Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
By Jean-Charles Langlois (fl. 1860s) and Léon-Eugène Méhédin (1828-1905), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
During the Battle of Inkerman in 1854, one of Lord Raglan’s hospital sergeants had a close encounter with a Russian cannonball.
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Jonah is sent to Nineveh to decry the wickedness of the city, but the prophet is more worried about his reputation than their cure.
From the Menologion of Basil (11th century), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Jonah grudgingly fulfils his calling to preach repentance in Nineveh, and God tries to make him as comfortable as possible.
By Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Lakshmi and her sister Parvati enlisted the help of the British Resident, Colonel Munro, to steady the Kingdom of Travancore.
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American historian D. H. Montgomery saw Britain’s ‘isolation’ as the very thing that has made her people more cosmopolitan, and her government more liberal.
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Jaikie has just graduated from Cambridge, and Alison wants to know what he has gained from his experience.