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An enduringly popular poem by the author of ‘Treasure Island’.
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Hospitality and sympathy, but no help - the Byzantine Emperor learns a bitter lesson about western diplomacy.
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A girl’s choice of words sees her turned out of hearth and home.
Photo by Capt J.L. Evans, No 5 Army Film and Photographic Unit, via the Imperial War Museums and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: public domain.
‘D-Day’ on 6th June, 1944, kicked off the Allied invasion of Europe and raised hopes of an end to the Second World War.
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The mayor and bishop of Zakynthos went to extraordinary lengths to protect the most vulnerable people of their island.
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A proudly British group of islands far off in the South Atlantic.
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