{"id":11064,"date":"2025-12-25T11:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T10:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=11064"},"modified":"2025-12-25T11:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T10:18:12","slug":"stoic-news-whats-on-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/stoic-news-whats-on-1979\/","title":{"rendered":"STOIC News &amp; What&#8217;s On: 1979"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This time I have an item that doesn&#8217;t really have a story attached to it. I thought it would be interesting to hear the news and what&#8217;s-on for a specific time in Imperial&#8217;s life. In this snapshot from 3 October 1979 Mark Foley is presenting the item that was within that particular week&#8217;s News-Break programme. Only item mentioned of particular interest to STOIC was the cable laying to provide an outlet link to Beit Hall (whatever happened to that link I wonder?).<\/p>\r\n<p><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9_nX-kF8dzQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Colin Grimshaw &#8211; Christmas Day 2025<\/strong><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we have a snapshot of Imperial&#8217;s life from the 1970&#8217;s. 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