Barry Einstein, Great Uncle of Albert discovered headphones in 1882.
Unfortunately radio had not been discovered, nor the phonograph yet invented and so he spent an unhealthy number of his days waiting in vain, muttering "...any minute now..."
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Richard II’s Preferred Blancmange Recipe

November 16th, 2009 at 8:41 pm (Afternoon Tea)

This page, showing a recipe for Blancmange (Blank maunger), is from Fourme of Curye, compiled by master cooks to king Richard II of England, part of the Medieval Collection at the library of John Rylands University, Manchester.

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Original BBC story located here.

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Blancmange Final Match Play

November 8th, 2009 at 12:40 am (Fruit Bats)

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