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Wind back the clock on any Australian or New Zealand woman in her thirties or forties today and you'd probably find a Triangl bikini tucked away in her swimwear drawer. The uniquely neoprene, colour-blocked bikinis were the summer accessory season after season. Yet as customers snapped selfies at the beach, one woman was holed up in a smog-filled Hong Kong apartment, living on canned soup, battling twenty-hour days and debilitating depression, trying to make it all happen.

In 1955, former nightclub manageress Ruth Ellis shot dead her lover, David Blakely. Following a trial that lasted less than two days, she was found guilty and sentenced to death. She became the last woman to be hanged in Britain, and her execution is the most notorious of hangman Albert Pierrepoint's 'duties'. Despite Ruth's infamy, the story of her life has never been fully told. Often wilfully misinterpreted, the reality behind the headlines was buried by an avalanche of hearsay.

Welcome to Hanging Out With Ant & Dec — the podcast where two best mates, with very busy lives, get to just hang out together. And you’re invited! Join Ant & Dec every week for a good laugh and catch up. It’s the nation’s favourite duo as you’ve never heard them - no scripts, no time pressure - just mates hanging out. New episodes out every Thursday, and an additional episode on Monday.

The eighteenth-century hanging of a schoolteacher for concealing the birth of a child out of wedlock has appeared in local legend over the last few centuries, but the full account of Ruth's story has never been told. Drawing on over two years of investigative research, author Carolyn Marvin brings to light the dramatic details of Ruth's life and the cruel injustice of colonial Portsmouth's moral code. As Marvin uncovers the real flesh-and-blood woman who suffered the ultimate punishment, her listeners come to understand Ruth as an individual and a woman of her time.

welcome to Hanging In The Hideout Podcast I’m Your host Hollywood. I’m an active duty Police Officer looking to break out from the daily stress of the social climate and the unrelenting politics that have infiltrated our way of enjoyment. I’m a huge fan of the way things used to be during the reign of Jay Leno, David Letterman and the family sitcoms. You can’t turn on a TV, get on social media or have a conversation without politics rearing its ugly head or having to tread lightly in what you say. Here folks, you have found it. The humorous safe zone! I plan on embarking on all the ...

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A number one New York Times best-selling author, Harvard Law School professor, and tireless defender of civil liberties unearths a little-known letter by his hero, Thomas Jefferson, and shares its secrets. The letter illuminates Jefferson’s views on freedom of speech in a way that has important implications for the country today, particularly in the struggle against terrorism. This book is about the remarkable letter Alan Dershowitz found, how he found it, and why it matters not only to him, but to us today.

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With over one third of our lives spent working - our job makes a major impact on the quality of our lives. Grab a drink & join the corporate millennial trio, Cruz, Chase & Henry as they discuss working life & the challenges it brings - this is the Low Hanging Fruit Podcast. Follow the podcast on Instagram @LowHangingFruitPod and check out your hosts on IG or TikTok @TheCorporateChase @ChampagneCruz & @ThatCorporateLawyer

Historically THE CLOSET has been a place of storing what is precious, a place of hiding, a place for keeping secrets. But in my closet, I want us to spend time hanging out, learning, growing, and unloading what holds us back. Let's work together to heal and to be the best we can be for ourselves and for others. Come and hang out in my closet.