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At 23:38, an explosion reverberated across Auckland Harbour. A military grade limpet mine had been attached to the hull of the Rainbow Warrior - the force of the explosion partially lifted her out of the water. 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...

The Duke of Monmouth had managed to escape, disguised as a peasant. However, two days later, he was discovered in a ditch some 100 miles away, just west of Ringwood, Hampshire. 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...

Sure enough, the bullets bounced off the armour, prompting the apocryphal cry from an officer, “He’s the Devil!”, to which Kelly replied, “No, I am Ned Kelly”..... 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 more". 22nd...

The second shot didn’t miss, however. As Blakely fell to the floor, Ruth fired a further three times. The abusive racing driver was dead. When Ellis was arrested, she said to the off-duty policeman, “I am guilty. I am a little confused.” 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...

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...