This is the second British Pathe film of the Irish Free State team – this time playing the USA at Dalymount Park, Dublin. Click on the image to view. Similar to the Celtic match on February 23 but this time… Read More ›
gems from the archive
Celtic FC take on the Irish Free State in 1924
Now is maybe a good time to dig in the digital history archive…… given the recent abysmal performances of Scottish football clubs in Europe. Click on this photo to view this silent gem from British Pathe. It is probably the… Read More ›
Probably the best company history website in the world?
Brewer Carlsberg is currently celebrating 200 years since the birth of its founder JC Jacobsen. But the group website doesn’t really need an excuse. It is already a remarkable digital history treasure trove which is regularly mined by broadcast researchers for… Read More ›
An inspiring antidote to student rejection
Thousands of British teenagers will get bad news this month. The late David Nyhan wrote this column for the Boston Globe in 1987. It was intended for American high school students but its appeal is universal. It is so brilliant that… Read More ›
The man who made the first x-ray movie
It is quite astonishing that in 1896 someone was already making a movie of an x-ray. Even more remarkable is the story of the man who produced it. Here’s the movie (it starts with a frog’s leg and moves to… Read More ›
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