devil”. Paganini would become the greatest violinist of his era, cultivating a technical prowess and mystique not previously matched. The Breezer - the joyride for a curious mind: A weekly newsletter from Steve Winduss at the Batting the Breeze podcast. Spend a few minutes with me discovering historical snippets and fascinating facts related to the forthcoming week. Add to that updates...

This obsessive behaviour reinforced T.E. Lawrence’s standing with the Arabs but fuelled suspicion among his British superiors, who wondered what side of the track his allegiances lay. His behaviour earned him the label 'Lawrence of Arabia'. The Breezer - the joyride for a curious mind: A weekly newsletter from Steve Winduss at the Batting the Breeze podcast. Spend a few minutes with me discovering historical snippets and fascinating facts related to the forthcoming week. Add to that updates...

Hieronymus was better known as Baron von Münchhausen, a German nobleman and Captain in the Russian Cavalry, and would become the inspiration for Rudolf Erich Raspe's ‘The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen’. The Breezer - the joyride for a curious mind: A weekly newsletter from Steve Winduss at the Batting the Breeze podcast. Spend a few minutes with me discovering historical snippets and fascinating facts related to the forthcoming week. Add to that updates relating to the podcast, a...

I look at Father, and in spite of having prepared myself for a lot, I have to bite my teeth together not to show my shock. He is hardly recognisable. Completely starved and wrecked. Were you forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more. The Breezer - the joyride for a curious mind: A weekly newsletter from Steve Winduss at the Batting the Breeze podcast. Spend a few minutes with me discovering historical snippets and fascinating facts related to the forthcoming week. Add to that updates...

On the first page of the first album, one stamp sat proudly in the centre. It was the only stamp on the page. It was special. It was a Penny Black. Were you forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more. The Breezer - the joyride for a curious mind: A weekly newsletter from Steve Winduss at the Batting the Breeze podcast. Spend a few minutes with me discovering historical snippets and fascinating facts related to the forthcoming week. Add to that updates relating to the podcast, a touch of...

In court, as Judge Gary L. Lancaster delivered the guilty verdict, a stunned jury, lawyers and members of the public gaped as McArthur Wheeler blurted out... “But I wore the lemon juice!” Were you forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more. The Breezer - the joyride for a curious mind: A weekly newsletter from Steve Winduss at the Batting the Breeze podcast. Spend a few minutes with me discovering historical snippets and fascinating facts related to the forthcoming week. Add to that...

London’s theatrical evolution can be traced back to 1576 with the imaginatively named 'The Theatre' at Shoreditch, the first of the early playhouses. The Shakespearean era then ushered in... Were you forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more. The Breezer - the joyride for a curious mind: A weekly newsletter from Steve Winduss at the Batting the Breeze podcast. Spend a few minutes with me discovering historical snippets and fascinating facts related to the forthcoming week. Add to that...

The Gin Craze had arrived. It was cheaper to drink a pint of gin than a pint of strong beer. In London, consumption was out of control, though other cities were also affected. Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more. The Breezer - the joyride for a curious mind: A weekly newsletter from Steve Winduss at the Batting the Breeze podcast. Spend a few minutes with me discovering historical snippets and fascinating facts related to the forthcoming week. Add to that updates relating to the...