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Queen Charlotte’s Christmas Tree Clay Lane

Cromwell’s killjoys almost silenced the English Christmas, but thanks to a royal family tradition the message is still being proclaimed.

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Raffles and the Reprieve of Malacca William Cross

The busy trading hub of Malacca was to be consigned to history, until Stamford Raffles saw that history was one of its assets.

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Ranelagh Gardens Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford

Horace Walpole, a loyal patron of Vauxhall pleasure gardens, visits newly-opened rival Ranelagh gardens in Chelsea.

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Ranji Clay Lane

A young Indian student from Cambridge was selected for England’s cricket team after public pressure.

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Ranji’s Revenge W. G. Grace

Cricketing legend W. G. Grace tells a story illustrating how fellow-batsman K. S. Ranjitsinhji set about winning the hearts of English cricketers.

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Ranulf’s Tooth Clay Lane

As he sat in his guest room at Durham Abbey, Ranulf de Capella could think of nothing but finding someone to rid him of his painful toothache.

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