Polly Peck – 1990

9 years ago

In 1940, a new fashion house was formed in London, which traded in a modest way for four decades under…

The Case of the Contaminated Perrier – 1990

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Panic engulfed the French Perrier company when a North Carolina chemist found traces of benzene in bottled Perrier water. Perrier…

Carrie The Musical – 1988

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Most people know the story of Carrie, the awkward teenager with a fanatically religious momma. Bullied at school and bewildered…

Ishtar – 1987

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Movie director Mike Nichols described Ishtar as ‘the prime example that I know of in Hollywood of studio suicide’. The…

The Boys in Red – Bathurst Car Accident – 2008

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Across the territories and provinces of Canada, school children are considered a very precious cargo. The transport that is used…

Introduction of New Coke – 1985

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After decades of losing market share to the ‘Pepsi Challenge’, Coca-Cola found a new formula for their 99-year-old product which…

DeLorean DMC-12 – 1976-1982

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Oh what a lovely car... or was it? In fact, the DeLorean DMC-12 was an innovative sports car with gull-wing…

Heaven’s Gate – the movie – 1980

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Hollywood’s film studios felt expansive during the 1970s. Relatively young directors like Spielberg, Lucas and Coppola could hope for big-budget…

Silver Thursday – 1980

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Apart from a handful of reigning monarchs and despots, in 1961 Nelson Bunker Hunt was the richest man in the…

Lionel Bart’s Twang!! – 1965

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Lionel Bart was the man who wrote some of Britain’s earliest pop chart hits, including ‘Living Doll’, ‘Rock With The…