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Five Things That Happened On November 3 In Soap History

Ross had a surreal dream the night before his Senatorial election on Guiding Light, Nick and Brooke called it quits on Bold and...

How a PhD Student Discovered a Lost Mayan City From Hundreds…

A new Mayan city, lost in the dense jungle of southern Mexico for centuries, has been discovered from the computer of a PhD...

Steve Blank Secret History – When Kodak Went to War with Pol…

This part 2 of the Secret History of Polaroid and Edwin Land. Read part 1 for context. Kodak and Polaroid, the two most famous...

Five Things That Happened On October 30 In Soap History

Matthew Ashford made his Days of Our Lives debut as Jack Deveraux, Robin Scorpio’s wedding to Patrick Drake came to a halt on...

Five Things That Happened On October 26 In Soap History

Carrie Brady and Austin Reed remarried on Days of Our Lives, Jack Snyder accidentally shot his brother, Brad Snyder, on As The World...

Five Things That Happened On October 22 In Soap History

Karla Mosley made her daytime debut as Christina on Guiding Light, Faison-posing-as-Duke shot Jason “dead” on General Hospital, Nicole was trapped in a...

The meaning, history and power of celebrity

One of the best books ever written about celebrity culture has a very evocative and apt title: Intimate Strangers. That title captures the...

South Africa and the US share a history of protest against w…

Every year on 16 June, South Africa commemorates the revolt of black school children against the inferior “bantu education”...