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The great British public leaves a German tourist speechless during a county match at the Oval in London.
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Stylish batting in cricket is about variety, invention and frankly anything that works, and we have Dr W.G. Grace to thank for it.
From ‘The Book of the Cat’, by Frances Simpson (1903).
Victorian cat-lover Harrison Weir launches into his favourite subject, but finds his audience growing restive.
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Pauline de Meulan’s magazine Publiciste was close to going out of business when an anonymous contributor stepped in.
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Sherlock Holmes has been engaged to find a missing thoroughbred, but seems more interested in some lame sheep and an idle dog.
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Wonder spread through a Tyneside monastery after Bishop Cuthbert asked for a drink of water.