Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
Blog
Copybook
Think & Speak
Games
KJV Bible
By Georgios Kastrofylakas, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Abbot Elfric unpacks the meaning of the gifts of the Three Wise Men.
Read
© ruth and johnny, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
Young Thomas Arne goes to extreme lengths to conceal his musical talent from his family.
© David Dixon, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
James Hargreaves’s historic invention was not without its critics when it first appeared.
© Helmut Zozmann. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Samuel Smiles explains how Tudor England was transformed from sleepy backwater to hive of industry.
By Scipione Pulzone (1544–1598), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
The Pope and the King of Spain decide that the time has come to rid England of her troublesome Queen, Elizabeth I.
From the Chemical Heritage Foundation, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Sir Humphry Davy pleads with Britain’s scientists not to be bought by Napoleon’s gold.