When Paris Went Underground

Revolutionary leader Oliver Cromwell was executed on 30th January, 1661 - despite having been dead for more than two years. His body was exhumed from its tomb in Westminster Abbey on the instruction of King Charles II, who sought retribution for those involved in the trial and ex ...  Show more

The BBC broadcast the first ever edition of Roy Plomley’s ‘Desert Island Discs’ - the world’s longest-running interview programme - on 29th January, 1942. Opening, as the show still does, with Eric Coates’s theme music ‘By the Sleepy Lagoon’, the episode welcomed comedian Vic Oli ...  Show more

A 100 jours de l’ouverture des Jeux olympiques et paralympiques, les transports en commun d’Île-de-France font l’objet de nombreuses interrogations et notamment celle-ci : les bus, tram, métros et RER franciliens vont-ils pouvoir acheminer sans difficulté les millions de spect ...

Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ In 1889, a new exhibit was constructed for the Paris World’s Fair. It completely dominated the Paris skyline.  Most people considered it an eyesore and an architectural abomination. The only redeeming thing abo ...  Show more

Ever since New York City built one of the world’s great subway systems, no promise has been more tantalizing than the proposal to build a new subway line under Second Avenue in Manhattan. Yet the Second Avenue subway--although first envisioned in the 1920s, did not open until 201 ...  Show more

Les lieux dédiés à la musique électronique se multiplient à Paris. Espaces en plein-air, péniches, clubs… Pour le plus grand bonheur des fans de techno ou de house, et des métiers du monde de la nuit, les <a href="https://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/dj-aazar-salue-la-nouvelle-s ...