Show Notes
Were the Peanuts comic-strip’s tales of spurned love based on their creator’s own unrequited romance? What key role did spider silk play in 19th century astronomy? And why did Monty Python originally regard their hit film as a holy fail? Dig in to the philatelic files to unearth tales of a heartbroken cartoonist, spider-catching stargazers and knights who say ‘Ni’ in this episode of The Stampcast.
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