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Drinks With Dead People ran from 2014 – 2022

as an exploratory journey through that old party question: if you could have a drink with anyone in history, who would it be? History is full of people you’d love to have a drink with. Let’s meet a few.

Drinks With Dead People ran from 2014 – 2022

as an exploratory journey through that old party question: if you could have a drink with anyone in history, who would it be? History is full of people you’d love to have a drink with. Let’s meet a few.

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Link to Your Local Phrenologist

Your Local Phrenologist

Have a drink with: Your Local Phrenologist Lumps & bumps. Ask him about: The 10-Year Challenge Facial recognition technology is fun: particularly when you can log into your phone as an Animoji lion. But is it reliable, particularly when entrusted with decisions about security – and when profiling is a likely outcome? Suggestions that facial…

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Link to Captain Kidd

Captain Kidd

Have a drink with: Captain William Kidd Privateer, man of song and legend, unwitting pirate? Ask him about: the tabloid trial of the (18th) century! William Kidd, a merchant captain and commissioned privateer, was tried and executed in 1701 for throwing away the king’s commission to turn pirate in the Indian Ocean. Not 25 years…

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