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Lover’s Leap Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison tells the legend of the great Greek poetess Sappho and the Lover’s Leap.

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Macarius and the Hyena Clay Lane

A monk of the Egyptian desert helped a desperate mother, and was richly rewarded.

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‘Macedonia Is Too Small for Thee’ Plutarch

Plutarch tells us how Alexander the Great came to bond with Bucephalus, the mighty stallion that bore him to so many victories.

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Magnus ‘Barelegs’ Steers a Bold Course Snorro Sturluson

Magnus had just reasserted Norway’s authority over The Isles and Man, when he stumbled into a party of Normans harassing the King of Gwynedd.

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Magnus ‘Barelegs’ Tours the Isles Snorro Sturluson

Barely a generation after Harald Hardrada narrowly missed out on taking the English crown, his grandson Magnus re-asserted Norway’s authority over The Isles and Man.

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Make the Case Your Own John Wesley

John Wesley wondered how those involved in the slave trade would feel if the tables were ever turned on them.

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