In this first Summer Edition of The Burning Archive Jeff Rich reflects on 12 surprises, discoveries or gifts that mattered most in 2021. Be prepared to be surprised as well-known and obscure stories from the year are retold. Ranging across empire, politics, society, culture, history and the writer/podcaster's life, this episode will entertain you, and show how the past is not dead - the past is not even past.

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