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Edna O’Brien in her own words – archive, 1962
20 November 1962: The writer talks to Denis Hart about leaving County Clare for London, debut novel The Country Girls, and her new play
Country diary 1924: a panorama of changing lights and colours
28 July 1924: There is special beauty, during the long lays of summer, in a sea coast which has a northern aspect
Paris Olympics, 1924: the games open with an ‘imposing ceremony’
7 July 1924: The French president and foreign dignitaries, including the Prince of Wales, witnessed the march past of several thousand visiting athletes at the Colombes stadium
Country diary 1974: A unique dawn chorus
24 July 1974: I entered the forest and for the first time in my life realised that wood pigeons have a sound all of their own
Archive, 1974: Turkey invades Cyprus
On 20 July 1974, thousands of Turkish troops landed in northern Cyprus, five days after an Athens-orchestrated coup had taken place on the island
Country diary 1974: darkness at noon in Kingley Vale
19 July 1974: The grove of ancient yew trees formed a canopy so dense that no sunlight entered
The Beatles’ triumphant return to Liverpool – archive, 1964
11 July 1964: Crowds line the streets as the four musicians visit their home city for the northern premiere of A Hard Day’s Night
Euro 1996: England’s dreams all come true as Netherlands outgunned by Shearer and Sheringham
19 June 1996 The tournament hosts produced one of their most thrilling performances in years to reach the quarter-finals
Country diary 1924: birds of a feather work together
8 July 1924: Sometimes the cooperation is that of a robber band and I have seen two crows steal from a heron in this way
Cohabitation government begins in France – archive, 1986
In March 1986, Socialist President Francois Mitterrand appointed centre-right leader Jacques Chirac as prime minister after losing the parliamentary elections
Country diary 1949: it’s a hard life for the flockmaster and dog
4 July 1949: Up at four o’clock, the climbing of the mountain and search for and gathering the sheep can take three hours
The vanishing ozone layer – archive, 1974
On 28 June 1974, chemists at the University of California published the first report that warned that CFCs could damage the Earth’s ozone layer
Country diary 1974: birdwatching in Mallorca
24 June 1974: Beyond the concrete, things began to happen – two crossbills started to crack cones above my head and a magnificent booted eagle soared up out of the valley
Henri Charrière: Papillon de Pigalle – archive, 1969
21 June 1969: The Parisian literary scene has a new idol in the form of an ex-convict who has written about his escape from infamous French penal colony, Devil’s Island
Country diary 1924: the never-ending war on ants
21 June 1924: One seems to be always slaughtering something in the exercise of the gentle gardener’s craft
Country diary 1949: the changing face of the Chilterns
15 June 1949: A long slope – among whose stones, thistles and ragwort stone-curlews used to nest – is now green with young corn
George Mallory and Sandy Irvine killed on Everest – archive, 1924
The two climbers were last seen alive on the north-east ridge of the mountain on 8 June 1924
Country diary 1924: scything skills on display in Paris
9 June 1924: The use of a grass cutting machine is uncommon even in the city’s public parks
Banging the nationalist drum in Europe – archive, 7 June 1979
7 June 1979: John Palmer examines the voters’ mood on the eve of polling for the first direct elections to the European parliament
Country diary 1924: dead seaweed is not always a safe refuge
30 May 1924: We watched a turnstone throwing over the dead weed and pouncing on as many light-surprised refugees as it could catch
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