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30 AUGUST
Porgy and Bess marked the pinnacle of Gershwin’s ambitions to be taken seriously as a composer and is by far his most substantial work. At its try-out in Boston in September 1935, the opera’s running
It was at 7.15pm on Thursday 22 September 1955 that the greatest commercial television event appeared on screens in the London area. As screens flickered the first images, most of the 200,000 viewers
It was a Saturday night in Scotland to remember: 31 August 1957. Scottish living rooms flickered to life just after 6pm, with something brand new; Independent Television. The first spectacular night b
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