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27/03/2020

New episode out about and about to be live streamed on History Gems community page on Facebook or you can download in the usual places.

26/10/2019

The fascinating thing about pop culture is history can leak in at the most unexpected moments. Take for example the new tv series from . Its based on the highly lauded graphic novel from the 1980s although the series is set 30 years later. The world is an alternative version of our one. For example America won Vietnam and Robert Redford (not Ronald Reagan) is President.

So when the TV series open with an almost apocalyptic race riot in Tulsa in 1921 I thought this must be what could have happened but didn't happen in Tulsa. I was wrong.

It turns out that a hearing of a black man who assaulted a white woman turned violent. Shots were fired and twelve people were killed: ten white and two black. This was the trigger where the situation rapidly escalated into arguably the most brutal racial violence in American history. How bad? The army sent in bombers to carry out bombing raids in the black districts of the city. By the end of the violence 35 blocks were destroyed. Officially the death toll stood at 36 for decades, but has recently been estimated to be closer to 100-300.

However, what happened next is even stranger. No prosecution took place of any whites for actions committed during the riot. The city settled into an uneasy peace, and decades of virtual silence about the events began. Both black and white people grew up in Tulsa genuinely not knowing what had happened there. The first academic account was a master's thesis written in 1946, 25 years later but the thesis did not circulate beyond the University of Tulsa.

It was in 1971 (on the 50th anniversary) that the story started to resurface but again didn't reach a critical mass of will. It was only in 1996- 75 years later, that formal enquiries and attempts to officially document it began. But it took a TV series based on a comic to get the story out to the rest of the world.

24/09/2019

‪Here’s a counter intuitive fact. Both Charlie Chaplin and were born in 1889. Nintendo started as a playing card manufacturer, then toy company and then finally video game creator. ‬
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More podcast goodness coming soon guys.

04/09/2019

We are BACK!

As promised after our refreshing summer break- did you have a good summer? We have returned with, what I think is, the most poignant NEON yet about one of the most important war films ever made.

Plus as a bonus watch out for the vintage ad at the start...

29/07/2019

The sheer momentum and effort put into the large quantity of episodes that came out in the early summer has meant that we needed a little bit of breathing space.

Don’t worry, there are already a number of episodes being worked on. I’ve also had an opportunity to do a little bit of painting. I’ve been trying to create a lava effect and I think this works really well. It’s also a clue to a topic that I’m working on to combine a great bit of pop culture and an epic bit of history.

21/06/2019

A picture from when I interviewed Tom Holland at the coolest cinema I’ve been to- it’s up now as the latest NEON podcast.

09/06/2019

This week we’ve given you and just out is . VERY different topics but I link both to the Ottoman Empire. All part of the fun here on NEON.

18/05/2019

Win a pair of Apple AirPods!

17/05/2019

The NEON team having been putting our heads together in our secret laboratory and we have got some great stuff coming your way.

Already we’ve changed the format of the shows and Dan is sprinkling his magic by adding sound bites in recent episodes. Like the changes? Want more innovation?

Let us know...

28/04/2019

New Neon linking with the calendar and pagan deities. Don’t worry though, we are fans of so no spoilers.

17/04/2019

Been busy with lots of things, including recording new podcasts. But today I took a 12 hour painting challenge from . From kit to completed and painted miniatures. I did a starter box & an extra 10 miniatures. The group had a great laugh today and I think I’ll have to do a Neon on Warhammer - would you the listeners like that?

02/04/2019

Here I am, looking VERY proud with my new historical novel Echoes. Set both today and during the . If you haven’t listened to the podcast about it I strongly recommend you do. Not just because it’s about my own book, but I take you through the story of writing and printing too.

And if you like a good read or you know somebody who would like a historical novel then you can grab one today on Amazon.

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