Rachel Naylor
@rhenaylor
Journalist working for the BBC. Mover and shaker
🛒 You thought there'd always been a shopping trolley didn't you? 💡 Not until Sylvan Goldman invented it there wasn't! 🛍️ In 1937, he noticed shoppers in his Humpty Dumpty supermarket were only buying what they could carry 📽️instagram.com/reel/DKRXoojIl… 📻bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…
Loved this! 🙌🚌
“I'm hoping we’ll meet some characters… you never quite know who's going to be on a night bus!” Loved making this prog with the brilliant @TalkingTurkeyWB🚍 Sound by @craigboardman, editing @ClarWest 🎧on @BBCSounds tinyurl.com/5e7uw2yb
How the invention of the shopping trolley came about 🎧 Events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there on Witness History. bbc.in/41E6qeb
🇺🇸 In 1937, American supermarket owner Sylvan Goldman changed the way we shop 🛒 He came up with a 'folding basket carrier', later known as a trolley 🛍️ They caught on & shoppers could finally buy more than they could carry 📻 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…
🎨 Good job places like @Z_arts_mcr and @gillbalf exist 👏 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
The Czech Freedom Train - on 11 September 1951, a Czech train was hijacked and driven into West Germany... 🎧 Hear the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there bbc.in/4ngwjcI
💡 In 1958, the Swedish engineer Nils Bohlin invented the three-point seat belt 🚗 His employer, Volvo, made the patent free for all car manufacturers ♥️ He's estimated to have saved more than 1 million lives around the world 📻 I spoke to his stepson: youtu.be/G_o6r4HUhJw?si…
🚂 In 1951, a train was hijacked from Communist Czechoslovakia + diverted to freedom in West Germany 🇨🇿 Most of the passengers had no idea they were going to cross the Iron Curtain that day 📻 Karel Ruml guarded the brake with a gun: @bbcworldservice bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…
Can’t wait to hear it! 🍿 x
This summer on Witness History we have the joy of making the origin stories of two classic 80s films with big birthdays. @MegannJ brings us Making Jaws and on 3 July it’s my turn with Back to the Future @bbcworldservice bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…
A great read 👏
🔵 £200m written off - lessons Everton must learn in pivotal summer 📰 Read more ⤵️ ✍️ | Matthew Hobbs #⃣ #EFC #TotalSport
Such a powerful episode @umado Stopped me in my tracks Couldn't stop listening
Charleston church shooting - Polly Sheppard, a survivor of the 2015 Charleston shooting, describes how it unfolded. 🎧 Hear the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there bbc.in/4l98j9C
LOVED this! 👏 such incredible access Made me really nervous in parts Defo worth a listen!
The Smuggler is the inside story of how a former British soldier became an international people smuggler - revealing the mechanics of how he smuggled migrants on lorry’s, ferry’s and sailboats -working with Albanian&Vietnamese gangs all based inside the UK bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/…
⛴️ 40 years ago, 5 politicians met on a boat in Luxembourg + agreed to get rid of border checks between their countries 🇪🇺 The Schengen Agreement now applies to 450m people + 29 countries in Europe 📻 I spoke to one of the signatories @bbcworldservice: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…
🪐 In 1992, Polish astronomer Alex Wolszczan discovered the first planets outside our solar system 👽 It was a crucial step in our search for life beyond Earth + we now know of more than 6,000 of them 📻 I spoke to him for the @bbcworldservice: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…
🇺🇸 In 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 landed in the Hudson River in New York, after both its engines failed shortly after take off ✈️ All 155 people on board survived 🛟 I spoke to @DaveSanderson2, the last passenger to be rescued, for @bbcworldservice youtube.com/watch?v=KuzS8B…
The invention of superglue - in 1951, Harry Coover noticed a chemical he was working with was sticking to everything. 🎧 Hear the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there bbc.in/3FPR3a5
🙏 Thanks so much for featuring my programme about the invention of super glue on Pick of the Week @BBCRadio4 ! 😀 & for your kind words about it @rajandatar - glad you enjoyed it! It was a lot of fun to make 📻 Listen to the full episode here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…
Banjo frogs, yodelling feminists and even a Spring Statement canon: all plus more with @rajandatar at 1815 on R4, including @bbcpaddy @helen_charman @BBCNuala @andrewhunterm @rhenaylor @annaefoster @GopalaSpeech bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
The murder of Maurizio Gucci - on 27 March 1995, the former head of the famous fashion house was shot dead in Milan, Italy. 🎧 Hear the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there bbc.in/4jFb5Ur