Boult from the bluesRenowned classical conductor Sir Adrian Boult was born on this day in 1889, and exactly 80 years later a recorded tribute was paid by musicians of a very different kind.
Tebbit proposes cricket test for immigrantsOn this day in 1990, the Los Angeles Times published an interview with Conservative politician Norman Tebbit, in which he questioned the loyalties of Asian immigrants to the United Kingdom.
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17 December 2000
‘Fun size’ condom launched
The launch of the ‘fun size’ condom on this day in 2000 was a measure of how attitudes to contraception had changed in Britain Read on...