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Your History

Your History is a podcast based on the life stories of people who have shaped the times we live in. These are fascinating stories based on the daily obituaries in The Times offering remarkable insights about contemporary

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  • George Foreman

    10:13|
    Two-time heavyweight champion and Olympic gold medalist who lost one of the most famous boxing matches in history on one night in an African jungle clearing. Later in life he became a devout Christian and returned to the ring to become the oldest champion ever at age forty five. Image: Getty Images

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  • Formula 1's Eddie Jordan

    14:20|
    Formula 1 legend who built a team from nothing and built it to win races, working with some of the leading drivers of his generation. But he was also a canny businessman with an eye for the deal.Image: Getty
  • Andrée Dumon, Comet Line agent who helped Allied airmen

    07:36|
    The Belgian agent was caught, beaten and sent to a concentration camp but survived to tell her story.
  • 'Nutella' and Francesco Rivella

    07:11|
    How Francesco Rivella - a young chemist from Northern Italy - changed breakfast forever after spending ten years refining the recipe for Nutella.
  • Tuppy Owens: Sex campaigner

    08:18|
    The author of saucy sex guides linking fantasy and pornography while championing the right of everyone to have the sex life of their own choosing. The Associate Editor of The Times Magazine. Jane Mulkerrins tells the details - at least those we were able to print - of the life of Tuppy Owens.  
  • The People's Painter - Jack Vettriano

    09:00|
    The self-taught 'people's painter' from Scotland who battled rejection from critics and art experts alike only to become one of the most successful artists in Britain
  • Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky

    09:33|
    Glittering, attacking player who battled his American chess rival Bobby Fischer in a gripping world title match in 1972.Image: Getty