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Introducing 主播大秀town Boring?

Unearthing hidden histories from misjudged places across the UK, Anouska鈥檚 on a mission to prove that no hometown is boring and sprinkles some history-hun-facts along the way!! x

History Hun (Anouska Lewis) is on a mission to prove that no hometown is boring!! Because everywhere has a history and history鈥檚 never boring x

She鈥檚 spotlighting hidden histories from misjudged places across the UK and supplying you with a few history-hun-facts along the way鈥

Anouska explores the links between the British Empire and a local recipe in Ormskirk, unpacks the story of a soon-to-be-demolished Brutalist shopping centre in Cumbernauld, visits the birthplace of the first Black footballer to represent Wales in Chepstow, discovers a little-known strike led by South Asian women in Slough, highlights the I in LGBTQIA+ History in Plymouth, all before returning to her hometown of Milton Keynes to reveal its connections to 1990s rave culture.

So whether you鈥檙e already history-obsessed or you hated history in school, come along and hear how the past relates to your life wherever you live x

主播大秀town Boring? is a Mags Creative production for 主播大秀 Sounds Audio Lab

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