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We Will Rock You comes to the Cliffs Pavilion in August 2022 (Photo: Johan Persson)

Leisure Theatre

We Will Rock You comes to Southend on 20th anniversary tour

19/11/202120/11/2021 Mick Ferris Ben Elton, Cliffs Pavilion, leisure, musical, Queen, We Will Rock You

Queen and Ben Elton’s smash hit musical ‘We Will Rock You’ is back for 2022 to celebrate its 20th anniversary

1989: Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson in Cheers

It happened today – this day in history – September 17

17/09/202116/09/2021 YA Reporter Australia, Barbados, Beatles, Bjork, Cheers, Emmy Awards, Frederick Barbarossa, Herschel, Jaobites, Mauritius, news, Olympics, Paul McCartney, Queen, Second World War, September 17, Sex Pistols, Today in history, William Golding

1156: Emperor Frederick Barbarossa issues the ‘Privilegium Minus’ decree, which elevates Austria to a duchy. 1394: Jews are expelled from

1968: The main stand at The City Ground, Nottingham catches fire during the game between Notts Forest and Leeds Utd

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – August 24

24/08/202124/08/2021 YA Reporter Alaska, Amelia Earhart, August 24, Brian Keenan, Charlotte Bronte, Edison, Eisenhower, First World War, Gorbachev, Jimmy Greaves, Judas Priest, Magna Carta, Michael Jackson, Mozart, NATO, news, Nottingham Forest, Panama Canal, Prince Andrew, Queen, Second World War, Spanish Civil War, Stephen Hawking, Today in history, Visigoths

410: Rome is overrun by Visigoths under Alaric I. 1215: Pope Innocent III declares the Magna Carta invalid. 1217: The

2007: The Dalai Lama

It happened today – this day in history – October 17

17/10/202016/10/2020 Mick Ferris Beatles, Bessemer process, cannabis, Charles I, Charles II, Dalai Lama, Edison, Einstein, Hatfield, history, Marconi, Mother Teresa, Nancy Reagan, October 17, OPEC, Queen, Sevastopol, Torquemada, Yugoslavia

1346: King David II of Scotland is captured by Edward III at Calais and imprisoned in the Tower of London

1949: Orson Welles as Harry Lime in The Third Man

It happened today – this day in history – September 17

17/09/202016/09/2020 Mick Ferris Australia, Bjork, Chelmsford Prison, Golding, history, Laura Ashley, Olympics, Orson Welles, Paul McCartney, Queen, September 17, Solidarity, Sophia Loren, Third Man

1156: Emperor Frederick Barbarossa issues the ‘Privilegium Minus’ decree, which elevates Austria to a duchy. 1394: Jews are expelled from

1963: Ready Steady Go host Cathy McGowan and Manfred Mann singer Paul Jones

It happened today – this day in history – August 9

09/08/202008/08/2020 Mick Ferris August 9, Cliff Richard, Cromwell, Daley Thompson, Edward VII, Gallipoli, Gerald Ford, history, Jesse Owens, Joe Orton, Julius Ceasar, Nagasaki, Napoleon, Northern Ireland, Olympics, Queen, Ready Steady Go, Sharon Tate, Usain Bolt

48BC: Julius Ceasar defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. 681: Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on

1953: The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

It happened today – this day in history – June 2

02/06/202001/06/2020 Mick Ferris Bill Wyman, coronation, history, June 2, Marconi, Perry, Pope, Queen, Tiananmen Square

455: King Gaiseric and the Vandals sack Rome. 575: Benedict I begins his reign as Pope. 1740: Birth of the

Quotes of the week

05/04/202005/04/2020 Mick Ferris Boris, Lineker, news, Queen, quotes, Starmer

“One thing I think the coronavirus crisis has already proved is that there really is such a thing as society.”

1952: Queen Elizabeth II

It happened today – this day in history – February 6

06/02/202005/02/2020 Mick Ferris Barbie, Belfast, Dankworth, February 6, history, Manchester United, Munich, Nixon, Queen, Taliban, Tupac

1665: Birth of Queen Anne (Stuart) in St James’ Palace. 1685: The Duke of York becomes King James II of