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2071
Yoritomo and the Doves of War Clay Lane

Japan’s first Shogun owed his life and his rise to power to a spider and two harmless doves.

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2072
‘You Are No Parliament!’ Edmund Ludlow

In April 1653, Oliver Cromwell learnt that Parliament was planning to prevent him from packing the Commons with yes-men.

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2073
‘Your Child Shall Be Healed’ St Bede of Jarrow

When the plague once again visited Northumbria, Bishop Cuthbert of Lindisfarne left his island retreat and brought comfort and healing to the suffering.

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2074
Youth and Age Sir Hubert Parry

Sir Hubert Parry was delighted to see teachers and pupils pushing each other to do better.

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2075
Zadok the Priest Clay Lane

Handel’s anthem sets to glorious music words sung at English coronations for over a thousand years.

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2076
Zenana Mission Hannah Catherine Mullens

Hannah Mullens describes her battle to reach out to wealthy Indian ladies with nothing to do, nothing to think about and nowhere to go.

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