Transcription: But it is not the major events like war or disaster that make centenary such a singular record of the century. It is the smaller items, the curious, humorous and often poignant stories that make it stand out from the rest. A baby brought up in a glass case, a child swapped by her parents for a record player, a woman's extraordinary life as a man or the love story of a hermit, an interview with Sarah Bernhard or Helen Keller or the first-hand account by the very man who killed Rasputin.
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